A pioneer in the distinctly Japanese sonics of "environmental" sound design, composer Takashi Kokubo began his solo career in the early 1980s, making synthesizer compositions inspired by classical music in the vein of fellow Japanese composer Isao Tomita, but across the following decades, his productions would pay deep homage to the sounds of the natural world and its spiritually soothing properties – as both inspiration for his music, and as a prominent feature in the music itself.
In an era of everything at once, Gabrielle Kwarteng is a DJ who weaves stories that often look to the past, while always focusing on possible futures. Dip in to hear a range of dance music from downtempo to deep house to techno rollers - and everything in between.
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“Squirming the Worm” is a BLISS production presented by artist Lucy Stein and produced by Simon Bayliss in West Cornwall. The show weaves together folk music, Cornish traditional witchcraft, field recordings, synth pop, queer bedroom aesthetics, pagan voice porn, mythological rave noise, and hard dark literature read by Lucy from her astral mattress.
“Squirming the Worm” is a BLISS production presented by artist Lucy Stein and produced by Simon Bayliss in West Cornwall. The show weaves together folk music, Cornish traditional witchcraft, field recordings, synth pop, queer bedroom aesthetics, pagan voice porn, mythological rave noise, and hard dark literature read by Lucy from her astral mattress.