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Tokyo Balearic #3

I`m standing there, watching this guy cue up the next record. Looking at his amazing tattoos. A skull covers the whole of his left hand. I`m thinking that would be an excellent shot. His left hand back-cueing. Maybe I could… Continue reading

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Tokyo Balearic #2

“Tokyo Balearic?” To be honest that`s cribbed from DJ Marbo. Old sparring partner of DJ Harvey, now of Star-Lowrider. I DJed with Marbo a couple of months back. He was kind enough to guest at our night. He came down… Continue reading

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Tokyo Balearic #1

I`ve been listening to a lot of old records lately. Prompted by two things really. The first was a visit to a bar in Kohinata called Café Round. The owner is a genuine music nut – trying to update and… Continue reading

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feel the force

Getting excited over square brown cardboard packages in no way replaces the highs of sitting on the bus home with a bag of newly discovered vinyl, let me be clear… However the beauty of square brown cardboard packages, over thin… Continue reading

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Life is sweet

Had a beautiful and unexpected night on Saturday. It was the opening party for a new bar, LIFE. Ex UFO member, Toshio Matsuura was djing and there were rumours of free beer, so Mr and Mrs Quaid and I headed… Continue reading

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an hour before midnight…

…is worth two after, or so the early birds tell me. And boy were they ever right. Having a media-type-creative-type job I am lucky enough to compensate low income with late starts. This allows me to stay up late and… Continue reading

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something for the weekend?

Welcome to something new. A section for the weekenders. For the peeps who spend most of Friday morning thinking about Friday night. The boys they’ll meet, the girls they’ll meet, the shoes they’ll wear, the cocktails they’ll drink and the… Continue reading

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Tokyo Drifter : Das Mix

A quick word about the mixtapes section Astute followers of HL will know that not only do we take very seriously the task of dropping great music on y’all. But also that I, the newest member of the crew, have… Continue reading

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Tokyo Drifter

Okay so one (new) member of the stable (geddit?) was given leave to visit our friends in the East. It was a short but refreshing trip and the first with full family in tow. Having lived out there before it… Continue reading

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Boombox Love

Being of a mildly obsessional nature, it almost goes without saying that horselatitudes *heart* japan. Who could resist a nation that so readily embraces the sort of mild autistism that inspires people to make super authentic retro clothes or take… Continue reading

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