5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 3.2

We’ve had yet more delays, compounded in no small parts by my holiday-ing activities (it’s not how it sounds though, but I am making my way around the world slowly and surely, while making a massive hole in my bank account).

Finally though the last two videos from our Shibuya Session, part of our fifth anniversary podcast series, are ready for your digital consumption. These round off a series of 6 videos that go hand in hand with the audio podcast we aired back in April. Both that podcast and this series of videos are taken from the same session which featured Baku, Ken One, Naoki and Shige getting down and freestyling for about 3 hours. Check the original podcast post for more info on how it all went down.

For now though enjoy the last two videos. The second video is a freestyle between Baku, Ken-One and Naoki. Some upbeat simple shit that hits hard. And of course a little visual rework courtesy of our very own video wiz Ed.

This is the last of our Shibuya Sessions video. Remember if you like what you saw and heard then check out Baku’s website, as well as Ken-One’s myspace and the POPGROUP website. If you’re after some of the releases, you can buy them on the POPGROUP site which has some English navigation and you can also check the brand new Hear Japan site, which sells digital versions of many Japanese only releases, including Baku’s new album.

This time both the videos are in .mp4 format, optimised for iPod and iTunes viewing but fully playable on any players and platforms, as long as you have the right codecs. So if you get an error, just check your updates.

The file is 69mb in size.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Lastly direct download link is below for the more lazy amongst us.

The last part of our fifth anniversary series will be yet more videos, this time a video interview with D-Styles and Shortkut as well as some footage from their showcase at the Vestax battle held in Shibuya in December 07. These videos will be online sometime in August, towards the end of our anniversary. In the meantime though don’t forget to check the new regular podcasts of the 70 original Turntable Radio shows presented by Mr Trick. And look out for a more normal podcast from myself sometime in the coming month or two as well.

Baku, Naoki, Ken One freestyle – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 3.1

We’ve had yet more delays, compounded in no small parts by my holiday-ing activities (it’s not how it sounds though, but I am making my way around the world slowly and surely, while making a massive hole in my bank account).

Finally though the last two videos from our Shibuya Session, part of our fifth anniversary podcast series, are ready for your digital consumption. These round off a series of 6 videos that go hand in hand with the audio podcast we aired back in April. Both that podcast and this series of videos are taken from the same session which featured Baku, Ken One, Naoki and Shige getting down and freestyling for about 3 hours. Check the original podcast post for more info on how it all went down.

For now though enjoy the last two videos. First up is a live remix of ‘I Ain’t Gangsta’ a track released on a 12″ single earlier this year featuring DJ Baku on production and Hokkaido rap crew Mic Jack Production on the mic. For this one though, Baku and Exsample basically took the accapella and parts of the original’s instrumental and flip it all around, adding melodies and a new bassline on top as well as freaking the vocals. It’s by far one of my favourite moments from the session and as has been the case throughout this series the footage is given a nice little work out by Ed.

And if you like what you hear than I suggest you check the video for the original, available here on Daily Motion and go get the 12″ which is available on POPGROUP.

This time both the videos are in .mp4 format, optimised for iPod and iTunes viewing but fully playable on any players and platforms, as long as you have the right codecs. So if you get an error, just check your updates.

The file is 55mb in size.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Lastly direct download link is below for the more lazy amongst us.

The last part of our fifth anniversary series will be yet more videos, this time a video interview with D-Styles and Shortkut as well as some footage from their showcase at the Vestax battle held in Shibuya in December 07. These videos will be online sometime in August, towards the end of our anniversary. In the meantime though don’t forget to check the new regular podcasts of the 70 original Turntable Radio shows presented by Mr Trick. And look out for a more normal podcast from myself sometime in the coming month or two as well.

I Ain’t Gangsta live remix – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 2.2

Here is part 2 of the second round of videos from Shibuya Session. For full details and info check the post for part 1.

This video, featuring Ken One on drums, is 123mb in size.

As usual both vids are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing but they will also work with any standard video player and the latest codecs on any platform.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Baku and Exsample freestyle 2 (Ken One drums) – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 2.1

We’ve had some delays, between Ed who does the editing for our vids falling sick and myself having left for a little world tour, but the second part of our Shibuya Sessions videos is now ready for your enjoyment.

This time round both videos feature DJ Baku and Exsample, aka Ken One, Naoki and Shige, freestyling together. In the first video, Naoki is on the drums, while in the second one it’s Ken One on the drums. Both vids have once more received a fine visual treatment from Ed, so I hope you’ll enjoy watching them as much as we have putting it all together.

As usual both vids are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing but they will also work with any standard video player and the latest codecs on any platform.

The first video with Naoki on the drums is 39mb in size.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

The last 2 videos in the series will be online by early next week, and then we will start podcasting the original TTR shows, presented by Mr Trick, as announced recently. So stay tuned as usual and expect a change to how things look round here as well in the coming weeks (if I can drag myself away from the beaches of South East Asia, which let’s face it is a damn sight more tempting than tinkering with php files and templates!).

Baku and Exsample freestyle 1 (Naoki drums) – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 1.2

Having forgot that I couldn’t podcast two videos at once and just realised my error, this is the overdue second part to our first round of videos from our Shibuya live session. Checked the first part of the post for the full story.

This is Ken One’s exclusive loop routine performed especially for us during the session, and given a nifty visual treatment courtesy of Ed Rooth.

Ken One’s Loop routine file is 67mb in size.

As usual all videos are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing, on the go or on your PC. The videos can also be viewed with all standard players including Windows Media Player, VLC, Divx etc…

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Ken One Loop Routine – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 1.1

EDIT: I’ve just realised, a few weeks later, that the feed cannot send out two videos at once, something I actually already knew but managed to forget! And so Ken One’s loop routine which I announced in this post was actually never podcast. I’ve now fixed that and the video has gone out under the pt1.2 post. Apologies everyone!

We continue the 5th Anniversary podcast series with a return to the recent live session we recorded in Shibuya with DJ Baku, Exsample and Miyajima. But this time we bring you videos of the session to compliment the audio podcast we broadcast about a month ago.

Over the next 3 weeks we’ll be podcasting 6 videos, 2 at a time, recorded during the session. The audio from these videos was first aired in last month’s podcast, and so this time you get to see as well as hear what the guys were doing. And all the videos come with some very nifty editing and visual tricks from Ed Rooth who has been putting in some work to bring you something that’s as enjoyable to watch as it is to listen.

Our first two videos this week feature Ken One solo, with the new loop routine he premiered for us during the session, and Baku, Miyajima and Ken One together doing a little improvised freestyle with Baku on drums, Ken One on bass and Miyajima on vocal cuts.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

And don’t forget you can also grab any of our podcasts via the direct download links inside the posts – see below for this week’s ones!

As usual all videos are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing, on the go or on your PC. The videos can also be viewed with all standard players including Windows Media Player, VLC, Divx etc…

Ken One’s Loop routine is 67mb, while the Baku, Ken One and Miyajima freestyle is 44mb.

Stay tuned for part 2 next week, as well as some important website announcements coming up soon.

Baku, Ken One, Miyajima freestyle – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Turntable Radio live from Shibuya

As announced earlier, we continue our 5th anniversary celebrations with another very special podcast, our second Japan live session.

This time we headed out to Shibuya, for the POPGROUP offices where DJ Baku, Exsample (Ken-One, Naoki and Shige) and Miyajima came together for the occasion. As with the first session, back in September, the idea was simple – ask the guys to come together, put them in a room with lots of gear and just record the outcome. With less space this time round, but still bags of enthusiasm, we took over one of the rooms in the POPGROUP offices and got down to business.

Unfortunately, Miyajima had to leave early as we had some delays in setting up (as always) and so he only appears on one of the tracks. For the rest, what basically happened was that Baku and Exsample jammed together for the best part of 3/4 hours and what you’ll hear on this podcast are edited takes from the jam session. Pretty much everything you’ll hear was done unrehearsed and off the cuff, with the guys chatting in between takes, bouncing ideas and just discussing a rough direction for what they would do.

The session also coincided with the release of Baku’s second album, Dharma Dance (check the recent news item below for more on that), and so Baku, who was using Serato and a Pioneer 909 mixer, primarily used sounds he had made and produced for his album, including drums, guitar melodies and synth lines. For the majority of the tracks you’ll hear in the podcast, Baku provided the backbone for the track with the Exsample guys adding on top, with melodies and vocal cuts. On a couple of tracks the roles were reserved with Naoki and Ken-One taking the lead on drums, and everyone else filling in. So for those who haven’t yet heard the album, this session should give you a pretty good idea of some of the tracks’ moods and influences.

In addition to all this, Ken-One also premiered a new loop routine for us and there is, as I said, a 3 way session between Baku, Ken One and Miyajima, as well as an Exsample freestyle.
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