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Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts From the East/Touyou Kanon Podcast Episode 14Hello Beastsiders!! In our June edition of the Beastscast,we feature some jams influenced by the sway of summer (a jazzy opening by Yokohama's COSTA DE PALMA, and some streetcore anthems from DS455 and DJ Ryuuki).
Earlier this Spring, the U.S. was rocked by the Japan Nite Festival, including the New Earth Music Hall in Athens, GA which was covered by the Beasts From the East crew. We'll have forthcoming videos from the 4 bands featured at the show, including Zarigani$, Vampillia, HAPPY, and Jungles (from Red Bacteria Vacuum).
You'll hear...2014-06-081h 50
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast Episode 13 (STREET FIGHTER EDITION)
Hello Beastsiders!! Today's episode is a grand return to our ongoing theme show series, THEMATIC For The People. The theme here is music from the Street Fighter video game series by CAPCOM. At the beginning of each set, you'll hear a remix of an SF composition---a lot of them covered in an interesting new musical style. These fanmade remixes do great tribute to the originals, and take the works in fantastic new directions.
Follwing the remix tunes are original Beastly tunes (linked by genre similarity in each set) to make...2014-03-121h 45
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 12Happy New Year Beastsiders!! Our first 2014 podcast is a streamlined sojourn through the sounds of Japan and the surrounding Far East as usual, and it kicks off with a track from Ms. Mari Iijima's recent "Eternal Forest" EP.
New performers on our rotational roster include pop/soul sibling quartet bless4, fresh off a video interview they did with the Crew at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDGEfokbZE). Portland-based Irish-Chinese chanteuse Illima Considine and her Sexbots stir every pot with their electrosensual music, preparing for a 3 city tour of Japan later this Spring (www.ilimaconsidine.com)
We...2014-01-151h 11
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts SHEN YUN InterviewListeners and denizens of North Georgia, the Chinese performance art group Shen Yun (http://www.shenyun.com) will be performing next weekend (12/25-12/27) at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta (www.cobbenergycentre.com)! This is an interview with Mary Silver, one of Shen Yun's hardworking volunteers.
Mary educates and entertains about the history of the Shen Yun group (and what they reveal about the history of China through song and dance), as well as the orchestra that accompanies them at concerts. You'll hear about about the international and stateside renown that Shen Yun has, and her own introduction to...2013-12-2118 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview with DAMU PENDA (Part 3 of 3)This is the final part of the Beasts From the East interview with rapper/journalist/marketer-promoter/entrepreneur DAMU PENDA.
-How people can get in touch with him
-The meaning of his Damu Penda name
-His thoughts on radio promotion
-His views on selling albums via the Internet
-His approach to street promotion
-What to do if you're in Osaka for the first time
-His various websites (Black Education 101, Black Education 202, International Party Rockers)
-Final words from Damu
Be sure to check out BLACK EDUCATION 101 and BLACK EDUCATION 2022013-11-1411 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview with DAMU PENDA (Part 2 of 3)This is the 2nd part of the 3-part interview that Beasts From the East did with Damu Penda of INTERNATIONAL PARTY ROCKERS/First International Playaz. Here's what we talk with Damu about:
-How Damu keeps in touch with his people in L.A. ...2013-11-1431 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview with DAMU PENDA (Part 1 of 3)DISCLAIMER: Harsh Language, Unfiltered Knowledge
This is the first of a three part interview with Osaka, Japan based entrepreneur/promoter/journalist/urban musician DAMU PENDA a.k.a. DOPE DADDY on Beasts From the East.
Damu in his own words is a "self-educated" man, his learning taking him from the volatile streets of his native Los Angeles to Japan----and the rest of the world with his project International Party Rockers (Founded October 2010). It's hard to argue the benefits of his self-education.
International Party Rockers is a global entertainment network consisting of promoters, DJs, artists, producers, event organizers and marketing...2013-11-1431 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 11Beastsiders, please excuse the delay on this episode. But between the events of DragonCon (www.dragoncon.org/) and Anime Weekend Atlanta 2013 (check our cosplay video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsrFm3JOv7c), we had a bit of a delay. However, it's to your benefit as you'll hear about the events, and some of the fine talents we linked up with there, including writer/artist Jennie Breeden of the webcomic that is NOT Satanic Porn--"The Devil's Panties" (www.thedevilspanties.com/), and J-pop brother and sister group bless4(www.bless4.jp/HOME_E.html‎).
You'll hear some so...2013-10-272h 23
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 10Greetings Beastsiders! Todays episode features a few of the peformers who rocked Chiba's debut of the IRO IRO concert series (bi-monthly shows in Tokyo), via NACANO and The Watanabes. At different ends of the musical spectrum, their tunes are accompanied by MELL, Cro-Magnon, the great Takero Ogata, the MANAFEST VISION family members Ryu Black and Mio Soul (http://manafestvisionmedia.bandcamp.com/)
We go in smoothly with some 70's/80's j-soul tunes, and you'll hear about the jamfest provided by Doc Tre on the QUIET STORM web show (https://www.facebook.com/doc.tre.73?fref=ts), and the rising star...2013-08-312h 03
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 9Hello listeners! Today's show features more of the J-Music and Asian music for your ear's pleasure, but is also a bulletin for some killer events going down.
First off, the legendary Japanese-American fusion/jazz/soul/funk band Hiroshima will be heading to Atlanta's Chastain Park Ampitheatre alongside some fellow groove masters for the Sunset Jazz show on Saturday, August 17th. It starts at 6pm, and this episode is a mini-highlight reel of sorts, where you'll learn about the bands' roots, and here some of the fruitful jams of their 30+ year foray into making music.
(Tickets for the show are...2013-07-202h 14
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts CAFE MURDER Interview w/ Zack Wood (Part 3 - THE MOST SEDUCTIVE SANDWICH)Part 3, for giggles, covers the ultimate sandwich---an important question to ask yourself as you toil through what will be an exciting journey through the food service and violence soaked universe of Cafe Murder. Listen with caution.....
To start though, you'll hear about the special gifts that the top donors to the CAFE MURDER Kickstarter fund won. But mainly, it's all about the sandwiches......tasty, tasty sandwiches.....2013-05-3104 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts CAFE MURDER Interview w/Zack Wood (Part 1)This is the opening of a 3-part interview with Zack Wood, one of the creative forces behind the iPhone game app CAFE MURDER. It will hit the app store on 5/31, and will be FREE for download on 5/31 and 6/1.
Part 1 covers what the CAFE MURDER game is about, and the story that it tells. Also, Sean recognizes that the game shares a similarity in theme to an old-school Atari title. More on that here, along with Zack's account of how a successful Kickstarter got the game started, though there was so much left to do.
Part 2 is about Zack's time...2013-05-3010 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts CAFE MURDER Interview w/Zack Wood (Part 2)Part 2 is about Zack's time in Japan, and the experience in working in the JET Program, and how it led him to discover the world of manga. Through a one-of-a-kind history course, and a job as a tour guide, he found the roots of the work that would inspire the manga that has spun-off from the CAFE MURDER game.2013-05-3012 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 8This May installment of Beasts gets off to a slick start via a track from Hood Sound affiliate HOKT (with production from DJ Honda) and his 2012 album "Galaxy"
You'll hear a rework of a Billie Holliday song in the jazz set that follows, which includes a tune from Emi Tawata.
Next up is a slammin' hip-hop detour, which introduces you listeners to MeccaGodZilla, who also goes by Ryu Black. He grew up like many on the Street Fighter video game series, and the track that you'll hear is a banger in tribute to the legacy of the series (particularly...2013-05-281h 43
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 7Today's episode took an extra while to surface with outside obligations, but the build has been worthwhile.
You'll hear from our pals in THE SUZAN, fresh off their touchdown performance in Athens, GA at the 40 Watt Club for the Athens Slingshot Festival (http://www.athensslingshot.com).
New to our scene are a pair of Yokohama based jazz artists. First off is vocalist Akiko Nakanowatari (http://www.geocities.jp/heartland7139jp/profile.html) and second is composer Yoshihiro Nakagawa (https://soundcloud.com/yoshihiro_nakagawa).
We start with some atmospheric stomp, slide into sultry soul (with an added touch of K-music...2013-04-211h 40
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview with THE SUZAN (@ Athens SlingShot Festival 2013)This is a 3/9/13 interview done outside of the famous 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. Sean of Beasts does a quick Q&A with the J-indie pop quartet, THE SUZAN (https://www.facebook.com/wearethesuzan), just before their set at the 40 Watt. They were in attendance for the Athens Sling Shot Festival (www.athensslingshot.com)
Our Beastly thanks go out to the Suzan ladies and their management who arranged this for us, in addition the family at 1,000 Faces Coffee in Athens and Kai Hudson of the Sling Shot Festival committee.2013-04-0305 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastSpell/Sword Interview w/ Derek AdamsDerek Adams is the author of the book SPELL/SWORD. Last year, I did an interview with him on my MOVERS AND SHAKERS PROJECT podcast, and he'd only tinkered with the idea of the book.
It's a tale of fantasy, magic, and the friendship of two young people from different worlds. The pair are a boy and a girl. Each is possessed of a unique talent and potential which when combined with the other, yields a power that has only their imaginations as a ceiling.
There is a blog for the book. It is http://spell-sword.com/
Derek needs...2013-03-0847 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 6Happy Belated New Year! Our apologies for the delay on this episode, but we've come ready with awesome diety power level music for you and yours!
Our first 2013 episode kicks off with a promo banger from one of our chairmen behind the boards, FFGreen (http://ccmixter.org/people/FFGreen). The first song is from the sweet sound wonders of the D.C./NYC area, Exit Clov, headed up vocally by Taiwanese-American sisters Emily and Susan Hsu. It's a biting piece doused in sonic sugar which goes down nice. They have a new album on the way also, so stay...2013-02-011h 44
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview w/ UGA Japanese Conversation ClubHello Beastsiders! This is an interview with Beasts host Sean and Hena Jang, president of the Japanese Conversation Club at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA).
Amidst the commotion at the local coffee shoppe, you'll hear about the cultural exchange of the club, how members learn the Japanese language via casual conversation, post-meeting hi-jinks (including foodage and karoake) and how you can get involved.
As you'll hear, special thanks go out to Ai Taniguchi, UGA Linguistics alum and past member of the JCC, as well as Kieran Maynard, another UGA grad and JCC member.
If you'd like to learn...2013-01-0614 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 5Hitting the streamwaves on the cusp of the Mayan calendar end of the world prediction, today's podcast doles out tried and true, hot and new acts like tomorrow's been scraped from the bottom of barrel.
Some of the fresh crop include Shinobi The MC, Tokyo Chaos City, ATOMIC-DOG----they're heavy on talent and on the Internets, and you'll hear about their projects in today's show.
Many of the performers have an online presence via Facebook, SoundCloud, YouTube and the like. We here at Beasts Central will keep you posted on how to keep up with their Awesome Diety Power Level...2012-12-221h 56
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 4 (Hosted By Tom Melesky)This is a special edition of Beasts, hosted by Mr. Tom Melesky. If you've been with Beasts for a while, he's a familiar name.
He's a promoter for acts in Japan (MOLICE, SAWA/SAWAS PHOOL, K-Syndrome), a patron of terrestrial and online radio (this show, SRQVAMPS in Sarasota, Florida, the sorely missed NIPPON MUSIC CHAMP out of WRAS 88.5fm Atlanta hosted by b-chan), a stuntman and schoolteacher, as well as the occasional backup dancer and stuntman.
Tom is a co-organizer of the IRO IRO concert series based in Tokyo (featuring local and international acts sharing the stage) and is...2012-11-101h 51
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 3This official hat trick mark of our podcast is a fresh new mix of styles, incorporating classical orchestras (covering video game music, no less), sprinklings of salsa and latino flavor, electro-pop, underground livehouse rock (courtesy of some performers from the IRO IRO bi-monthly event in Tokyo--hosted by our good promoter pal Tom Melesky), hip-hop, and remixed dance jams.
The closer tune for today's show is from Murkdaddyflex, who's a trained instrumentalist, and a creative crate digger who offered up his tune "Java." There's some koto playing in the background near the 1:20 mark, and it's a...2012-10-222h 28
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview w/ Akabane Vulgars On Strong BypassHey Beastsiders, this is an interview that our roving reporter Zach did with J-rock trio Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass at the 2012 J-Pop Summit Festival in San Francisco, CA.
Please enjoy, and spread the word on this. Our thanks go to the Vulgars for the time, John Genzale for the consideration, and Zach for getting the Touyou Kanon road hustle in bi-coastal mode!2012-10-1304 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts Interview w/ Tyche's Games of Athens, Georgia (The Joy of POCKY)This is a Beasts' interview with Sean Holland, the owner of Tyche's Games, a hobby/game shop in Athens, Georgia.
Tyche's specializes in equipment, playing decks and kits for table top role playing games (or RPGs). He also features gaming sessions for campaigns at the store. He goes into a good detail laying out the various titles available.
As far as the Beastly interest, Tyche's is an anime lover's haven. At one time the store had an anime DVD rental service which was very popular (particularly with the folks at UGAnime, the anime club at the neighboring University of...2012-09-2209 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 2In this, the 2nd installment of our podcast, you'll get some promos we've worked on (remixed by DJ FF of FFGreen Moosic--you can hear more of his work on www.soundcloud.com/ffgreen), a UK dubstep remix of a Kingdom Hearts tune by the Her Royal Songstress Utada (Hikaru), a high power J-Pop injection, vintage dancefloor strut material, blazing J-rock bands, a brand new "I Can't Believe They Went There" Segement with an ingenue comedic pop duo (The Shadeaux Bros, with a twist on a familiar video game tune), and a marriage of hip-hop and crisp jazz. ...2012-09-082h 23
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts/Touyou Kanon Podcast EPISODE 1Welcome to the Beasts/Touyou Kanon podcast! I'm Sean, the multi-monikered host (DJ S.O.S., The Grand Polizzle). This is the reincarnation of a radio show about Japanese music in all varieties, as well as other regions of the Far East.
If you know about the WUOG show, thanks for your patronage and welcome to Chapter 2 of the Awesome Diety Power Level Music saga. You can learn and listen to the radio show at the archive at http://shows.wuog.org/risingsun/
If you're new to it, thanks for giving...2012-08-181h 56
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastThe Beastly Medley III (CONNER REEVES Remix)With the approval of the UK soul singer/songwriter Conner Reeves (Joss Stone, "Best Friend" w/Mark "Return of the Mack" Morrison), a touch of class adds a new layer of strut to the Beastly Medley series. Please enjoy!
Our thanks to Mr. Reeves for the okay. And check out "Earthbound," his "Welcome to the Future" EP (now on iTunes), and anything he touches!2012-08-1805 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastThe Beastly Medley III (The Let It Breathe Version)Back to do it again, here's a fresh new take on the 3rd Beastly Medley. A Nippon tunetastic buffet of epic proportions!2012-08-1805 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastThe Beastly Medley III (LAUNCH!!)The 3rd chapter of the Beastly Medley series.2012-08-1702 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastThe Beastly Medley II (I Hear Music....)The 2nd megamix for Beasts From the East (Touyou Kanon)!2012-08-1602 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastThe Beastly MedleyThe Beastly Medley is a promotional mix that showcases the many styles and artists of the Japanese music scene that that we feature on the show. Beasts From the East (Touyou Kanon) also has a SoundCloud page.
We will posting some more episodes here on Podomatic very shortly.
Enjoy the Medley!2012-02-0802 min
Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon PodcastBeasts WUOG Preview ShowThs is the preview of what would become the "Beasts From the East" (Touyou Kanon) radio show. It's roughly a 2 hour set of Japanese music to set off the series. You'll hear movie themes, video game songs, anime tunes, pop gems, rock anthems, hip-hop tracks, and a touch of old school Nippon tunes. This is hosted by Sean a.k.a. DJ S.O.S./The Grand Polizzle. Shot outs to our hub WUOG 90.5fm, who's kindly given Beasts Central home since January 2010. If you want to hear more of the episodes from our...2012-01-292h 28