the eastern gang
March 31, 2009
I spent some time today checking out a podcast by Daniel Wang in association with Conor of the Bodytonic crew. In it Mr. Wang goes through a few Japanese jazz-funk-disco records of the ’70s that he has turned up on his travels. He laments the fact that, musically enthralling as they are, they just don’t work on a Western dancefloor.
Now if Daniel can’t get away with playing them on a bustling floor then it’s a given that they won’t work a crowd. Danny is one of the most musical (and I use that word deliberately) DJs I’ve ever heard, and his more respectful dancefloors will always give him room to glide across the musical spectrum.
What got me thinking is that, as regular readers will know, I am partial to Japanese music too. And I too have always shied away from playing them anywhere other than on here, or in a mixtape. He has a point. Great as they are there is just something not…quite…right…
Here’s hopng to change all that. The Japanese jazz-funk-disco revival starts, er, here!
The Eastern Gang – Charlotte
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beautiful..and soo you.
hope all is well in your world proctor X
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