KEF Japan - Listen and believe

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present KEF Japan Listen and believe. This episode features a discussion with Tokyo`s DJ Otsuka who has DJd in various venues across the city since the late 1990s and is a jazz expert. This show was recorded live at KEF Music Gallery, Tokyo on Thursday 5th December 2024.For more information about KEF Japan please check the website  https://kef.com or KEF Japan IG /...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present KEF Japan Listen and believe. This episode features a discussion and live performance from Tokyo musician, singer and producer Ai Kakihira. Her sound is a unique psychedelic blend, skilfully incorporating elements of house, techno, ethnic music, chillwave, disco, soul, and dream pop. With delicate vocals and melodies infused with the beauty of the Japanese l...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present KEF Japan Listen and believe. We explore sound and music from the perspective of Tokyo-based creatives. It is recorded live in front of a small audience. This episode features a discussion with acclaimed filmmaker Nick Dwyer.  Starting his career as a radio host and music television presenter in New Zealand at the age of 14, Nick Dwyer evolved to writing, di...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present KEF Japan Listen and believe. We explore sound and music from the perspective of Tokyo-based creatives. It is recorded live in front of a small audience. This edition features a discussion with Nick Wood, a British film composer, music producer and creative director of Syn Music. Nick has composed and arranged music for over 2,000 commercials as well as a ho...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present Listen and believe - the podcast from KEF Japan that explores sound and music from the perspective of the Tokyo-based creative community. It is recorded live in front of a small audience. This edition features a discussion with the multi-talented Guy Perryman -  radio broadcaster, voice actor, writer and DJ, who presents on Tokyo`s Inter FM.  He talks about...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present Listen and believe - the podcast from KEF Japan that explores sound and music from the perspective of the Tokyo-based creative community. It is recorded live in front of a small audience. This edition features a discussion with Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama, famed for some of the most vibrant and soulful tracks of the Japanese City Pop / Boogie era of the early 198...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present Listen and believe - the podcast from KEF Japan that explores sound and music from the perspective of the Tokyo-based creative community. It is recorded live in front of a small audience. This edition features one of our favourite new musicians, singer-songwriter XinU, who, through her laid back, natural and soulful style, has quickly built a loyal following...

This episode features a chat with Tokyo-based British architect Mark Dytham MBE, recorded live at KMG on June 12th 2024. Born in 1964 in Northamptonshire, England, Dytham's early life and education set the stage for a prolific career that would eventually take him to Tokyo and in 1991, Dytham and Astrid Klein co-founded Klein Dytham Architecture (KDa), marking the beginning of a prolific partnersh...

Nick Luscombe and Ken Nishikawa present Listen and believe  -  a new podcast from KEF Japan exploring music and sound from the perspective of Tokyo-based musicians and DJs, artists and designers.     Our first guest is Peter Barakan, who is well-known for his exceptional commitment to personally curated music radio with numerous long-running shows on Inter FM and NHK FM, as well as his his Live Ma...