Emancipator Japan Tour ‘08
August 30, 2008
Puma Store Presents “red book” Emancipator Japan Tour ‘08
2008 September
18th @ Loop (Tokyo)
19th @ Puma Store Horie (Osaka)
20th @ Triangle (Osaka)
22th @ ADD (Sendai)
23th @ Puma Store Harajyuku (Tokyo)
26th @ Tokyo Salon Las Chicas (Tokyo)
27th @ O/D (Fukuoka)
Anthem Music Video
July 1, 2008
This is a sweet music video for “Anthem” by Jeff Van Bockern. He filmed all of this scenic footage in Kansas!
Tower Records Tokyo
May 16, 2008
“Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” was released April 25, 2008 by Hydeout Productions in Japan. Here are some pictures of the promotional displays in Tower Records Shibuya, Tokyo!
Hydeout 2nd Collection released in Japan!
November 27, 2007
1. Voice of Autumn / Nujabes
2. Sky is falling (featuring CL Smooth) / Nujabes
3. Waltz for life will born / Uyama Hiroto
4. Imaginary Folklore / Clammbon by Nujabes
5. Hikari (featuring Substantial) Nujabes
6. Counting Stars / Nujabes
7. Another Reflection / Nujabes
8. Fly by night (featuring Five Deez) / Nujabes
9. Old Light(voices from 93 million miles away remix) / Pase Rock
10. with rainy eyes / Emancipator
11. Luv(sic.)(modal soul remix) / Shing02
12. windspeaks / Uyama Hiroto
13. Winter Lane (nujabes remix) / DSK
14. After Hanabi -listen to my beats- / Nujabes
Nujabes, famous Japanese hip-hop super producer and owner of Hydeout Productions record label, has just released Hydeout Second Collection, the much anticipated follow-up to 2003’s First Collection. Once again, Nujabes has pieced together a brilliant selection of head-nodding grooves, capturing the unique sound of Japan’s vibrant underground hip-hop scene. This heavily jazz-influenced, largely instrumental album features new songs and remixes by Nujabes and company, as well the most recent addition to the label, producer Emancipator. Don’t sleep on this release!
buck 65 - shutterbuggin’ remix
October 7, 2007
this is my submission for the buck 65 remix contest. it’s one of the first songs i’ve recorded using all of the instruments in a bluegrass ensemble: guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and bass. drop a comment if you can. flashy flash, homies!
hoofprints in the sand: a sage francis remix
September 10, 2007
miles above: a new folk song
August 21, 2007
lyrics:
papa took me when i was one
on a trip to the far side of the sun
oh papa,let’s return
if we get close
we might get burnedmama took me when i was two
up high in the sky in a big balloon
oh mama, let’s go down
we are miles
above the groundpapa took me when i was three
to the bottom of the deepest sea
oh papa, it is cold
it is dark
so let’s go homemama took me when i was four
to walk along the forest floor
oh mama, finally
a place
i’d like to bepapa took me when i was five
down to the riverside
oh papa, let’s be going
the sun has set
and the river is slowingmama took me when i was six
to fields of trees with fruits to pick
oh mama, is that all
or can we come back tomorrow?papa took me when i was seven
to a party with all his friends
oh papa, i know you’re tall
but in this room
i feel smallmama took me when i was eight
to climb along the mountain face
oh mama, finally
a place i’d like to be
jens lekman - pocketful of money
July 19, 2007
enjoy this wonderfully melancholic pop song by swedish songwriter jens lekman. the video is not by lekman - it’s the better of two fan-made videos i found on youtube. the song is so damn good. it’s been playing in my head all day and strumming the heartstrings with every ‘heart on fire.’
the scandinavians are winning at pop music. jose gonzalez, kings of convenience, ace of base, and now jens lekman. comment with similar recommendations!
my studio in my studio
July 16, 2007
first, peer down the narrow hallway of my studio apartment.
but wait, there is a jewel encrusted skull on the fridge.
and the studio!
and a bed that is somehow supported by a 2 x 4.
and another view of the studio.
survival skills tips part one
July 15, 2007
i generally know a lot about survival skills. they are extremely important at times. i have been watching all the episodes of discovery channel’s ‘man vs. wild’ on youtube because it is the most extreme show. the guy ‘bear grylls’ is an expert at everything and he does wild things like eat rotting zebra, jump into ice crevasses, and climb down waterfalls to survive the extreme environments around the world. so i feel that my survival skills have become keen. now that i am living in new york city i don’t really need to know how to survive the australian outback or a costa rican jungle, but who knows.
in fact, this morning there was a survival situation in my house. at ten the carbon monoxide detector started beeping every 30 seconds. i waited for a few minutes before getting up to see what was beeping very loudly. my brilliant survival technique was to open the window and then go back to sleep. that did nothing. victor, a friend who was sleeping on the couch finally got up to stop that shit. haha. i would not do so well in a desert or jungle if my survival skills are that bad in an apartment. the point of this story is that i like shows about other people’s insane survival skills.
