The Spectacular Empire Show w/ Gaika 12th August 2022

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NTS GUIDE TO: JAZZ IN MURAKAMI NOVELS

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest' - Kafka On The Shore Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murakami's corpus.

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Tracklist

Felix Lee, Felix Lee, AARRT, AARRT, GaikaGaika
Southland Bezel
Gaika Ft. BrbkoGaika Ft. Brbko
Untitled
Howe, Howe, GaikaGaika
Eternal Tears

AARRT, AARRT, Felix Lee, Felix Lee, GaikaGaika
Zatoichi
Sir SpyroSir Spyro
Bruce Wayne
Abra CadabraAbra Cadabra
Art Of War
SIRR TMOSIRR TMO
Low End Saga
Dr. DreDr. Dre
Xxplosive (Acemyth Bootleg)
GakiaGakia
Pinky Gem Familia
DJ Paul, DJ Paul, Lord InfamousLord Infamous
Back Against Da Wall [pt. 1]
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Dark E Freaker
Chamber 45Chamber 45
U So Icy
Darq E Freaker Ft. Merky Ace, Darq E Freaker Ft. Merky Ace, Rival, Rival, D-Power, D-Power, Big Narstie And MargerBig Narstie And Marger
Next Hype Relay
Ruff SqwadRuff Sqwad
Xtra (Vocal)
VC-118AVC-118A (Niels LuinenburgNiels Luinenburg mix)
Click
Roadside G’sRoadside G’s
Welcome To Roadside
The Bug, The Bug, Warrior QueenWarrior Queen
Aktion Pak
AidoniaAidonia
Banga
CobraCobra
Badness Nuh Wear Pon Face
Gaika & LyamGaika & Lyam
Demo
Ward 21Ward 21
Garrison
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Beam (One Shot Instrumental)
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Untitled
Mun Sing, Mun Sing, GaikaGaika
Crookz & Moet
Glory EyesGlory Eyes
Pride (Instrumental)
Azekel Ft. AnaisAzekel Ft. Anais
Palm Wine Dreams