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Gilles Peterson in Tokyo
Gilles Peterson checks out Tokyo's music scene.

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Tokyo is Gilles Peterson's home from home. It's where he goes to find his favourite music, food, fashion, art and people, and is a city that he broadcasts to every week with his regular slot on J Wave Radio.


Tokyo links:

J Wave
http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/j-wavelounge/thu/15/contents.htm
The Radio station who broadcast Gilles' drive time show

Stanley Donwood - Radiohead Artist
http://www.slowlydownward.com/

Tsukiji Fish Market
http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm

Mighty Crown
http://www.mightycrown.com/index.html

Kingdom Afrocks
http://www.myspace.com/kingdomafrocks

Roppongi Hills
http://www.roppongihills.com/en/

Tokyo clubs:

Yellow
http://www.club-yellow.com

The Pit Inn
http://www.pit-inn.com

Liquid Room
http://www.liquidroom.net/front/

Womb
http://www.womb.co.jp


Tracklisting for the show:

Gagle – ‘Kuro Fessional’ (Mukatsuku Records)
The Vapours – ‘Turning Japanese’ (EMI)
Gagle – Eastern Voyage (Mukatsuku Records)
Raphael Sebbag – ‘Anda Loucia’
Aroop Roy – ‘The Lonely Years’ (Beyond Jazz)
Gagle – ‘Eastern Voyage’ (Mukatsuku Records)
The 5,6,7 8’s – ‘Woo Hoo’ (Time Bomb)
Unknown – ‘I Want you Back’ (Japanese Version)(White)
Ino Hisefumio – ‘Spartacus’ (innocent Records)

Stanley Donwood Exhibition
Small Circle of Friends – ‘Swan Lake’ (Basque)
Daisuke Tanabe – ‘CNST’ (Fluid Ounce)

Daisuke Tanabe – ‘Guitar Lesson’ (Test)

Mori Tower
Olive Oil – ‘No One Does’ (Cross Point)

Worldwide 15 Live
Fabio Fonseca – ‘Samba’

Jamie Lidell – ‘Figured Me Out’ (Warp)

Yokohama
Trail Production – ‘Promised Land’ (Jasrac)

Mighty Crown
Mighty crown – ‘Silly Games’
Trail Production – ‘Sunshine’ (Jasrac)
Papa B – ‘Wild Speed’
Fireball – ‘Jungle Roots’
Mighty Crown – ‘Ain’t no Sunshine’

Bamboo – ‘Mogamigawa Funauta’(United Artists)

Gilles @ Tsukiji fish market
Fumio Itabashi - 'Watarase' (From Smile) (Solid Records)

Kuniyuki Takahashi – ‘The Session’ (Mule)
MariBoine – ‘Vuoi Vuoi’ (Henrik Schwarz Remix) (Universal Jazz)
Daniel Wang – ‘Like some Dream’ (Balihu)
Yellow Tail – ‘Ultrastar’ (Test)

11:00

Peter Kruder – ‘Coste’
Jazztronik – ‘Samurai’ (Pantone)
Goth Trad – ‘Flags’ (Medi)

Worldwide Showcase 2008 @ The Liquid Room
Emergancy – ‘Phases’ (EMI)
Jam – Crescendo (JVC Victor)
Jam – ‘Untitled’ (Live at Liquid Room)
Jazztronik – ‘Brastep’ (Pony Canon)
Kingdom Afrocks – ‘Untitled’ (Live at Liquid Room)
Tribe Called West – ‘Feel like Insects’ (Westribe)

Jonny Shaw (Ex-pat)
Lupin III OST – ‘A Touch of Japanese Tone’ (Nippon, Columbia)
UFO – ‘Loud Minority’ (Verve)

The Pitt Inn
Mitsuaki Kanno and Group – ‘Busho’ (BMG)
Narioshi Dub Quintet – ‘Invocation’ (White)
Hideo Shiraki – ‘Senor Blues’ (King Records Co)

Kagurazaka
Silent poets – ‘Species’ (Test)
Ken Morimura - ‘Descarda Pa Ti’ (Mukatsuku Records)
Rapheal Sebbag – ‘Los Bravos’

Quiet Village – Unknown (K7)

Read what others have said..

Moushy moushy Luuuuv them
WORLD WIDO Giiiiileeeess Peetersoooonn

Gilles eres el mejor!!! looking forward to see you back in Scotland for the Triptych!!!Keep it up!!!
Juan Lazaro , Glasgow

this show was awesome. ur playing at cargo, b4 mulatu on the 17th, but ur also onm air thatnight... so your not watching him play????JAH LOVE!!!
si, england

great show gilles, when are you bringing some flavour to berlin..ridesafe
keirinberlin

Big up Gilles, aprishiating for good music. I wish to visit the legend club Yellow before closing. One more time big uo from Sweden.
Marcin, Malmö, Sweden

!!!best ever tracklisting! hope we get to see more of Tokyo the GP way in the future.big thanks
sofia, athens, greece

SUPER BIG THANX,giles!!For playing "Feel like Insects".We never expected such luck.
WESTribe,Japan

Can't believe I had to put up with half an hour of Westwood's whining before I found this ... good stuff Gilles - looking forward to the Gilles in Japan CD ;-)
Graham - Hobart

i miss you,giles!!!!but i always hear your exiciting voice and soul on the J-WAVE and this streamings."small circle of friends" show will take place on 25th of April at Club IKSPIARI only show !! i'm really glad !!! i love your soul!!i hope to see you in japan. let's ski !!! good stuff KP!! big hug and love**** Jun
Jun from Club IKSPIARI(JAPAN)

What can we say? The greatest club in the world, with the greatest musical selector!Thanks a lot Gilles, take care!
Figlidigilles (Gillessons)

O my good this is so mind blowing thanks G P for bringing this to us. Let us hear more more more. I've been around for years when it all started in the late eightys got to say mad and exsiting this is banging.
Barrie Mitchell HOUSTON

obrigado Mr Gilles Peterson!!
ricardo-from lisbon

Great program. I listen to Giles on the net every week. He's playing the most interesting music.
Mark Heyne in Doha

Gilles,Great to listen to someone take us through Japanese culture that isn't just shibuya, as most programmes lazily do.Have fun with J wave ;)Cheersken chan
ken chan

I love this show! G.P. is a master! I was so happy to be at the Liquid Room too. Thanks for connecting the dots, Gilles. I can't wait for you to come back to Japan. See you then!
Joanne, Nagoya Japan

This is one of the best tracklistings on the show!Can't wait for the WWF in Singapore.
Ulysses James-Singapore

Japan has one of the craziest music scenes right now. The talent is immense there and is enough to get people buzzin'.I've yet to visit one of these days. If I do, I'll probably be broke from all the record shoppin'.Good stuff Gilles, as always!-DJ ONCS6
DJ ONCS6, Mississauga, Ontario

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