time travelling to 1940 in Downtown Tokyo, shiny black taxis and white gloves, rendezvous at the Claska hotel, going to the ballet, dollar bins, glass, !blinded by science!, narrative, empty public spaces, units&particles, pick-ups&utility vehicles, semantic bleaching, germanic/japonic, onomatopes, art, packaging, secret winks and conspiratorial smiles, incense, applied innocence.
I'd like to meet:
Mugen & Jin, Jeffrey Steingarten, Masahiko Shimada, Owen Wilson's nose, Tadanobu Asano, Akira Yamaguchi, Ennio Morricone, Ernest Hemingway
Music:
where do we begin. Prince, Marvin, Minnie,Milton, Stevie, JBs, the Sleepless Nights, the Vietnam War, carol jiani, Lime/LePage, Patti Labelle, Chess, Stax, Atlantic, Aguia Nao Come Mosca by Azymuth and all Mamao's magic; Lalo Schifrin's Bullitt soundtrack just makes me laugh. Venise, Arthur Verocai, Alice Coltrane, Jay Dee, Gino Soccio, Pierre Perpall, Durutti Column, Brian Eno, Ashra Temple, Edgar Froese, Toto, Chocolate Star, Hugh Masekela, Viewlexx, Ectomorph, Clone, Bunker, Smackos, Cheap, Beppe Loda, Random Noise Generation, Shake Shakir, Rob Hood, Aux88, KDJ, Omar S, M.E.D, Bilal, Dudley Perkins, Aloe Blacc, Arabian Prince, Lover & Jupiter, MF Doom, pianists such as Brad Mehldau solo show or Mashi de Clive Lowe in full effekt, Claudio Simonetti, Leroy Burgess, Phlash, Fela, D-train, Bernard Purdie live, armando Trovaioli, Nature & Pigna records, Snoop/Dre, Down Low, Can, silver apples, Simon& GarFUNKel, Modern Lovers, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Bernard Wright, Pharaoh Sanders, Wayne Shorter, chi town jack trax, Nina Simone, bohannon, Donovan, antiquated disco, sad country songs (2 cigarettes in the ashtray), chaz jankel etc. Anything from the heart and anything perfectly broken or slightly abused. Recent dancefloor memories thanks to HIEROGLYPHIC BEING, salon des amateurs, i-F, DJ Mondii (Spekk/JP)
Movies:
Orpheu Negro, Suicide Circle, happiness of the Katakuris, cinematographers Ken Lye and Chris Doyle, novocento, pasolini, fellini, glitterbug, sans soleil, metropolis by Katsuhiro Otomo and Rintaro, directors Spike Lee, Lukas Moodysson, david lynch, Dogme 95 film makers like Lone Scherfig etc.
Books:
Shimada Masahiko, Kyoka Izumi, Soseki, Ernest Hemingway, J.M. Coetzee, Anais Nin, Lafcadio Hearn, Colette, Balzac and many more
Heroes:
minnie riperton, jeffrey steingarten, bob moog, dj Leisure Suit, erik breuer, kosuke masuda, s.t.ö.p.s.e.l, derek jarman, thomas mann, arthur verocai & girls: Mayuko, Georgette Hill, Alice Duck, Sleeper, Melzo, ruth buchanan, Molly, Stacie, Mami, emi, yuki, celia, Yae-chan, Coco Solid, and Laura Asmara.
