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Tim & Barry have been documenting underground music since 2000. Journey from the latest UK drill back in time to classic grime and garage, all the way to afrobeats, dancehall and RnB. Expect the unexpected.

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Washington DC
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Brian Weitz has been making music as Geologist with Animal Collective for going on two decades. The egg first cracked in the mid 90's at Baltimore record fairs and long overnight radio shows in New York on WKCR. Whether making sounds in the practice space or playing records, his bandmates call it the O'Brien System. One Tuesday each month you can go there with him on NTS 2.

Umeko Ando

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Umeko Ando on 7 March 2025. Umeko Ando has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 26 episodes and was first played on 28 November 2017.

Umeko Ando was born in Fushiko Ainu village. She is a renowned expert of the mukkuri (the koukin, a Japanese mouth harp) and upopo (the traditional chanting of the Ainu). Immersed throughout her life with the culture, language and traditions of the Ainu, she has become an important successor for the Ainu culture of the Obihiro district. Her participation on OKI's second album, Hankapuy, helped to gain her recognition. Her solo debut album, Ihunke, produced by OKI in 2001, was extolled by many critics and artists, and declared the best world music album of the year by many music publications in Japan. This was followed by further critical success with her second album from Chikar Studio, Upopo Sanke (2003), gaining worldwide attention. -July 15, 2004 Umeko Ando died from cancer at her hometown Makubetsu-cho, Hokkaido. She was 71.

Episode 17. "Lullabies of the Lost" of Cartoon Network's Samurai Champloo bears a message regarding this at the end of the credits, reading simply:

Umeko Ando

May her soul rest in peace.

"Pekambe Uku" ("Wheat Harvesting Song") was used in this episode as the Ainu style was used in a few episodes briefly before this point in the series. The other Ainu Songs used are from OKI: 'Susuriuka' (Willow Bridge) and 'Uchaore' (Communication) from the album "Kamuy Kor Nupurpe".

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Umeko Ando

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Umeko Ando on 7 March 2025. Umeko Ando has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 26 episodes and was first played on 28 November 2017.

Umeko Ando was born in Fushiko Ainu village. She is a renowned expert of the mukkuri (the koukin, a Japanese mouth harp) and upopo (the traditional chanting of the Ainu). Immersed throughout her life with the culture, language and traditions of the Ainu, she has become an important successor for the Ainu culture of the Obihiro district. Her participation on OKI's second album, Hankapuy, helped to gain her recognition. Her solo debut album, Ihunke, produced by OKI in 2001, was extolled by many critics and artists, and declared the best world music album of the year by many music publications in Japan. This was followed by further critical success with her second album from Chikar Studio, Upopo Sanke (2003), gaining worldwide attention. -July 15, 2004 Umeko Ando died from cancer at her hometown Makubetsu-cho, Hokkaido. She was 71.

Episode 17. "Lullabies of the Lost" of Cartoon Network's Samurai Champloo bears a message regarding this at the end of the credits, reading simply:

Umeko Ando

May her soul rest in peace.

"Pekambe Uku" ("Wheat Harvesting Song") was used in this episode as the Ainu style was used in a few episodes briefly before this point in the series. The other Ainu Songs used are from OKI: 'Susuriuka' (Willow Bridge) and 'Uchaore' (Communication) from the album "Kamuy Kor Nupurpe".

Original source: Last.fm

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