Beasts From the East/Touyou Kanon Podcast

Hello Beastsiders!!  In our June edition of the Beastscast,we feature some jams influenced by the sway of summer (a jazzy opening by Yokohama's COSTA DE PALMA, and some streetcore anthems from DS455 and DJ Ryuuki).  

Earlier this Spring, the U.S. was rocked by the Japan Nite Festival, including the New Earth Music Hall in Athens, GA which was covered by the Beasts From the East crew.  We'll have forthcoming videos from the 4 bands featured at the show, including Zarigani$, Vampillia, HAPPY, and Jungles (from Red Bacteria Vacuum).

You'll hear brand new singles from 4D-JAM and MOLICE, as well as jams from MIO SOUL (of Manafest Vision Media), ATOM ON SPHERE, ARTHUR PENTAMETER and more.  

We'll wrap up with a hearty composition from producer LEEHAN, and then get a jazzy outro from jazz vocalist MARY SIGALAS.

You'll also hear what we've been up to in the hiatus, including a ton of interviews (with CHOPS and ILIMA CONSIDINE) and attending various conventions (including Atlanta's MOMOCON and the 2nd annual ATHCON brought to you by The Rose of Athens Theatre Company).

As always, we thank you for your patience, and enjoy today's ride!!  Tracklist is below:

OUTRO

Look To The Stars by Mary Sigalas

BGM: Last Night Good Night RMX and Unique by

AKARI TOWN 

Hello Beastsiders!!  Today's episode is a grand return to our ongoing theme show series, THEMATIC For The People.  The theme here is music from the Street Fighter video game series by CAPCOM.  At the beginning of each set, you'll hear a remix of an SF composition---a lot of them covered in an interesting new musical style.  These fanmade remixes do great tribute to the originals, and take the works in fantastic new directions.

Follwing the remix tunes are original Beastly tunes (linked by genre similarity in each set) to make a fun, organic blend of music.  Links for the artists are in the tracklist, and check out their wonderful work!

Attention, Athens, Georgia!  The weekend of March 19-22 will mark the 2nd annual Sling Shot Festival. Sling Shot's spread is all over the downtown Classic City district, with many venues featuring music artists (such as Kishi Bashi and local favorites Elf Power), stand-up comedians (Doug Benson of "Super High Me" and "Last Comic Standing" fame, Jonah Ray--who's been behind the scene on The Andy Milonakis show and featured on The Sarah Silverman Program, and Atlanta's own Josh Harris), technology/new media showcases, and fantabulous exhibitions of art.  

Of Beastly interest is the Saturday (3/21) event at New Earth Music Hall.  That evening will be the site of the touchdown of the nationwide Japan Nite 2014 tour, featuring a fresh crew of musicians! Headliners are the ever-entertaining Peelander-Z, and also providing awesome sounds are Jungles (of Bacteria Vacuum), Zargani$, Vampillia, and HAPPY.  You'll hear more about the JN show in this episode.  Check www.japan-nite.com for times and dates, and locations near you for the upcoming shows.

You'll hear the Polite one talk fanboy, giving you the lowdown on 2 fine comic book shop in the Athens/Watkinsville areas (Bizarro Wuxtry and Mr. Comic Shop), and mention a great site to find comic book stores in your area.

If you're a DC Comics/Justice League fan, pop open a side link for the fantastic and Lego-tastic fan production, "Justice League: Gods Among Us" by the marvelous OUTBACKPRIME PRODUCTIONS.  More on the project in this ep.

Below is the tracklist for this episode, with links to the artists' sites/social media where highlighted.  

Beasts will now be running an episode EVERY OTHER MONTH, and we thank you for keeping up with us. More interviews and videos will be up in the meantime.

You're already here and listening, so we hope you enjoy the show!  Street Fighter = The title for great music and the importance of the quarter turn on your directional pad.  FIGHT!!!

ARTIST/SONG TITLE                                                                                 Kimengumi/tengal6_kimengumi_remix                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

INTRO                                                                                                                                   

DJ Kariu/Guiles 20th anniversary Strange Sunset remix (Melodic Sunset)                                        

RYU BLACK/Chun Li feat. Mega Ran & Masia One                              

Shinobi The MC/I Got Soul (www.soundcloud.com/shinobi-the-mc‎)

WhatQ (formerly known as Y.O.U./DJ Tonic)/Sky High /WhatQ (kansei)                                                              

hime (姫) Feat. DJ-BASS/Outro      

BREAK                                                                                                                                  

Rizky Elkuptra aka 2Risky/Jazzy NYC 99 (Sunset Remix)                                                          

Pistol Valve/Fo-Fo                                                                                                                    

Yoshihiro Nakagawa/Mary, My Dear                                                                                            

DJ Krush feat. Akira Sakata/Slit Of Cloud    

BREAK                                                                

Djpretzel/OC ReMix #434 Street Fighter II 'Spicy Curry' [Dhalsim Stage]                                  

Himuro Yoshiteru/Bombay 180 (http://himuro-yoshiteru.bandcamp.com)                                                                                                 

RED SUN/Jisho no neko ga tōjō (辞書の猫が登場)                                                                            

BREAK                                                                                                                            

DeathSet/Street Fighter Balrog Stage Guitar Metal                                                            

Hellsakura/Bombs Away (http://www.youtube.com/user/HellsakuraTV/featured)                                                                                               

Peelander-Z/Panda II (https://twitter.com/peelanderz‎)

否[i-na]/ムササビファイター                                                                                                            

The Asphere's/10:00 (https://soundcloud.com/#aspheres4)                                                                                                             

BREAK                                                                                                                  

SongeLeReveur feat. Kev/Vega's Theme - Street Fighter II (guitar duet feat. Kev) (www.songelereveur.blogspot.com/)

SAWA/The Gloss (www.sawasphool.com) (www.youtube.com/SAWASPHOOL) (SAWAS PHOOL Facebook Page)‎

OUTRO                                                                                                                              

Allison Weiss/Daybreak (from her latest album "Say What You Mean") (

This is the 2nd part of the 3-part interview that Beasts From the East did with Damu Penda of INTERNATIONAL PARTY ROCKERS/First International Playaz.  Here's what we talk with Damu about:

-How Damu keeps in touch with his people in L.A.                                                                            

-Sending kites to his incarcerated friends

-His poetry book project

-The importance of writing letters

-Working with a small crew vs. Working with a large crew

-His thoughts on Stanley "Tookie" Williams' death penalty verdict

-Being a 40-Something in the music (hip-hop) game

-The importance of peace and harmony with one's self

-Early days making a living rapping in Japan

-His transition from the streets of L.A. to the military

-His memories of the late b-boy Skeeter Rabbit (R.I.P.)

-His renown among and encounters with J-Hip-Hop artists

-Some important advice from REDRUM about doing songs with other artists

-CLUB PURE

-The transtion from a party rocker to a business man

-The "We vs. I" scenario in business dealings

-His studio preferences

-His transportation preference in Japan