Keigo Oyamada’s vibrant Trattoria Records, a Polystar-owned imprint that lasted from 1991 to 2002, stood out among the core labels of Tokyo’s Shibuya-kei scene. It also provided a home to Oyamada’s brilliant Cornelius project, in which counterpoint, syncopation and sampling invaded — nay, parasitized — the sunny alt-rock sound of the ‘90s. If Cornelius could encapsulate Shibuya-kei’s eclectic, hyper-pastiche type of retro-chic and its flair for experimentalism on a single record, Trattoria reflected a broader vision where sounds like baroque pop, noise rock, psych, shoe-gaze, trip-hop, lounge and J-pop soccer anthems would all live on one roster. This mix pairs Cornelius tracks with Oyamada’s production work, while setting aside Trattoria’s Western artists — and its more overt J-pop, alt-rock and avant-garde sounds — in favor of the label’s most inclusively adventurous (adventurously inclusive?) Japanese material (save for two terrific covers of Western songs), showing off what Shibuya-kei was truly capable of.

A small label run by Nobukazu Takemura in Kyoto from 1994 to 2007, Childisc was subtly groundbreaking. Takemura was at the cutting edge: beyond just granular synthesis, his output randomizers affected melody, his glitches (the sounds of ordered processes going awry) became pleasant listening, MIDI noise was incorporated into music, and the voices of robots — hidden like kodama in a personal computer — were friendly and cute, rather than isolating and threatening. Though he deserves his own episode, Takemura put out most of his best work on Childisc and honed a singular aesthetic there, curating the work of lesser known yet likeminded artists from around Japan and pairing it with his own. Childisc was about mystery and wonder — a pairing of experimentalism and whimsy, where cute or kawaii voices and melodies were peppered with challenging bursts of blips and bloops. Electronic noises were slyly recontextualized as atmospheric music or percussion instruments; trip-hop and breezy, Brazil-inflected beats were joined by cheap Casio keyboards played with childlike playfulness; and ambient landscapes would skitter along without necessarily arriving at a horizon…

Tracklist: Lullatone – If I Had a Harp I Would Play it Every Day, Asao Kikuchi – What Must They Be Saying?, Yabemilk – Caprice Salad, Slowly Minute – Happy Birth and Sweet Blue, Nobukzau Takemura – Sign, Hyu – Hyper Function, Kiyoshi Izumi – Tengwar, Suppa Micro Pamchopp – A Secret Sense of Panic, Nobukzau Takemura – Cons, Aki Tsuyuko – A Happy Day, Child’s View – grill, Arrow Tour – Fever and Heater, Hirono Nishiyama – ひまわり, Arche Type – Ciao Ciao Bambina, Asao Kikuchi – Fireworks, Nobukazu Takemura – The Cradle of the Light, Slowly Minute – The Song of The Sun In Autumn’s Holiday, Kiyoshi Izumi – Zephyr, Koota Tanimura – Meet Me In The Next Living, Gutevolk – Mizuno Soko (Live Version), Nobukzau Takemura – Conical Flask, Nobukzau Takemura – Chrysalis Part 2, Eiji Mitomi – Centaurea, Hyu – Egg Plane, Nobukzau Takemura – Mahou No Hiroba, Nobukzau Takemura – Lost Treasure (4th Version), Kiyoshi Izumi – Graflicker, Slowly Minute – Whisper Magic (2003 Slowly Minute Mix), Nobukzau Takemura – Anemometer, Eiji Mitomi – Rainbow, Sako – Sheep Negotiation

On this global bass mix, energy is central: Rhythms of the Afro-latin world are brought together in a transatlantic call-and-response between Africa, Europe, South and Central America — a swirl of synthetic and acoustic beats, a weaving of sampled and recorded voices, a synthesis of roots and branches — joined by producers from nearly every continent. The second Global Electronic episode, Global Antenna mixes digital cumbias from post-EDM Mexico, Argentina and Ecuador with a selection of high-energy clave-rooted beats and kuduros from all over the Portuguese-speaking world, while dropping in hip-hop and dancehall-inflected beats that flip sounds from locales as far-flung as Bollywood. It matches French MPC producers ventriloquizing Brazilian MPB samples with Italian producers ventriloquizing Central African tribal recordings, and blends the latest electronic techniques with classic Latin percussion instruments and African mbira. It selects from African artists living part-time in Europe, and even listens in on a few like-minded producers in Japan, Turkey, Colorado, and California.

Tracklist: The Very Best – Ufumu, Nicola Cruz – Cumbia del Olvido, Psilosamples – Soldadinho do Aripe / Periquoto Cara-suja, Souleance – Mais Um, Frikstailers – Cumbia Frikera, Ccolo – Immortal Birds Diwali, Al Dobson Jr. – Malfuf – Nebetia, Daniel Haaksmen – Aho, Clap! Clap! – The Rainstack Fable, Magnus P.I feat. Penya – Search It Out, Dengue Dengue Dengue – R2, Mala – Inga Gani, Underspreche – Flowers From the Lake, Anchorsong – Butterflies, Chancha via Circuito feat. Lido Pimienta – Jardines (Tremor Remix), MORO – SALVE SUA VIDA, Gossamer – J-cruise, Nicola Cruz – Mantis (Xanga Remix), DJ Marfox – Cobra Preta, DJ Kolt and DJ Perigoso – Perseguição, Clap! Clap! – (E) Earnest, Ibibio Sound Machine – Uwa The Peacock (Eki Ko Inuen Uwa), Mbongwana Star – Suzanna, El Guincho – Antillas, Thug Entrancer – Curaga, Los Chapillacs – Marcha del Chullachaqui (Deltatron Remix), Africaine 808 – Yes We Can’t, Abu Ama – Tired in Istambul

Holographic sounds for a Schwinn Beach Cruiser. Make the bike path glow.

Tracklist: Bop – Fragments, Weval – You Made It (Part I), Al Dobson Jr. – Vibration, Armadillo – Aves del Valle, Don’t DJ – Southern Shore, The Invisibles – Wing, John Wizards – Leuk, Seiho – DO NOT LEAVE WET, Jose Larralde – Quimey Neuquen (Chancha Via Circuito Remix), Balam Acab – See Birds (sun), Co La – White Silver Sands (Radiowave Version), Anchorsong – Monsoon, Nerftoss – Virtue Walk, The Avalanches – Subway/Going Home, The Day – Boots In the Pool, Disclosure – Feel Like I Do (Feat. Al Green), Kaytranada – LITE SPOTS, Cornelius – Drop, Bibio – A Mineral Love, Al Dobson Jr. – In the World, Botany – Anchor, Arawak – Accadde A Bali, Flamingods – Majestic Fruit, Gold Panda – I Am Real Punk, Mice Parade – Pursuant to the Vibe, Mount Kimbie – Adriatic, K15 – Mist, Submerse – No Continues Kid, TOKiMONSTA – Waiting For the Break of Dawn, Michael Turtle – Maid of the Mist, Teebs – Arthur’s Birds, Gossamer – Okuma

Ambient heat and luminescent drones from contemporary artists and composers for bathing in the light ecstatic or brooding in the blinding sun. On this episode, tons of 2016 tracks are featured alongside seldom heard classics, all by thinkers who truly know how to focus their (and our) senses.

Tracklist: Shigeto – Deep Breathing, Irezumi – Contemplations, Benoît Pioulard – Of Everything That Rhymes, Manu – Yawning In An Afternoon’s Monotony, Naemi – Procel (Original Mix), Lucy – A Selfless Act, Guitoo – Snow Noiz, Christina Vantzou – Valley Drone, Sean MCCann – Guardian, Ian William Craig – Expanding Hope Into Caverns, Anenon – Panes, Huerco S. – The Sacred Dance, Zomes – Life On The Wheel, Julianna Barwick – Nebula, Tim Hecker – Up Red Bull Creek, Trees – sonm ambient 2, Ben Lukas Boysen – Sleepers Beat Theme, Felicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – ME, Harbour – best self, Don’t DJ – Southeast Subterrane, Matthewdavid’s Mindflight – Venusian Sunset, Mark Pritchard – ?, Benoit Pioulard – II, Kane Ikin – Autophasic, Alessandro Cortini – Di Passaggio, Leafar Legov – MX Home, M. Geddes Gengras – Threshold, Grouper – Made of Air

Feel it.

Tracklist: Pharaohs – Beyond Within, Musiccargo – Sol Lucet Omnibux, Jib Kidder – Remove a Tooth, The Chemical Brothers – Dream On, Flamingods – Yuka, Morgan Delt – Little Zombies, Animal Collective – Graze, Nice Nice – Big Bounce, Dalhous – Bolder and Lighter Than the Beat from a Wing, Cloudland Canyon – An Arabesque, Spiritualized – Electric Mainline Part One, Zomes – Cosmovital Force, The Avalanches feat. Father John Misty – Saturday Night Out, Gwenno – Chwyldro, Vytas Brenner – Araguaney, Woodsman – Beat the Heat, Soft Circle – Shimmer, The Chemical Brothers – Wonders of the Deep, Stereolab – Moogie Wonderland, Caribou – Sun, The Boredoms – two circles, Deakin – Good House, Sun Araw – Horse Steppin

Last in the Dutch Waves series, Building Brains is a post-punk mix for the open mind. Holland’s contributions to post-punk were restlessly creative and aesthetically experimental: industrial noise, synthesizers, modern classical, dub and krautrock grooves all made an impact. You might hear an acoustic guitar or a chamber orchestra. You might hear a dreary jam session, driven by a repetitive bassline and ornamented with bleeps and bloops. Or, pleasant ambient tones. A grinding synth instrumental. Sheet metal being cut. An entire factory coming to an abrupt halt. Some obtuse improvised non-music recorded direct to cassette at a squat somewhere in Amsterdam. A piano.

Tracklist: De Fabriek – Take Four, Ensemble Pittoresque – Several Sunsets, Flue – Legacy, Mekanik Kommando – Scars – Run Tintintin Run, Bazooka – Rood / Wit, Nasmak – 4 Our Clicks, Edward Ka-Spel – Hotel Rouge, Prof. Einstein – Le Jardin Noir, Van Kaye and Ignit – Chapel, Nexda – ThreeSeventyFive, The Visitor – Tranceparent Whirled, Ensemble Pittoresque – Building Brains, De Div – Pasodoble, Minny Pops – Mono, The Young Lions – Marie and Jane, Storung – Dimensie 4, Mecano – The Mutant Jasz, Kiem – Request to Obtain, Coitus Int. – The Threat, Genetic Factor – Action Spot, Ensemble Pittoresque – Auratorium, Van Kaye and Ignit – Schmerz, Ende Shneafliet – Crusoe’s Roots, Smalts – Werktitel 7, Z’ev – Untitled, The Young Lions – Spade Reverie, S.R. Emmer – Ein Schnellboot am Ganges, Sammie America’s Mam – The Stockhausen Sound, Mekanik Kommando – First Snow, Flue – Refuge, Vice – L’Autostrada, Edward Ka-Spel – Lisa’s Christening, Muziekkamer – Syncopes

Wild, uptempo post-punk slammers from Holland in the ’80s. If the spirit of Dutch new wave can be captured in a single mix of dark, eccentric party tracks? Here’s your candidate.

Tracklist: Kiem – Short Memories, Das Ding – H.S.T.A., De Div – Walk, Güler – Princess Parade, La Voix Qui Rit – Huba Huba, Flue – Some-Times, Minny Pops – Time, Mekanik Kommando – Entangled By Colors, The Actor – Picture 210, The Project – Money and Morals, The Tapes – Night After Night, Dojoji – Quincunx, Cargo Cultus – Le Peste, W.A.T. – Sub, Storung – Europe Calls, Tent – Distances, Ensemble Pittoresque – Program, Van Kaye and Ignit – Negroe in N.Y., Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars, Vice – See!, Coitus Int. – In Jutland, Nasmak – Plaster, De Div – Dit Moment, Kiem – Moneyman, Ensemble Pittoresque – A Distant Dance, Minny Pops – Tracking, Ende Shneafliet – The Day Detlef Macha Won, Mekanik Kommando – Icefield, Pee Dee – Tiuri, Tent – The Fear, Nasmak – Me Rex, The Tapes – Hot Line, Vice – Fiction Tales, Nine Circles – Here Come I, W.A.T. – Ivanhoo, The Actor – Lights, Plus Instruments – Bodies

New wave poses. Art rock techniques. Cyberpunk poetry. Gothic moods. Alien synths. Caterwauling guitars. Scrap yard funk. Tractor tire basslines. Abandoned factories. It’s post-punk, it’s’ Holland, it’s the 80s.

Tracklist: Mecano – Autoportrait, The Tapes – March, Coitus Int. – Bonanza, Nine Circles – The Rose, Mekanik Kommando – Money For Pleasure, De Div – Lichaam Op Het Laken, Kiem – Time Doesn’t Heal, Das Ding – Makimo, Vice – Stirring Up The Fire, Ensemble Pittoresque – Lovesong, Minny Pops – Ice Cube Wall, Nasmak – Duel (With Unequal Arms), Mick Ness – You In Me, De Div – Marianne H., Neon – Standing On The Other Side, The Gentry – Escape, Storung – Radio Lines, Sammie America’s Mam – Find a Form, Vice – The Beast, Flue – Esmafarja, Edward Ka-Spiel – Tick Tock, Tent – Chase Horizons, Mekanik Kommando – First Reprise, Nasmak – Silhouette, Stephen Emmer – Teracotta Trimmings, Mecano – March of The Iron Workers, Ensemble Pittoresque – Ash Grey As Sunday, Nine Circles – What’s There Left, Tent – You Will Fall, Sammie America’s Mam – It’s Slipping Away, The Gentry – Senses

It’s magic.

Tracklist: D/P/I – Dead Hearts, Durlin Lurt – Magic, Knxwledge – BuildMyWrld[ArowndJew], J Dilla – So Far To Go (Instrumental), Bullion – You Still Believe In Dee, Charles Trees – Memories, Gobby – Immortality, Sharpshooters – Don’t Turn Away, FloFilz – Paramahansa, mieksneak. – Script, Lone – 2 Is 8, TOKiMONSTA – Fool, Sweet Valley – Where Will I Go, Mndsgn – On (Paralysis), Samiyam – Ronald, Blank Blue – Eyes Closed, Jib Kidder – Recognition, Nobody – Girls Alone (Muzak mix, with Ikey Owens), Teebs – While You Doooo, Axton Frick – That Moment When Everything Feels Right, Baths – Lovesick Synthetic, Bibio – You, Koushik – Coolin’ (Instrumental), Grass Mirror – Suunrizer, Knxwledge – Remember Who You Are, oriJanus – Sol Love, Odd Nosdam – Sisters,Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky