WFMU: Sounds Spectacular with Ursula1000: Playlist from April 23, 2020

Listener comments!
	12:09pm Ursula1000: Shibuya-kei (Japanese: 渋谷系, lit. "Shibuya style") is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in the mid to late 1990s.Emerging as Japanese retail music from the Shibuya district of Tokyo, artists purveyed a cut-and-paste style that was inspired by previous genres based on kitsch, fusion, and artifice. Shibuya-kei inherited musical characteristics from earlier 1980s Japanese city pop, while incorporating strong influences from 1960s culture and Western pop music.-Wikipedia
	12:59pm Phoole: YES YES SHIBUYA-KEI TIMES
	1:00pm chresti: Hiya!
	1:00pm Phoole: Greetings from Milwaukee Wisco USA
	1:01pm Otis: Get your samplers ready! Helloooo!
	1:01pm Ursula1000: hey everyone!
	1:02pm fred: Good afternoon all. I'm working, but I'm looking forward to this show
	1:02pm BC Sterrett: Hey Everyone!
	1:02pm Phoole: TUUUUUUUNE
	1:02pm BC Sterrett: Oh man, excited for this show. I'll be having pancakes :)
	1:02pm Ursula1000: Phoole!!!!!!
	1:03pm Phoole: This is amazing - Shibuya-Kei obsession is how I discovered you, Ursula 1000!
	1:03pm Bill Speakman: I have always loved Shibuya Kei. This made my day!
	1:04pm Phoole: top fav epic of the genre right here
	1:04pm Mr Fab: FANTASTIC show, BC.
	1:04pm Phoole: I'm an FPM completist \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:05pm Ursula1000: needless to say, this scene was a HUUUUUGE influence on me!
	1:05pm Phoole: 'IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?'
	1:06pm Mr Fab: I dont think i was aware of this as a seperate genre back in the day. Just part of the "lounge revival," as they called it. I def. noticed a strong Japanese element to said revival, tho.
	1:06pm Domenic: Amazing
	1:06pm Phoole: I'm down to force a loungecore revival revival
	1:06pm Phoole: BOSSA NOVAAAAAA
	1:07pm Ursula1000: we are SO ready for a re-re-revival!
	1:08pm Phoole: and immediately you're turning me on to acts new to me - making a shopping list with Qypthone at the top!
	1:08pm Sem: Re-vive me, bro. Along for the ride, punch my ticket.
	1:09pm Ursula1000: they rock! they collaborated w me on my Campari and Soda track off Esoterique
	1:09pm solo mon: Shibuya kei is my favorite!!
	1:10pm Domenic: Just keep on promoting. Its fantastic music,
	1:10pm Phoole: THAT'S RIGHT.
	1:12pm Bill Speakman: Some favorites of mine include "Karly" Karia Nomoto produced by Yasuharu Konishi of P5, and Capsule before they migrated from the 60s to the 80s.
	1:13pm Phoole: well put RE Capsule's time-travel!
	1:13pm Ursula1000: stay tuned for Capsule! Love them.
	1:14pm Listener Bob in PGH: I really like this Halcali. From the definition at the beginning, what is "Japanese retail music"? Is that "commercial" lost in translation?
	1:14pm Phoole: massive love for both P5 and Capsule
	1:15pm Ursula1000: and of course, here is the quintessential jam!
	1:15pm Phoole: THE ICONIC JAM
	1:16pm Phoole: Does anyone else "sing along" without actually having any idea how to speak Japanese? \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:17pm Phoole: The breakdown at the end of this tune sends me to outer space
	1:17pm Ursula1000: haha totally! crazy how this is 94 predating Fatboy Slim and a lot of that style of sampling---of course Deee-Lite predated everyone! seminal!
	1:18pm Mr Fab: Did u ever buy imports, U1k? I looked for CDs in a Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. shop once back in the day: ouch! This poor boy decided to just wait til they got domestic releases. Tho I guess i missed out on a lot.
	1:19pm Phoole: I shell out for these imports like mad
	1:19pm solo mon: Teeny weeenie boppy
	1:21pm Phoole: This tune will henceforth be the theme tune for my own wiggly cat, Tony
	1:21pm Ursula1000: I was an import fiend from like the New Wave days! haha I was living in Miami Beach at the time of a lot of these tracks and I had an in w an music importer who hooked me up. then Other Music when I moved to NY in 98.
	1:22pm Phoole: Niiiice! I started my import addiction managing a Rose Records in the early 90s in the Chicagoland area
	1:23pm Domenic: Went to Other Music a few times. Yesterday listened to a comp called "Hello Young Lovers" with Kahimi Karie on it.. "Take it easy my brother Charlie" is on it.
	1:24pm solo mon: I loved escalator records, Mansfield, Capsule. All of it!
	1:25pm solo mon: Mail order from other music, some expensive imports but worth it.
	1:26pm Ursula1000: I have that Kahimi track on a Best Of Trattoria Records comp---so good!
	1:27pm Phoole: Unnnh the beautiful seventh chords in this subgenre \o/\o/\o/
	1:28pm Phoole: YESSSSS Capsule funky grooves
	1:29pm Martinibomb: Sounding good! Man it took me forever to get a copy of that Montparnasse track always dug that one
	1:30pm Ursula1000: Montparnasse aka Mansfield aka Masanori Ikeda! super prolific
	1:30pm solo mon: Ahh this is all so great. Loved his spin out cds
	1:30pm fred: Capsule is great
	1:31pm Ursula1000: yeah those Spinout mixes are amazing!
	1:32pm Phoole: My heart hopes that Tokyo still looks and feels the way this sounds and that we can all travel there in retro-futuristic clothes one day
	1:33pm solo mon: Oooh Cornelius
	1:33pm Ursula1000: I can't WAIT to take Zenda--she's gonna freak!
	1:34pm Phoole: I've never been, despite being obsessed with Shibuya-Kei and Japanese food at conveyor-belt sushi places :D
	1:35pm solo mon: Doooopeeeees
	1:35pm solo mon: U are killing me
	1:35pm Mr Fab: Ursula, Do you have plans for Japan? You made it out of Paris just in time. We have reservations over xmas...for a cruise. Yeah we'll see about that...
	1:36pm solo mon: I really love Yan Tomita. Big fan!
	1:37pm Ursula1000: nothing concrete for Japan but at some point for sure!
	1:37pm Otis: Doupee!
	1:37pm Ursula1000: Yan rocks!
	1:37pm Martinibomb: I been working on the zine while listening. Got yer comic in there now U1k. I need stuff from Otis, RRC and Jan.
	1:37pm Phoole: incredible curation my dude
	1:38pm solo mon: Love all the steel drum stuff he did too his version of memory band is glorious
	1:38pm Mr Fab: "Doopee Time" is a WFMU classic, used to get a lot of play. I think the entire album was posted on WFMU's blog.
	1:39pm Martinibomb: Is there anything produced past 2010 that still fits within the shibuya-kei genre?
	1:39pm Bill Speakman: I remember this artist from the Sushi 4004 comps. Those CDs were a godsend back then.
	1:40pm solo mon: I have a soft spot for helium vocals so all of Yans output speaks to me ( in a high squeaky voice)
	1:40pm Ursula1000: yeah Bungalow and Escalator were pretty special! tastemakers to the nth...!
	1:42pm Ursula1000: MB a lot of the existing bands from this era like Capsule went inna more electro j pop world
	1:42pm Domenic: Knew Kahimi Karie was going to show up. She loved Astrud Gilberto,
	1:43pm Ursula1000: such a delicate voice
	1:43pm solo mon: Is this a Bertrand production?
	1:43pm Phoole: digging all of this heavily
	1:43pm Ursula1000: Momus production actually
	1:44pm Martinibomb: I got to hang out with Momus and Kahimi - probably on this tour. I had to go interview them with a friend for the local paper.
	1:44pm solo mon: Oh thanks U1k!
	1:44pm Phoole: Amazing @Martinibomb!
	1:45pm Ursula1000: did he have his eye patch then?
	1:45pm Martinibomb: It was at EJs which was this dive bar that always had great shows. And Kahimi just sat in this tiny chair the whole time curled up like a cat and did her thing. hah
	1:45pm solo mon: I forgot abt momus, loved all of his stuff
	1:46pm Martinibomb: I think he was wearing the eye patch by then yeah
	1:46pm solo mono stereo: Oh gawd ejs that place was so weird but fun
	1:46pm Ursula1000: what a character---love him! he lived in NY for a bit and we'd see him everywhere
	1:48pm Ursula1000: you guys want some high pitched vocals? I got you covered!
	1:48pm Phoole: Towa Teiiiiiii \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:48pm solo mono stereo: He had that Oscar Wilde/Captain Hook fashion on lock since way back
	1:50pm solo mono stereo: I just love the singing mice genre
	1:50pm Martinibomb: Towa Tei with the win for getting past 2010 and not doing electro hahah
	1:50pm Ursula1000: Momus had some eye condition that made him wear that eye patch but he was such a character that it looked like it was part of his getup!
	1:51pm Mr Fab: Was wondering if Towa Tei would show up. Was United Future Organization part of this scene? I had one of their CDs.
	1:51pm Martinibomb: it was something to do with a contact lens that effed his vision up
	1:51pm Ursula1000: they kinda straddled it but maybe more in the Acid Jazz world...?
	1:54pm fred: I was very late to warm up to Cibbo Matto, but in my old age I've come to love their music
	1:54pm chresti: Love Cibo Matto.
	1:55pm Phoole: there it IS!!!
	1:55pm chresti: Also, Buffalo Daughter
	1:55pm WR: Hi all, just in time to see playlist that looks swell. Will give it a full listen from the archive.
	1:55pm Domenic: Yes. popping in from the kitchen to say thanks!
	1:55pm Ursula1000: Buffalo Daughter almost made this show---SOOOO good!
	1:56pm Phoole: this tune is electric \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:56pm Ursula1000: thanks x
	1:59pm Phoole: there's that Mansfield go-go good stuff
	1:59pm Otis: Cheers and thanks for the flashbacks of hazy cocktails at bars in the 90s, dressing somewhat dapper.
	2:00pm Ursula1000: was gonna plaay his cover of Beck's New Pollution but thought I'd rock this more obscure 45
	2:00pm Martinibomb: thanks U1K!
	2:00pm Mr Fab: CRAZY fun show today, Ursula1000-san!
	2:00pm fred: Many thanks, is it over already? Time flew by
	2:00pm Phoole: Maybe the 'Rona will bring back futuristic helmets for ladiezzzz
	2:00pm chresti: Thanks U1000!
	2:00pm Phoole: Cheers for yet another brilliant show!
	2:01pm Ursula1000: thanks everyone for tuning in and letting me indulge! :) See you lovies next week

Sounds Spectacular with Ursula1000: Playlist from April 23, 2020

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April 23, 2020: Shibuya-kei Special!

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Artist	Track	Year	Approx. start time
Fantastic Plastic Machine	Bachelor Pad	1997	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Qypthone	Boogaloo Chair "Boogaloo Chair" by "Qypthone"	2002	0:04:59 (Pop-up)
Halcali	Girigiri Surf Rider "Girigiri Surf Rider" by "Halcali"	2003	0:08:50 (Pop-up)
Pizzicato Five	Twiggy Twiggy "Twiggy Twiggy" by "Pizzicato Five"	1994	0:13:32 (Pop-up)
Montparnasse	The Wiggley Cat Walk	1999	0:17:20 (Pop-up)
Losfeld	Le Erotique Du Losfeld "Le Erotique Du Losfeld" by "Losfeld"	2000	0:21:46 (Pop-up)
Capsule	Udagawa Friday "Udagawa Friday" by "Capsule"	2003	0:26:16 (Pop-up)
Cornelius	Mic Check "Mic Check" by "Cornelius"	1997	0:31:20 (Pop-up)
DOOPEES	Doopee Time "Doopee Time" by "DOOPEES"	1995	0:33:15 (Pop-up)
Oh! Penelope	Let's Fly The Ad-Baloon	1997	0:35:43 (Pop-up)
Kahimi Karie	Good Morning World "Good Morning World" by "Kahimi Karie"	1998	0:38:51 (Pop-up)
Halfby	Cool Herb "Cool Herb" by "Halfby"	2003	0:42:24 (Pop-up)
Towa Tei	Upload with BAKUBAKUDOKIN	2011	0:46:35 (Pop-up)
Cibo Matto	Sugar Water "Sugar Water" by "Cibo Matto"	1995	0:48:39 (Pop-up)
Ursula 1000	Campari and Soda feat Qypthone	2019	0:53:15 (Pop-up)
Mansfield	Car Club '69 "Car Club '69" by "Mansfield"	2002	0:57:08 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:09pm Ursula1000: Shibuya-kei (Japanese: 渋谷系, lit. "Shibuya style") is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in the mid to late 1990s.Emerging as Japanese retail music from the Shibuya district of Tokyo, artists purveyed a cut-and-paste style that was inspired by previous genres based on kitsch, fusion, and artifice. Shibuya-kei inherited musical characteristics from earlier 1980s Japanese city pop, while incorporating strong influences from 1960s culture and Western pop music.-Wikipedia
	12:59pm Phoole: YES YES SHIBUYA-KEI TIMES
	1:00pm chresti: Hiya!
	1:00pm Phoole: Greetings from Milwaukee Wisco USA
	1:01pm Otis: Get your samplers ready! Helloooo!
	1:01pm Ursula1000: hey everyone!
	1:02pm fred: Good afternoon all. I'm working, but I'm looking forward to this show
	1:02pm BC Sterrett: Hey Everyone!
	1:02pm Phoole: TUUUUUUUNE
	1:02pm BC Sterrett: Oh man, excited for this show. I'll be having pancakes :)
	1:02pm Ursula1000: Phoole!!!!!!
	1:03pm Phoole: This is amazing - Shibuya-Kei obsession is how I discovered you, Ursula 1000!
	1:03pm Bill Speakman: I have always loved Shibuya Kei. This made my day!
	1:04pm Phoole: top fav epic of the genre right here
	1:04pm Mr Fab: FANTASTIC show, BC.
	1:04pm Phoole: I'm an FPM completist \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:05pm Ursula1000: needless to say, this scene was a HUUUUUGE influence on me!
	1:05pm Phoole: 'IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?'
	1:06pm Mr Fab: I dont think i was aware of this as a seperate genre back in the day. Just part of the "lounge revival," as they called it. I def. noticed a strong Japanese element to said revival, tho.
	1:06pm Domenic: Amazing
	1:06pm Phoole: I'm down to force a loungecore revival revival
	1:06pm Phoole: BOSSA NOVAAAAAA
	1:07pm Ursula1000: we are SO ready for a re-re-revival!
	1:08pm Phoole: and immediately you're turning me on to acts new to me - making a shopping list with Qypthone at the top!
	1:08pm Sem: Re-vive me, bro. Along for the ride, punch my ticket.
	1:09pm Ursula1000: they rock! they collaborated w me on my Campari and Soda track off Esoterique
	1:09pm solo mon: Shibuya kei is my favorite!!
	1:10pm Domenic: Just keep on promoting. Its fantastic music,
	1:10pm Phoole: THAT'S RIGHT.
	1:12pm Bill Speakman: Some favorites of mine include "Karly" Karia Nomoto produced by Yasuharu Konishi of P5, and Capsule before they migrated from the 60s to the 80s.
	1:13pm Phoole: well put RE Capsule's time-travel!
	1:13pm Ursula1000: stay tuned for Capsule! Love them.
	1:14pm Listener Bob in PGH: I really like this Halcali. From the definition at the beginning, what is "Japanese retail music"? Is that "commercial" lost in translation?
	1:14pm Phoole: massive love for both P5 and Capsule
	1:15pm Ursula1000: and of course, here is the quintessential jam!
	1:15pm Phoole: THE ICONIC JAM
	1:16pm Phoole: Does anyone else "sing along" without actually having any idea how to speak Japanese? \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:17pm Phoole: The breakdown at the end of this tune sends me to outer space
	1:17pm Ursula1000: haha totally! crazy how this is 94 predating Fatboy Slim and a lot of that style of sampling---of course Deee-Lite predated everyone! seminal!
	1:18pm Mr Fab: Did u ever buy imports, U1k? I looked for CDs in a Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. shop once back in the day: ouch! This poor boy decided to just wait til they got domestic releases. Tho I guess i missed out on a lot.
	1:19pm Phoole: I shell out for these imports like mad
	1:19pm solo mon: Teeny weeenie boppy
	1:21pm Phoole: This tune will henceforth be the theme tune for my own wiggly cat, Tony
	1:21pm Ursula1000: I was an import fiend from like the New Wave days! haha I was living in Miami Beach at the time of a lot of these tracks and I had an in w an music importer who hooked me up. then Other Music when I moved to NY in 98.
	1:22pm Phoole: Niiiice! I started my import addiction managing a Rose Records in the early 90s in the Chicagoland area
	1:23pm Domenic: Went to Other Music a few times. Yesterday listened to a comp called "Hello Young Lovers" with Kahimi Karie on it.. "Take it easy my brother Charlie" is on it.
	1:24pm solo mon: I loved escalator records, Mansfield, Capsule. All of it!
	1:25pm solo mon: Mail order from other music, some expensive imports but worth it.
	1:26pm Ursula1000: I have that Kahimi track on a Best Of Trattoria Records comp---so good!
	1:27pm Phoole: Unnnh the beautiful seventh chords in this subgenre \o/\o/\o/
	1:28pm Phoole: YESSSSS Capsule funky grooves
	1:29pm Martinibomb: Sounding good! Man it took me forever to get a copy of that Montparnasse track always dug that one
	1:30pm Ursula1000: Montparnasse aka Mansfield aka Masanori Ikeda! super prolific
	1:30pm solo mon: Ahh this is all so great. Loved his spin out cds
	1:30pm fred: Capsule is great
	1:31pm Ursula1000: yeah those Spinout mixes are amazing!
	1:32pm Phoole: My heart hopes that Tokyo still looks and feels the way this sounds and that we can all travel there in retro-futuristic clothes one day
	1:33pm solo mon: Oooh Cornelius
	1:33pm Ursula1000: I can't WAIT to take Zenda--she's gonna freak!
	1:34pm Phoole: I've never been, despite being obsessed with Shibuya-Kei and Japanese food at conveyor-belt sushi places :D
	1:35pm solo mon: Doooopeeeees
	1:35pm solo mon: U are killing me
	1:35pm Mr Fab: Ursula, Do you have plans for Japan? You made it out of Paris just in time. We have reservations over xmas...for a cruise. Yeah we'll see about that...
	1:36pm solo mon: I really love Yan Tomita. Big fan!
	1:37pm Ursula1000: nothing concrete for Japan but at some point for sure!
	1:37pm Otis: Doupee!
	1:37pm Ursula1000: Yan rocks!
	1:37pm Martinibomb: I been working on the zine while listening. Got yer comic in there now U1k. I need stuff from Otis, RRC and Jan.
	1:37pm Phoole: incredible curation my dude
	1:38pm solo mon: Love all the steel drum stuff he did too his version of memory band is glorious
	1:38pm Mr Fab: "Doopee Time" is a WFMU classic, used to get a lot of play. I think the entire album was posted on WFMU's blog.
	1:39pm Martinibomb: Is there anything produced past 2010 that still fits within the shibuya-kei genre?
	1:39pm Bill Speakman: I remember this artist from the Sushi 4004 comps. Those CDs were a godsend back then.
	1:40pm solo mon: I have a soft spot for helium vocals so all of Yans output speaks to me ( in a high squeaky voice)
	1:40pm Ursula1000: yeah Bungalow and Escalator were pretty special! tastemakers to the nth...!
	1:42pm Ursula1000: MB a lot of the existing bands from this era like Capsule went inna more electro j pop world
	1:42pm Domenic: Knew Kahimi Karie was going to show up. She loved Astrud Gilberto,
	1:43pm Ursula1000: such a delicate voice
	1:43pm solo mon: Is this a Bertrand production?
	1:43pm Phoole: digging all of this heavily
	1:43pm Ursula1000: Momus production actually
	1:44pm Martinibomb: I got to hang out with Momus and Kahimi - probably on this tour. I had to go interview them with a friend for the local paper.
	1:44pm solo mon: Oh thanks U1k!
	1:44pm Phoole: Amazing @Martinibomb!
	1:45pm Ursula1000: did he have his eye patch then?
	1:45pm Martinibomb: It was at EJs which was this dive bar that always had great shows. And Kahimi just sat in this tiny chair the whole time curled up like a cat and did her thing. hah
	1:45pm solo mon: I forgot abt momus, loved all of his stuff
	1:46pm Martinibomb: I think he was wearing the eye patch by then yeah
	1:46pm solo mono stereo: Oh gawd ejs that place was so weird but fun
	1:46pm Ursula1000: what a character---love him! he lived in NY for a bit and we'd see him everywhere
	1:48pm Ursula1000: you guys want some high pitched vocals? I got you covered!
	1:48pm Phoole: Towa Teiiiiiii \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:48pm solo mono stereo: He had that Oscar Wilde/Captain Hook fashion on lock since way back
	1:50pm solo mono stereo: I just love the singing mice genre
	1:50pm Martinibomb: Towa Tei with the win for getting past 2010 and not doing electro hahah
	1:50pm Ursula1000: Momus had some eye condition that made him wear that eye patch but he was such a character that it looked like it was part of his getup!
	1:51pm Mr Fab: Was wondering if Towa Tei would show up. Was United Future Organization part of this scene? I had one of their CDs.
	1:51pm Martinibomb: it was something to do with a contact lens that effed his vision up
	1:51pm Ursula1000: they kinda straddled it but maybe more in the Acid Jazz world...?
	1:54pm fred: I was very late to warm up to Cibbo Matto, but in my old age I've come to love their music
	1:54pm chresti: Love Cibo Matto.
	1:55pm Phoole: there it IS!!!
	1:55pm chresti: Also, Buffalo Daughter
	1:55pm WR: Hi all, just in time to see playlist that looks swell. Will give it a full listen from the archive.
	1:55pm Domenic: Yes. popping in from the kitchen to say thanks!
	1:55pm Ursula1000: Buffalo Daughter almost made this show---SOOOO good!
	1:56pm Phoole: this tune is electric \o/ \o/ \o/
	1:56pm Ursula1000: thanks x
	1:59pm Phoole: there's that Mansfield go-go good stuff
	1:59pm Otis: Cheers and thanks for the flashbacks of hazy cocktails at bars in the 90s, dressing somewhat dapper.
	2:00pm Ursula1000: was gonna plaay his cover of Beck's New Pollution but thought I'd rock this more obscure 45
	2:00pm Martinibomb: thanks U1K!
	2:00pm Mr Fab: CRAZY fun show today, Ursula1000-san!
	2:00pm fred: Many thanks, is it over already? Time flew by
	2:00pm Phoole: Maybe the 'Rona will bring back futuristic helmets for ladiezzzz
	2:00pm chresti: Thanks U1000!
	2:00pm Phoole: Cheers for yet another brilliant show!
	2:01pm Ursula1000: thanks everyone for tuning in and letting me indulge! :) See you lovies next week

Sounds Spectacular with Ursula1000: Playlist from April 23, 2020

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