In K.O.L. Radio Digest Episode #1, co-programmers James Catchpole and Hiroko Otsuka go back and review some selections from the first five mixes featured on the channel in mid-2020. Featuring classic Jazz from Japan, modern sounds from Cuba, local Indie Rock from Japan, ECM label jazz, and 1970s soundtrack music! Also selections taken from the Dublin Lockdown Mix by Phillip Arneill, Japanese Underground Punk and Indie Mix by Ian Martin, Experimental Improv and Free Jazz Mix by Hiroki Igarashi...
The Digest returns! On episode 2, Mr. OK Jazz & DJ Otsuka introduce selections from five more mixes first shared on K.O.L. in summer 2020. A classic Latin music reissue, contemporary Jazz from Japan, Brooklyn Hip-Hop, new club sounds from the UK, and an Okinawan music legend! These tunes were shared with us on mixes by DJ Shima in Tokyo, DJ DSK in Okinawa, Chyll Will in New York, the Do It Jazz DJ crew in Kyoto, and DJ Tatsuro in Kobe.
Guest Nick Luscombe chats with us about his varied career as a broadcaster, DJ, compiler and label rep. Originally from the UK, he settled in Japan in early 2020 and is currently working on several new projects, including a weekly live radio show at the CIC building in Tokyo. He also introduces three of his current favourite new tunes! This program is English and Japanese. この番組は英語と日本語で提供します。
The Digest is back! On episode 3, Mr. OK Jazz and DJ Otsuka introduce selections from five more mixes first shared on K.O.L. in Summer 2020. These tunes were introduced on mixes by Ian Martin from Tokyo, Radio Jakarta from Indonesia, The Funky Daitouryou and DJ Hysa from Okayama, Japan, Helena Guedes from Portugal, and Joshua Thompson from the USA.
The Digest returns after a long break with Episode 4! Mr. OK Jazz and DJ Otsuka introduce selections from five more mixes first shared on K.O.L. in 2020. These songs were introduced on mixes by Daisuke Hisatome, Plainstone, DJ JazzySad in Serbia, John Potter in Okinawa, and Ken Hidaka. This program is presented in English and Japanese. この番組は英語と日本語で提供します。 Daisuke Hisatome Brazilian 7inch Mix – Doris Monteiro “E Isso Ai” Plainstone Hawaiian Mix – Dick Jensen...
Classic 20th century music of Okinawa, one of the world's most musical islands!
English日本 K.O.L. Radio is happy to welcome back from São Paulo, Brazil, DJ Paulão Brazuca! Owner of the Patua Discos label and record store, he’s been a major DJ in Brazil for more than 20 years, released the multi-volume Brazuca! compilation, and even hosts several radio shows. For today’s mix made specially for K.O.L., he introduces some of the songs representing the Samba-Rock movement, born in São Paulo out of the house party scene in mainly Black Brazilian neighborhoods. It became a wide...
English日本New Tab DJ Summie Riperton from Sendai City in northern Japan comes to KOL Radio for the first time! Summie is a DJ and event organizer, running the Mixed Bag regular music session in Sendai, but also DJs around Japan. In this mix she digs deep to share jazz from around the world, past and present! Menagerie/Hope 山本邦山+シャープス&フラッツ/安来節 Larry Willis/Inner Crisis The London Experimental Jazz Quartet/Destroy The Nihilist Picnic Don Cunningham Quartetto/Tabu The Sultan’s...