Stories — Recap
2020 End of Year recap, part 3: Madvillain, Dae Han, and all 25 releases of 2020
In all, we dropped 27 releases in 2020. A handful of them were digital-only, which I'm happy to pursue because it allows us to expand our catalog more quickly and it gives our fans and new listeners more music to dive into. For that, I couldn't be more excited for.
2020 End of Year recap, part 2: Soul Time in Tokyo
While we couldn’t make it overseas this year, we pulled together a 90 minute tri-city stream from Tokyo, LA, and Honolulu. Soul Time in Tokyo 2020 supported by Technics.
2020 End of Year recap, part 1: Teresa Bright's "Blue Skies"
Teresa Bright's Blue Skies is an unreleased jazz vocal album recorded in 2005 with pianist/arranger Kit Ebersbach and bassist Steve Jones.
Recap: Third time's a charm: Japan with Lord Echo and friends
Bookended by gigs with Lord Echo in Tokyo and Osaka, our recent travels to Japan found us gigging in Kyoto, Nagoya, and Fukui.
Going with the Flow in Tokyo (Gūzen, Part 2)
I started writing this post while Hideki Yamamoto was recording his show for Central Pacific Time, an online radio station that me and Lei started earlier this year. Hideki provided a vibe, as usual (I miss DJing with him and Oliver every month at Soul Time In Hawaii — in March, we decided to scale back the Soul Time parties from monthly to a few times per year) as I typed furiously at the keyboard. We didn't say much throughout that hour. He was focused on selection and mixing, I was focused on recounting our experiences in Japan in April...