Takumi Koizumi is a label director, DJ, producer and for a long time the manager of Jun Seba, much better known as ‘Nujabes’, the legendary DJ and producer who was so influential in the Japanese scene for his work mixing hip-hop and jazz and chill-out sounds on his Hydeout Productions label, before his tragic death in a traffic accident in 2010.
The first half of the mix by Koizumi-san includes some of the great work Nujabes released on the Hydeout label, a couple of Nujabes’ own original tracks, as well as tunes from Japanese artists like Tetsuya Sagawa and Hiroto Uyama. The second half of the mix has tunes selected by DJ FK, some that influenced the sound and ethos of this influential label from Pharoah Sanders, Fumio Itabashi, and the Kenny Barron Trio.
日本のリリカルな世界観をヒップホップのフォーマットで表現した伝説的なトラックメイカー、nujabesが亡くなって10年が経った今、彼の世界的に評価されています。今回は、そんなnujabesの音楽を支えてきたKoizumi Takumi とFKによるミックスをお送りします。多くのDJやミュージシャンに影響を与えた日本の誇れるジャンルを世界に自信を持って紹介できる素晴らしい選曲です。
| Track | Artist |
|---|---|
| Feather | nujabes (feat. Cise Starr & Akin from CYNE) |
| Reflection Eternal | Clammbon with Yamazaki, Mino & Yamane from toe |
| Hikari | nujabes (featuring Substantial) |
| 81Summer | Uyama Hiroto |
| By and By | nitsua |
| Luv(sic.) | nujabes (feat.Shing02) |
| Behind The Peak | Segawa Tatsuya |
| Meaning of Blue | FK |
| No One Like You | Zack Austin 【FK】 |
| Ocean Song | Pharaoh Sanders |
| Riogo Oiwake | Kenny Barron Trio |
| Lotus Garden | FK |
| Another Reflection | nujabes |
| Joachim Kuhn | Housewife's Song |
| Favours | Hank Jones |
| The Sign | nujabes(feat.Pase Rock) |
| Watarase | Itabashi Fumio |
