Up with the Lark! Launette takes time out from her day job as a chocolatier to play from her treasured vinyl collection. She will also be joined from time to time by carefully chosen guests. Happy Sunday!
Translating literally as “Shibuya-style”, named after the shopping district of Tokyo, which during the ‘90s was the epicentre of the kitsch and Western retro throwback aesthetic, Shibuya-kei bands drew heavily from easy listening pop movements of the 1960s – bossa nova, psychedelia, yé-yé and more.
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John Carroll Kirby is an artist and an in-demand musical collaborator for artists like Solange, Frank Ocean, Sebastian Tellier, Connan Mockasin, and countless others. Kirby has lately focused on his own prolific solo output with his forthcoming album, Dance Ancestral, following four other LPs on Stones Throw Records: his debut My Garden (2020); the ambient piano record Conflict (2020); his first film score, Cryptozoo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021), and the jazz-fusion record Septet (2021).
John Carroll Kirby is an artist and an in-demand musical collaborator for artists like Solange, Frank Ocean, Sebastian Tellier, Connan Mockasin, and countless others. Kirby has lately focused on his own prolific solo output with his forthcoming album, Dance Ancestral, following four other LPs on Stones Throw Records: his debut My Garden (2020); the ambient piano record Conflict (2020); his first film score, Cryptozoo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021), and the jazz-fusion record Septet (2021).