Japan Sound Portrait

This week's podcast is specially devoted to TA2MI - our friend Tatsumi Akinobu, a Jodo Shinshuu Buddhist monk from the countryside outside the city of Kumamoto in the South of Japan. This mix shows off the full range of his musical talents, taking in: A track from a new release with Cheese N Pot-C for blocsonic http://blocsonic.com/releases/bsmx0145 A preview of TA2MI's remix of Jalal Salaam's 'Ignorance is Bliss', from a forthcoming collaborative release https://jalalsalaam.bandcamp.com/track/ignorance-is-bliss-prod-l A new instrumental track, To look up at The Night Sky https://ta2mi.bandcamp.com/track/to-look-up-into-the-night-sky Blended with an array of field recordings that Tatsumi has shared with us... Followed by Tatsumi beatboxing an old children's song from the Kumamoto region https://japansoundportrait.bandcamp.com/album/antagata-dokosa-where-are-you-from Finishing up with the audio of unreleased footage from the film KanZeOn, showing Tatsumi getting busy in his record room https://vimeo.co