Tokyo Record Style

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Hanging out on Twitch, spinning records if you wanna come chill with some tunes!

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Got shoutt in ‪@grasshoppertv6543‬'s latest video which was quite a ride, literally! Go watch, sub up, and leave a comment!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25m1r...

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Test Stream over on Twitch. Come hang out.

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Streaming over on Twitch NOW! Just chillin’ playing full sides and lazy selector-style DJ’n. Come hang!

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Hanging with my vinyl, ramen, outer-space-loving homie, BarakaPDub in Tokyooooooo!

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Top 5 Records is back—live and in person.
Vol. 37: “Animal Kingdom”

🗓 Sunday, August 30
🕓 4–7 PM
📍 Kurage Bar, Shimokitazawa (inside Mustard Hotel)

An afternoon of DJ sets + Talk Show, where each participant shares their Top 5 records inspired by the theme. Michael and I will be at the decks and semi-confirmed a couple other DJs. Sadly our secret weapon bemsha sadly won’t be able to make it. If you want to spin a set and do a Top 5 presentation please reach out.

Plan on selector vibes, not a dance party per se. Though we will be getting down!

Free entry — bring friends, and support the bar 🍸

Please register so we know you’re coming!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1997431840404?aff=oddtdtcreat…

After a year away, we’re excited to bring this back.

What’s in your Animal Kingdom?

#Top5Records

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Have you seen the movie 君の名は / Kimi no Na wa (“Your Name”)? It’s the award-winning, record-grossing, beloved Japanese animated film from 2016 written and directed by Makoto Shinkai that follows the story of two teenage kids who, despite never having met, end up waking up in each other's bodies every other day, and the chaos that ensues from it.

The story corresponds with a comet that, in its once-in-1200-years pass of earth, suddenly fragments high in earth atmosphere, with large piece coming crashing down, directly into the mountain town of Itomori, killing a huge number of residents and leaving a massive crater in its wake (said to have been inspired by Lake Suwa in Nagano). The fantasy aspect of the body swapping allows the protagonists to send messages to each other from different timelines, and through their cooperation, are essentially able to save the residents from disaster. The final quest is to meet in person and …maybe fall is love… but I won’t give it away. It’s a REALLY great film and you don’t really need to follow the plot completely to become wrapped up in the drama and passion of the story.

One of the most effective aspects of the film is the deeply moving orchestral score and soundtrack composed and performed by J-rockers, Radwimps. The tunes will capture your heart while pulling on its strings, replete with melancholy ballads and soaring anthems. So good are the songs that the movie is practically an “OVT” (original video-track) for the music. Not something I would normally seek out, but so captivated and touched by this movie and soundtrack, I had to pick it up on vinyl.

About 10 years after it debuted, it eventually found its way to capturing the imagination and heart of my daughter too:

“Dad, do you know the movie, Kimi no Na wa?”

"Yeah, of course honey, why do you ask?"

"I already watched it once and I love it. Can we watch it together? And can we get the soundtrack?"

"It's already in our collection. Wanna listen to it? It's right over there”

(Digs in records)

“...WHOA...”

So months and months pass and we watch the movie 3 or 4 times and listen to the soundtrack countless more, and Kimi no Na wa becomes one of our all-time favs and we just can’t get enough. My daughter eventually asks if we can someday go to Lake Suwa to the scenic spot in the movie’s climax, and if we can go see it at sunset, just like in the movie. “Sure honey, we can go.” …thinks to self: “There’s a damn good record store near Lake Suwa, Cellar Records, to where I drove the sidecar on one occasion, and road-tripped to with my homie Bryce on another occasion.”

Another month passes when I get a call from Bryce

“Hey Brian, out in the country-side of Japan with my family, and guess what’s on the way home from where we are?”

“Lake Suwa?” (read: “Cellar Records?”)

“Yep.”

“Let’s your family and my family meet there. Let’s do lake, soba, records, shrine, and the “Kimi no Na wa” view.

“Bet.”

And that is exactly what we did, rendezvoused three hours from Tokyo for a day of music, family, food, intentions, one specTACular sunset, JUST in time, and indeed, for core memories. I wish I could show you some of the family photos, but some of them are teenagers and don’t much care for all the exhibitionism (but my daughter DID take that perfect sunset photo!), so accept my furry mug (other photos by homie, Bryce), and a few shots of some handsome fathers.

Killer mission accomplished. Happy families. Happy Dads. Happy time.

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I keep saying that the world gets smaller through music, and the more times I say it, the more true it seems to become. Smaller this way in terms of geography I guess. I just learned all about a Spanish town called Olot, in a high but temperate mountainous region of Catalonia, surrounded by volcanos(!!!) and not too far from the Sea. It’s from where Clàudia, pictured here with a smattering of Sadao Watanabe records, hails. Originally from nearby Barcelona I suspect she was brought to Olot for the deeply rich art culture and design heritage the town offers. It has heaps of architecturally noteworthy sites, picturesque cobblestone back alleys, and modestly grandiose squares. I had a schoolboy curiosity reading all about it just now, …and now I’d like to go and visit. Claudia assured me I’d feel right at home, for Olot with its volcanic landscapes, looks a little like a mountainous Japanese village, and from what I can tell, she’s right! 

…and Claudia would be one to know as well, for she’s been coming to Japan many years and loves to visit. She mentioned having a dear friend who she visits in Iki, a Nagasaki island that I had never heard of, some 80km off the coast of Kyushu, halfway to Korea, which I also just went down a rabbit hole of Wikipedia exploration. Looks like an idyllic place with beautiful blue waters and even dolphins! Another place to put on the bucket list. Having myself worked for many years very adjacent to architecture, Clàudia and I actually riffed on and on (and on!) about some of Japan’s most celebrated designers, studios, and ateliers. As an architect, that is one of the main focuses of her travels to Japan. No doubt, given more time, we could have conversed till the cows came home and I would have really loved that. Clàudia was filled with passion and charisma, and has a zest for life, as you can see in her smile. Oddly enough, we didn’t even really get to talking about her interest in Japanese jazz. NEXT TIME! Another one for the Tokyo Record Style books! Thanks Clàudia for the fun chat and the nice photos. Hope we may meet again some day. You never know…The world gets smaller through music.

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Welcome back Toti (and Crew) to Tokyo Record Style!

Believe it or not, Toti and the Garcia Dalmacion are the first subjects I photographed in 2026. With the TRS YouTube channel and a Record Style Discord that I’m managing, I’m that far behind with photos …but I’m getting caught up. If you’ve been following Tokyo Record Style, you’ve actually met Toti several times already, in livestreams, reels, stories, and a record/-label-focussed post, just about 10 or so posts back. Scroll back and you can meet him again and hear all about his independent record store (This is Pop Records) and label (Terno Recordings) in Manila, and many of the records he releases and shows he produces.

For now I just want to send him a shout out and introduce you to his lovely crew who came over to Tokyo from Manila (on their umpteeth trip) earlier this year, his lovely lovely Ri-chan, and their two sons, Pa-chan, and Pe-chan, all super cool, creative, and indeed fashionable. We rendezvoused a few times during their stay, for a couple of really nice meals, once with J-indie sensation Mai of Bertoia (with whom Toti’s label worked and who I know throw TRS repeater and YABBAI!

Yeah, so Toti has become a great friend to know and we’ve already had some really fun times together, record digging, studio visiting, sharing meals, mini roadtrip, party going, and we even saw My Bloody Valentine together, which was just a blast. We even got recognized together on the streets of Shibuya by a couple fans visiting from …where what it, Toti… Sweden?

I’m really glad to know Toti and I’m looking forward to the day I can visit him on HIS turf in Manila. If I could align a visit to coincide with some big shot artist, legendary DJ, or music pioneer, somebody like Jeff Mills who he just brought to Manila, that would be swell. Also I’m keen to see his new record store/listening bar that I know he worked insanely hard on and must be, like him, one of a kind in Manila.

Thanks for connecting, Toti (and crew!) See you again someday.
More TRS on the way!

OH! P.S. This album that Toti is posing with, Rose Melberg’s Cast Away The Clouds from 2007, which I had never heard of …just sublime! You can definitely count on Toti’s tastes. They're impeccable!


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