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Jealousguy

September 8, 2012
Jealousguy is a producer based in Hokkaido, northern Japan. She’s been making music since 2003 and in recent years has garnered increasing attention both inside and outside of Japan, opening shows for Gold Panda, Four Tet and Low End Theory as well as being invited to perform at the Tokyo Sonar Festival. She’s released on [...]
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Kidkanevil

September 8, 2012
Growing up on a healthy diet of sound system culture and Sega Megadrive games, kidkanevil aka Gerard Roberts has developed a distinctive and progressive sound over the years. A keen musician from an early age, his progression into music production was a natural one spurred on by an obsessive interest in hip-hop and the possibilities [...]
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Daisuke Tanabe

September 8, 2012
Sound Micro-puzzles After carefully honing his craft from the age of 16, it was Daisuke Tanabe’s first EP release in 2006 that brought him to the attention of worldwide tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and Pete Adarkwah. Since then he has remixed the likes of Elan Mehler and Aaron Jerome, collaborated with Monday Michuru, and released [...]
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Original Cultures ‘The Formula’ – round up and documentation

July 4, 2011
And so another Original Cultures has ended, the fourth main event since the project started officially in 2009 and the last show of our 3rd year! The Formula, our production for 2011, was very special for many reasons: it saw the return of international artists for the event, we held the event in the Arena [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 4

June 24, 2011
As we get closer to the final day – tomorrow – things get more hectic. Yesterday, which day 4, today and tomorrow are only going to get more and more intense. As such there isn’t really a proper blog for yesterday as I only spent a few hours with the guys in the music workshops [...]
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Artists blog Bologna ’11 – Day 3

June 23, 2011
We continue our series of video blogs with the artists taking part in Original Cultures’ 2011 production The Formula. On the beginning of day 3 we got a few more impressions and words from the crew, and a quick chat with our special guest Architeq about Bologna, the show and good food. Remember you can [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 3

June 23, 2011
So I got lost on my way to pick up the musicians today, and somehow found myself on the other part of town in front of Gelatauro – the ice cream place I’ve been banging on about. Genuine mistake or subconscious desire to start the day with a tub of the city’s best ice cream, [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 2

June 22, 2011
And on to day 2 of this year’s edition of Original Cultures. Check the video above for a little additional insight into what happened. With the soundcard fixed the musicians hit the ground running with the rehearsals today, running through the tracks to tighten up arrangements and structures and giving Sam Architeq time to learn [...]
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Artists blog Bologna ’11 – Day 1

June 21, 2011
We’re changing things up a little this year with the artists blog – instead of words we’re going to try and bring you a short video of impressions from the artists every day. And so we start with day 1 and some words from the musicians – namely B.Kun, the producer behind the live show, [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 1

June 21, 2011
It’s good to be back. Having Sam Architeq with us this year is really good too. Firstly because it brings the project back to its original ideas of cultural and artistic exchange between international artists, but also because – as we can already see after only a few hours together – he’s fitting in perfectly [...]
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