Mineral House on Internet Public Radio, Guadalajara

From Palestine to Guadalajara! My 13th mix was streamed on Internet Public Radio, Guadalajara (3/11, 9 PM GMT+7). Even after 2 days, I couldn't stop smiling whenever I see my picture on "Latest Show" section ("ooh I made something huge!").

 

Grief is not an easy object to be involved in our daily conversations. It's easily forgotten or being avoided. It's also the trickiest thing to tackle, because it came in waves. Just like my mix cover (it's David Louis Cintron's artwork, I love it so much). 

Grief could strain you to bed and won't let you get out of it. At other times they would strangle you with guilt. If you're lucky, in good days they'll let you keep the sweet smells of freesia perfume they're wearing, to linger on your clothes days after. 

Anger is easier to express. Even love is not that easy to be talked about, aside from romantic love. You got gajillion songs about love, but it often left your friends cringing as you said it. Saying "I love you" just because you really care about that person, nothing romantic or sexual about it, it's the hardest to accept. They might say "Are you dying?" or "You're not hitting on me, aren't you?" I know it's probably very cultural, or very apocalyptic to say it without any explanations (for some people). But who needs that? In the time of people are not being able to be physically present in the same room, I think you should say it more. Move the needle and you should keep doing it after the pandemic is over. 

"Human lives had poured into this place over time, volunteered to become party to exile and worse...Sacrifices didn't need names. People who served a function didn't need to be named." 

- James Vandermeer. 

Tracklist

1. Shinsuke Honda - たそがれ 

2. D.K. - Leaving 

3. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village 

4. Dominique Dumont - +371

5. Chillax - Time and Space 

6. Miyako Koda - Sleep in Peace

7. Cantoma - Back into Daylight (feat. Quinn Lamont Luke)

8. A Vision of Panorama - Southern Breeze

9. Michel Alibo - Ou Sé Di Mwin Ainméw

10. Chari Chari - Night of Warriors 

11. Justo Almario - Luz De Mi Camino 

12. Jaime Roos &  Estela Magnone - Tras Tus Ojos

13. Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine 

Mineral House 006 on Radio Alhara, Palestine

Radio Alhara became a good companion since 5 months ago –the moment I decided not to publish anything about quarantine life on Instagram. Their shows help me dealing with loss of a family member, challenging medical system & elderly care in the time of pandemic. This mix is dedicated to all of you, who became an anchor in someone's pool of sorrow.

This week (20/8) they're celebrating 5th month of broadcasting! I'm so proud to be a part of the community. My show, Mineral House was aired on Radio Alhara last night at 10 PM Bethlehem / 02.00 AM Jakarta.

Tracklist

1. Caravan - Acacia

2. Brother Ah and The Sounds of Awareness -  Hanifah

3. Golden Ivy - Sov, sov, lille man

4. Earl Klugh - Living Inside Your Love

5. Dos Palos - I’ve Been Around (Original)

6. Marcos Valle - Samba De Vera O

7. Gianluca Mosole - New Woman

8. Chari Chari - We

9. Susso - Alagi

10. A Vision of Panorama - Wind, Brass & Bells (Original Mix)

11. Antoine Kogut, Nico Motte - Jungle Dweller

12. Garrett - Conflicted Lovers

13. Harry Case - Air Dancer

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[These minerals are carefully chosen from my imaginary paper minerals collection, graphite on paper, 2020]

Sea/Sound Vol.8 w/ Dindie

sea/sound · sea/sound vol. 8 w/ dindie

By the end of March, a Leeds (UK) based balearic unit, Sea/Sound invited me to be in their mix series. It took me some time to finally send them this, it's my first mix after hibernating creatively. Thank you so much for the opportunity and for accommodating the process.

This is rather a contemplative mix for me. I was thinking what makes me proud of myself in a decade. The fellowship in South Africa (2012) was certainly one of them. I recollected every little things that made me happy; the food, scents, 25-hours trip and stop-by at UAE, travel-to-knit gang that I formed with other students and tabletop mountains. This is part of my happy thoughts, it helped me get through hard times. A reminder that I do still matter, even though you're living in the world full of uncertainty now. And you are too, you still matter!

Tracklist
1. Carmen Villain - Impossible Color (Yu-Su Remix)
2. Toshifumi Hinata - 新しい遊牧民 Atarashii Yuhbokumin
3. Ayizan - Tribilasyon
4. D.K. -  Forest Place
5. Susso - Anasumana
6. Les Yeux Orange - Coco
7. Coastlines - East Dry River
8. Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity
9. Dennis Young - Primitive Substance
10. Mazzo - The Sneaky Cat
11. Fuga Ronto - Journey Unknown
12. Benedek - Ryukyu
13. Cool Maritime - Climbing Up
14. Harry Case - In A Mood
15. Time, Being - Johnny Nash & Suzanne Kraft
16. Priscilla Ermel - Vôo Solitário

Check their cool balearic beat show: Mixcloud | Internet Public Radio | Instagram

Artwork by Sophie Ann Lillywhite 

Mineral House 005

Happy New Year, wishing you a solid start for (hopefully not) bumpy roads ahead!

I closed 2019 with my 8th mix (in order of appearance, 9th for order of mixing) for Hamon Radio, Japan and immersing myself in many good radio stations around the net. As I spent more time with supplying mixes for other netradio and the label 100.000, I miss my own series, Mineral House. The last one was in October.

I drew capybara and mandarins as my mix cover, just because I think I would live happily as capybara in another life and I'm tired of greeneries for ambient music cover. Why not kawaii capy instead?



Tracklist
1. Breathe (Paseo) - Kirk Barley
2. Ever So Only / Eyes / Ocean - Sheila Chandra
3. In The Woods - E Ruscha V
4. Daydreams - Fuga Ronto
5. Iemanja - Radiante Pourpre
6. Echoes of the Past - Kuniyuki Takahashi
7. The Third - Santili
8. Pyramids - Jura Soundsystem
9. Secret Caves - Cool Maritime
10. Breathing New Life - Jun Fukamachi
11. Puzzle - Kuniyuki Takahashi
12. Signs - Hello Skinny
13. Bakar - Boozoo Bajou
14. A Distant Closeness - Tommy Guerrero
15. Mowing Machine - Mazzo
16. Rebecca’s Theme (Water) - Andras Fox
17. Temple - Szun Waves
18. Descending - Sam Wilkes, Brian Green, Kyle Crane, Sam Gendel

#NR219 - Norrm Radio Mailbox

The mix I made on December 2019, before Hamon Radio. The mix was live on February 4, 2020. Thank you for this opportunity, Norrm Radio! Hey, you could send your 1-hour playlist and mix too, visit their website for detail about the show or send DM on their Instagram



Tracklist:
1. Birds on the Tarmac (Footnote III) - Leon Vynehall
2. Rock Your Baby - Emerson Kitamura (feat. MMM)
3. )(– - P-SH
4. ZURE - Ryuichi Sakamoto (Cornelius Remix)
5. Kakashi - Yasuaki Shimizu
6. Lush - Félicia Atkinson
7. Jyomuran - Midori Takada & Masahiko Satoh
8. Color Balance - Marc Barreca
9. Kalimba & Malimba - Yoshiaki Ochi
10. Refractory Cafe - Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft
11. Pita - Gwakasonné
12. La Constellation Del Pejelagarto (Bambuco) - Eblen Macari
13. жук BUG - Kate NV
14. Circle - Visible Cloaks
15. A Day of Radiance - Kaoru Inoue

Mix #172 Hamon Radio

My second time around making mix for Hamon Radio, Japan. I feel more prepared than my first one. Hopefully on my third, they will give me different artworks (no more paddy fields forever, please).



Tracklist:

1. I’m Every Sparkly Woman - Ana Roxanne
2. Cloudless - Ann Annie
3. Grigori in Jakarta - Kara-Lis Coverdale (w/ LXV)
4. Of Yesterday (instrumental) - Yu Su
5. Le Château de Corail - Domenique Dumont
6. Parallelism - Arp
7. Ekko Ink - Call Super
8. Purple Rose Minuet - Susumu Yokota
9. Copper Bird Bath - Unknown Mobile
10. RN - Tomeka Reid / Mary Halvorson /Jason Roebke / Tomas Fujiwara
11. Miroku - Hiroki Miyano
12. Memories - Toshifumi Hinata
13. Two for Joy - Anna Rose Carter
14. Blue Indigo - Kenji Kihara

Moonship Music's Internal Rhythm 006

Even though I didn't collect vinyl nor having a vinyl player, but I instantly felt "oh-wow-I-found-another-tribe-member" from seeing Moonship Music's instagram for the first time. They are more or less the same like what I had on my iTunes. I left comment on their post about the re-issue of Toshifumi Hinata's works (according to Chee Shimizu) Broken Belief and the conversation's never ending since then.

When Ekel (the owner) asked me to do guest mix for them, of course I couldn't say anything except "yes and yes!". This mix originally published on November, 2019.

They gave me this Jean Arp's artwork Composition 1 as my mix cover, which I later realized that Arp and I share the same birthdate. Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but I never believe in one.



Tracklist:

1. Fogo Do Sol - Marcos Valle
2. Nzuku - Arp
3. Arpo Sunk - Call Super
4. Un Jour Avec Yusef - Domenique Dumont
5. Nyame Dadaw - Ebo Taylor
6. Life on Earth - Lord Echo
7. Pi Po Pa - Inoue Yosui
8. Kakashi - Yasuaki Shimizu
9. A Person and the Photography - Seigén Ono
10. Hold On to It (Jonny Nash Remix) - B.J. Smith
11. On Retinae (West Version) - Dip in the Pool
12. Lihue - Nohelani Cypriano
13. Sadie - Tomeka Reid/Mary Halvorson/Jason Roebke/Tomas Fujiwara
14. Alien FM - Mr. Twin Sister
15. Pancakes - Marvin Pontiac
16. Seiko 3 - Yasuaki Shimizu