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Sounds Spectacular is the new show from New York producer and DJ Ursula 1000 where our host blends an exotic cocktail of aural delights.
His time machine is set for retro/future beats beyond delving in esoteric disco, leftfield grooves and lots of guilty pleasures!

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Favoriting April 23, 2020: Shibuya-kei Special!

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Fantastic Plastic Machine  Bachelor Pad   Favoriting 1997 
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Qypthone  Boogaloo Chair   Favoriting 2002 
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Halcali  Girigiri Surf Rider   Favoriting 2003 
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Pizzicato Five  Twiggy Twiggy   Favoriting 1994 
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Montparnasse  The Wiggley Cat Walk   Favoriting 1999 
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Losfeld  Le Erotique Du Losfeld   Favoriting 2000 
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Capsule  Udagawa Friday   Favoriting 2003 
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Cornelius  Mic Check   Favoriting 1997 
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DOOPEES  Doopee Time   Favoriting 1995 
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Oh! Penelope  Let's Fly The Ad-Baloon   Favoriting 1997 
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Kahimi Karie  Good Morning World   Favoriting 1998 
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Halfby  Cool Herb   Favoriting 2003 
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Towa Tei  Upload with BAKUBAKUDOKIN   Favoriting 2011 
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Cibo Matto  Sugar Water   Favoriting 1995 
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Ursula 1000  Campari and Soda feat Qypthone   Favoriting 2019 
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Mansfield  Car Club '69   Favoriting 2002 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:09pm
Ursula1000:

Shibuya-kei (Japanese: 渋谷系, lit. "Shibuya style") is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in the mid to late 1990s.Emerging as Japanese retail music from the Shibuya district of Tokyo, artists purveyed a cut-and-paste style that was inspired by previous genres based on kitsch, fusion, and artifice. Shibuya-kei inherited musical characteristics from earlier 1980s Japanese city pop, while incorporating strong influences from 1960s culture and Western pop music.-Wikipedia
Avatar 12:59pm
Phoole:

YES YES SHIBUYA-KEI TIMES
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chresti:

Hiya!
Avatar 1:00pm
Phoole:

Greetings from Milwaukee Wisco USA
Avatar 1:01pm
Otis:

Get your samplers ready! Helloooo!
Avatar 1:01pm
Ursula1000:

hey everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
fred:

Good afternoon all. I'm working, but I'm looking forward to this show
Avatar 1:02pm
BC Sterrett:

Hey Everyone!
Avatar 1:02pm
Phoole:

TUUUUUUUNE
Avatar 1:02pm
BC Sterrett:

Oh man, excited for this show. I'll be having pancakes :)
Avatar 1:02pm
Ursula1000:

Phoole!!!!!!
Avatar 1:03pm
Phoole:

This is amazing - Shibuya-Kei obsession is how I discovered you, Ursula 1000!
  1:03pm
Bill Speakman:

I have always loved Shibuya Kei. This made my day!
Avatar 1:04pm
Phoole:

top fav epic of the genre right here
Avatar 1:04pm
Mr Fab:

FANTASTIC show, BC.
Avatar 1:04pm
Phoole:

I'm an FPM completist \o/ \o/ \o/
Avatar 1:05pm
Ursula1000:

needless to say, this scene was a HUUUUUGE influence on me!
Avatar 1:05pm
Phoole:

'IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?'
Avatar 1:06pm
Mr Fab:

I dont think i was aware of this as a seperate genre back in the day. Just part of the "lounge revival," as they called it. I def. noticed a strong Japanese element to said revival, tho.
Avatar 1:06pm
Domenic:

Amazing
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Phoole:

I'm down to force a loungecore revival revival
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Phoole:

BOSSA NOVAAAAAA
Avatar 1:07pm
Ursula1000:

we are SO ready for a re-re-revival!
Avatar 1:08pm
Phoole:

and immediately you're turning me on to acts new to me - making a shopping list with Qypthone at the top!
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Sem:

Re-vive me, bro.
Along for the ride, punch my ticket.
Avatar 1:09pm
Ursula1000:

they rock! they collaborated w me on my Campari and Soda track off Esoterique
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solo mon:

Shibuya kei is my favorite!!
Avatar 1:10pm
Domenic:

Just keep on promoting. Its fantastic music,
Avatar 1:10pm
Phoole:

THAT'S RIGHT.
  1:12pm
Bill Speakman:

Some favorites of mine include "Karly" Karia Nomoto produced by Yasuharu Konishi of P5, and Capsule before they migrated from the 60s to the 80s.
Avatar 1:13pm
Phoole:

well put RE Capsule's time-travel!
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Ursula1000:

stay tuned for Capsule! Love them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
Listener Bob in PGH:

I really like this Halcali. From the definition at the beginning, what is "Japanese retail music"? Is that "commercial" lost in translation?
Avatar 1:14pm
Phoole:

massive love for both P5 and Capsule
Avatar 1:15pm
Ursula1000:

and of course, here is the quintessential jam!
Avatar 1:15pm
Phoole:

THE ICONIC JAM
Avatar 1:16pm
Phoole:

Does anyone else "sing along" without actually having any idea how to speak Japanese? \o/ \o/ \o/
Avatar 1:17pm
Phoole:

The breakdown at the end of this tune sends me to outer space
Avatar 1:17pm
Ursula1000:

haha totally! crazy how this is 94 predating Fatboy Slim and a lot of that style of sampling---of course Deee-Lite predated everyone! seminal!
Avatar 1:18pm
Mr Fab:

Did u ever buy imports, U1k? I looked for CDs in a Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. shop once back in the day: ouch! This poor boy decided to just wait til they got domestic releases. Tho I guess i missed out on a lot.
Avatar 1:19pm
Phoole:

I shell out for these imports like mad
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solo mon:

Teeny weeenie boppy
Avatar 1:21pm
Phoole:

This tune will henceforth be the theme tune for my own wiggly cat, Tony
Avatar 1:21pm
Ursula1000:

I was an import fiend from like the New Wave days! haha I was living in Miami Beach at the time of a lot of these tracks and I had an in w an music importer who hooked me up. then Other Music when I moved to NY in 98.
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Phoole:

Niiiice! I started my import addiction managing a Rose Records in the early 90s in the Chicagoland area
Avatar 1:23pm
Domenic:

Went to Other Music a few times. Yesterday listened to a comp called "Hello Young Lovers" with Kahimi Karie on it.. "Take it easy my brother Charlie" is on it.
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solo mon:

I loved escalator records, Mansfield, Capsule. All of it!
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solo mon:

Mail order from other music, some expensive imports but worth it.
Avatar 1:26pm
Ursula1000:

I have that Kahimi track on a Best Of Trattoria Records comp---so good!
Avatar 1:27pm
Phoole:

Unnnh the beautiful seventh chords in this subgenre \o/\o/\o/
Avatar 1:28pm
Phoole:

YESSSSS Capsule funky grooves
  1:29pm
Martinibomb:

Sounding good! Man it took me forever to get a copy of that Montparnasse track always dug that one
Avatar 1:30pm
Ursula1000:

Montparnasse aka Mansfield aka Masanori Ikeda! super prolific
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solo mon:

Ahh this is all so great. Loved his spin out cds
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fred:

Capsule is great
Avatar 1:31pm
Ursula1000:

yeah those Spinout mixes are amazing!
Avatar 1:32pm
Phoole:

My heart hopes that Tokyo still looks and feels the way this sounds and that we can all travel there in retro-futuristic clothes one day
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solo mon:

Oooh Cornelius
Avatar 1:33pm
Ursula1000:

I can't WAIT to take Zenda--she's gonna freak!
Avatar 1:34pm
Phoole:

I've never been, despite being obsessed with Shibuya-Kei and Japanese food at conveyor-belt sushi places :D
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solo mon:

Doooopeeeees
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solo mon:

U are killing me
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Mr Fab:

Ursula, Do you have plans for Japan? You made it out of Paris just in time.
We have reservations over xmas...for a cruise. Yeah we'll see about that...
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solo mon:

I really love Yan Tomita. Big fan!
Avatar 1:37pm
Ursula1000:

nothing concrete for Japan but at some point for sure!
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Otis:

Doupee!
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Ursula1000:

Yan rocks!
  1:37pm
Martinibomb:

I been working on the zine while listening. Got yer comic in there now U1k. I need stuff from Otis, RRC and Jan.
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Phoole:

incredible curation my dude
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solo mon:

Love all the steel drum stuff he did too his version of memory band is glorious
Avatar 1:38pm
Mr Fab:

"Doopee Time" is a WFMU classic, used to get a lot of play. I think the entire album was posted on WFMU's blog.
  1:39pm
Martinibomb:

Is there anything produced past 2010 that still fits within the shibuya-kei genre?
  1:39pm
Bill Speakman:

I remember this artist from the Sushi 4004 comps. Those CDs were a godsend back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm
solo mon:

I have a soft spot for helium vocals so all of Yans output speaks to me ( in a high squeaky voice)
Avatar 1:40pm
Ursula1000:

yeah Bungalow and Escalator were pretty special! tastemakers to the nth...!
Avatar 1:42pm
Ursula1000:

MB a lot of the existing bands from this era like Capsule went inna more electro j pop world
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Domenic:

Knew Kahimi Karie was going to show up. She loved Astrud Gilberto,
Avatar 1:43pm
Ursula1000:

such a delicate voice
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solo mon:

Is this a Bertrand production?
Avatar 1:43pm
Phoole:

digging all of this heavily
Avatar 1:43pm
Ursula1000:

Momus production actually
  1:44pm
Martinibomb:

I got to hang out with Momus and Kahimi - probably on this tour. I had to go interview them with a friend for the local paper.
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solo mon:

Oh thanks U1k!
Avatar 1:44pm
Phoole:

Amazing @Martinibomb!
Avatar 1:45pm
Ursula1000:

did he have his eye patch then?
  1:45pm
Martinibomb:

It was at EJs which was this dive bar that always had great shows. And Kahimi just sat in this tiny chair the whole time curled up like a cat and did her thing. hah
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solo mon:

I forgot abt momus, loved all of his stuff
  1:46pm
Martinibomb:

I think he was wearing the eye patch by then yeah
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solo mono stereo:

Oh gawd ejs that place was so weird but fun
Avatar 1:46pm
Ursula1000:

what a character---love him! he lived in NY for a bit and we'd see him everywhere
Avatar 1:48pm
Ursula1000:

you guys want some high pitched vocals? I got you covered!
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Phoole:

Towa Teiiiiiii \o/ \o/ \o/
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solo mono stereo:

He had that Oscar Wilde/Captain Hook fashion on lock since way back
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solo mono stereo:

I just love the singing mice genre
  1:50pm
Martinibomb:

Towa Tei with the win for getting past 2010 and not doing electro hahah
Avatar 1:50pm
Ursula1000:

Momus had some eye condition that made him wear that eye patch but he was such a character that it looked like it was part of his getup!
Avatar 1:51pm
Mr Fab:

Was wondering if Towa Tei would show up. Was United Future Organization part of this scene? I had one of their CDs.
  1:51pm
Martinibomb:

it was something to do with a contact lens that effed his vision up
Avatar 1:51pm
Ursula1000:

they kinda straddled it but maybe more in the Acid Jazz world...?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
fred:

I was very late to warm up to Cibbo Matto, but in my old age I've come to love their music
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chresti:

Love Cibo Matto.
Avatar 1:55pm
Phoole:

there it IS!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
chresti:

Also, Buffalo Daughter
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WR:

Hi all, just in time to see playlist that looks swell. Will give it a full listen from the archive.
Avatar 1:55pm
Domenic:

Yes. popping in from the kitchen to say thanks!
Avatar 1:55pm
Ursula1000:

Buffalo Daughter almost made this show---SOOOO good!
Avatar 1:56pm
Phoole:

this tune is electric \o/ \o/ \o/
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Ursula1000:

thanks x
Avatar 1:59pm
Phoole:

there's that Mansfield go-go good stuff
Avatar 1:59pm
Otis:

Cheers and thanks for the flashbacks of hazy cocktails at bars in the 90s, dressing somewhat dapper.
Avatar 2:00pm
Ursula1000:

was gonna plaay his cover of Beck's New Pollution but thought I'd rock this more obscure 45
  2:00pm
Martinibomb:

thanks U1K!
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Mr Fab:

CRAZY fun show today, Ursula1000-san!
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fred:

Many thanks, is it over already? Time flew by
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Phoole:

Maybe the 'Rona will bring back futuristic helmets for ladiezzzz
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chresti:

Thanks U1000!
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Phoole:

Cheers for yet another brilliant show!
Avatar 2:01pm
Ursula1000:

thanks everyone for tuning in and letting me indulge! :) See you lovies next week
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