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NTS Guide to: Tearoom Ambient

Tearooms in post-revolution Czechoslovakia symbolised places through which new spiritualities were flowing, and the influx of largely uncharted ways of life closely intertwined with new age, ambient, folk and minimalism. With their minds altered thanks to smuggled records by Fripp & Eno or Steve Reich, this loose network of musicians had begun composing meditative music, using loops and handmade instruments, with a different sensibility. Compared to the boisterous Zappa-adjacent and booze-soaked underground movement, which was led by Plastic People of the Universe and provoked the state authorities, this music was meant instead for tea rooms and spiritual sites like churches or monasteries, as if occupying some place where time flows anticlockwise. Music journalist Pavel Klusák dubbed this 1990s scene a “tearoom alternative”. Experimental folk singer Oldřich Janota, Jaroslav Kořán’s various ensembles like Modrá or Orloj Snivců (The Horologe of Dreamers) or Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi were drawn by the light and composed music that didn’t match the fast pace of newly imported capitalism. Mix created by: Miloš Hroch

ZULI w/ Yvu

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.

Fuga Ronto

Fuga Ronto

Fuga Ronto has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 6 August 2016. Fuga Ronto's music has been featured on 20 episodes.

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Fuga Ronto

Fuga Ronto has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 6 August 2016. Fuga Ronto's music has been featured on 20 episodes.

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Kiss Cafe w/ Maraschino 21.06.22 Radio Episode

Beyond The Clouds w/ Masha Mar 08.06.22 Radio Episode

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Wave Flower w/ Yuka Mizuhara 04.01.22 Radio Episode

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Greatest Treasure

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2021

L'Uomo Invisible

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Phantom Island•2016

Hi Desire (Fuga Ronto Remix)

Maraschino (Fuga Ronto, Ron Shiller, Tobi Schweizer mix)

Phantom Island•2023

Daydreams

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2016

Falling Star

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2021

Columbo De Domingo

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2021

L`Uomo Invisibile

Fuga Ronto

Hostal La Torre Recordings•2017

Mystery Of Zambio

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2021

Journey Unknown

Fuga Ronto

Phantom Island•2016

Choices (Fuga Ronto Remix Dub Version)

Ethimm (Fuga Ronto mix)

Phantom Island, No Sense Necessary•2022

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