Live at Bar Jam, Ebisu

LIVE AT BAR JAM, EBISUONE40FIVE RADIO #4: LIVE AT BAR JAM, EBISU 19.02.03Music is all about context. In a given situation the meaning of a song can be changed completely. Something seemingly light given weight. Something with weight poked fun at. I played this set of 80s pop in Bar Jam (an underground bar in Ebisu, Tokyo) expecting it to sparkle given the vintage UREI mixer and the ALTEC speakers. On the night, I was so surrounded by western faces that I felt like I was DJing at an office Christmas party - rather than recreating Shoom.ONE40FIVE #6: LIVE AT BAR JAM, EBISU 19.03.02This one`s for Kazou Aioshima. I was all lined up to play a load of balearic pop tat - spandau ballet "chant no1", yes "owner of a lonely heart (red and blue)", six sed red "shake it right", pete shelley "witness the change" - all picked up for a quid in the Beanos (of Croydon) clearout - when me old mucker - Kazou Aioshima - jazz-funk guru - and close personal friend of George Duke - rocked up. This is m