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18th January 2012As Paul Fisher turns 50, he reflects on a few records that changed his life. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
11th January 2012New releases by The Beatniks, featuring Yukihiro Takahashi, Hiromichi Sakamoto, 70s Pop Melayu from Indonesia's Koes Plus and 1930s-40s Japanese re-releases. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th December 2011The Far Side Music Top 10 albums of 2011. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd November 2011Odds and ends of demos and other oddities.Includes Okinawan 12" from Pascal Plantinga and Keiko Kina, Malaysian music and tracks recorded for BBC World Routes. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th November 2011The type of sounds to be played at a forthcoming DJ set at the release party of the superb film KanZeOn.Buddhist and other traditions mixed with dance beats and other modern styles. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
2nd November 2011New releases from Kiwi & Papaya Mangoes, Maricamizki, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Sakamoto produced albums, YMO covers and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
19th October 2011Chinese music from 1930s and 40s Shangai, traditional music and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
12th October 2011New releases from Kazue Sawai, Oyama x Nitta, Misako Oshiro and Kanako Horiuchi, Takashi Nakagawa, Lucy and others. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th September 2011New releases from Sakaki Mango, Makoto Kubota plus Japanese/African and other mixes. One not to miss. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st September 2011Unusual renditions of Japanese children's songs, from Hosono, Sakamoto, Heatwave, UA and others. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th September 2011New releases including from Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christian Fennesz, plus music from two musicians who died recently; Japanese electronic musician Rei Harakami and Indonesian singer Euis Komariah. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
10th August 2011Protest songs from East Asia by Okinawa's Shoukichi Kina, China's Cui Jian, Japan's Soul Flower Union, Taiwan's Labour Exchange Band and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th July 2011Katsunori Tanaka joins the show from Tokyo to talk about the life of legendary journalist Toyo Nakamura who died on July 21st, and play music from his various productions and compilations. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th July 2011New releases from Oki Dub Ainu Band, Sandii, Snakeman Show, Waraku Ensemble and others. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
1st June 2011Kuricorder Quartet come to the Resonance studio to play live and talk about their music and other groups they've played in. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
18th May 2011Miyako island music singer Isamu Shimoji joins Paul in the studio to play live and talk about his music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th May 2011New releases including from the new album by Haruomi Hosono and the compilation Oriental Deluxe. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th April 2011East Asian music for weddings.From sublime Cambodian and Thai traditional wedding music, to syrupy idol bubblegum J-pop. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
13th April 2011New releases from Sandii, Tomoyo Harada, re-releases from Lebu Kamuy, hits of the Showa Period, Shisas and tsugaru shamisen from Michihiro and Michiyoshi Sato. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th April 2011Laid back cool sounds and some wild ones too from Java, Bali, Sumatra for a warm day in London. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd March 2011Paul is joined by Maki Nishida to talk about the ongoing situation in Japan, to promote a web site sending goods to Tohoku and play relevant music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th March 2011Following the earthquake and tsunami that tragically struck the Tohoku region of Japan on March 11th, Paul plays music from Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Aomori prefectures, much in the news, and is joined on the phone live from Tokyo by Australian Joe Gayton. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
2nd March 2011New releases from Japan including some great club/ambient underground music from Osaka, electro-pop classics from Logic System, Okinawa's Seijin Noborikawa and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd February 2011Music from the 20 year history of the documentary programme, NHK Special with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Isao Tomita, Kitaro and other speicially commissioned music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th February 2011Music for the Chinese new year; both modern and traditional, from rock and folk stars Ai Jing and Cui Jian to traditional erhu and Guqin. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
26th January 2011Music and dialogue from classic Japanese films from the 1930s-50s, featuring Hibari Misora, Shizuko Kasagi and other film and music stars of the day. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
19th January 2011Tracks from the brilliant compilation, The Sound of Siam- Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975 and other classic tracks from the 1950s and 60s. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
5th January 2011The best of recent new releases. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
15th December 2010The Top 10 releases of 2010 from the Far Side. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
8th December 2010Tribute to John Lennon on the 30th anniversary of his death. Wacky and wonderful cover versions of John Lennon and the Beatles. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
24th November 2010Neil Cantwell and Tim Grabham, makers of the documentary film KanZeOn, join Paul in the studio to talk about their intriguing project and play remix tracks of music featured in the film. Listen to this Show |
17th November 2010Okinawan group Maltese Rock come into the studio to perform live and talk about their compelling music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th October 2010A selection of tracks from various Rough Guide CDs compiled by Paul Fisher including from Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Japan and Okinawa. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
13th October 2010Another in the occasional series focusing on record labels. This one, Japan's Chitei Records, home to Shibusashirazu and other jazz and experimental artists Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th October 2010Paul is joined on the phone from Okinawa by author and journalist John Potter to talk about his book, The Power of Okinawa, Roots Music from the Ryukyus. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
15th September 2010East meets East as musicians from Japan, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and elsewhere collaborate with eachother. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
8th September 2010Tracks from the excellent Chlangden series of Cambodian 60s legends. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
1st September 2010New releases and re-releases including Umekichi, Soul Flower Union, Pupa, Kazue Sawai and Indian hindustani music meets Japanese Buddhist chants. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th August 2010Music for an imagined Far Side beach- laid back and fun sounds from Okinawa and Hawaii. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th July 2010Documentary titled Ainu Country, recorded on location in Japan by Paul Fisher for CBC Radio in Canada. In Tokyo he talks to Mina Sakai of young performance group Ainu Rebels, witnesses a live concert by Oki Dub Ainu Band, before travelling to the northern island of Hokkaido, the ancestral home of the Ainu, to meet musician Oki Kano. Paul's journey ends at Cape Soya, the northernmost point of Japan. Listen to this Show |
14th July 2010More new releases from Oki Dub Ainu Band, Harry Hosono and others plus great reissues of 60s Okinawan music and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th July 2010New releases from Tetsuhiro Daiku, Maltese Rock, Sandii and others Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd June 2010Paul is joned by Meria Miller and Sherry Sugita of the London Sanshinkai to play and talk about Okinawan music ahead of Okinawa Day. Listen to this Show |
9th June 2010A lighthearted preview of the football world cup from an East Asian perspective. Football songs from Japan and patriotic songs from North Korea. Listen to this Show |
2nd June 2010Various bamboo flutes from Asia. From traditional to jazz, serene to upbeat, flutes from Japan, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
26th May 2010New releases from Sandii, Iyeth Bustami plus some rare gems from Elvy Sukaesih, Mamadou Doumbia, Toumani Diabate, Nenes, Yasukatsu Oshima and others. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
12th May 2010Requests from Far Side listeners with tracks from Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
5th May 2010The latest Far Side Music Top 10. Plus an added bonus. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th April 2010Western and African collaborations with Japanese musicians, plus non-Japanese playing Japanese music. Featuring Youssou N'Dour, Toumani Diabate, Jah Wobble, Kila and Oki, Martin Denny, Masami Tsuchiya and many more wonderful tracks. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th April 2010Some superb new releases including tracks from the new albums by Shibusashirazu, Cicala Mvta, Okinawa's Seijn Noborikawa and classic reissues from Chu Kosaka and Kenji Endo. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th April 2010Another of our occasional series focusing on record companies. This one, Ryuichi Sakamoto's Commmons label. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
12th May 2001A temporay file of Charlie Gillett's BBC London show from May 2001 with ping-pong guest Paul Fisher. Listen to this Show |
24th March 2010Paul is joined by journalist Howard Male to pay tribute to the late, great Charlie Gillett. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
17th March 2010A tongue-in-cheek listen to some of the worst music from the Far East including some of the bad but brilliant variety. Listen to this Show |
10th March 2010New and modern classics from the contemporary Chinese music scene. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
3rd March 2010The Japan Playlist from the new edition of the Rough Guide to World Music book- Europe, Asia and Pacific. Everyone a gem. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
17th February 2010New releases from Japan, including Chanchiki Tornade, Aoki Takamasa, Haruomi Hosono, and superb new recordings of koto music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
10th February 2010Sublime recordings of traditional East Asian music from the JVC World Sounds catalogue. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
3rd February 201070s and 80s Indonesian pop and dangdut classics, including Makoto Kubota's early productions, plus a few surprises. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th January 2010Ukulele gems, from the traditional to the bizarre, from Japanese maestros to Hawaiian masters. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th January 2010New releases and re-releases. From 60s jazz versions of traditional tunes to traditional versions of traditional tunes, 60s Group Sounds and Okinawan legend Shouei Kina. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
9th December 2009The Far Side Top 10 releases of 2009. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
2nd December 2009New releases from Japan including Minimums covers of YMO, shakuhachi player with Isao Tomita, re-release of 80s Miharu Koshi and taiko goup Wadaiko Hiryu. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
18th November 2009Okinawan musician Kanako Horiuchi drops in to play live in the studio as well as recordings of her traditional music and with her band Ska Lovers, who mix Okinawan traditional with ska and J-pop. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th November 2009Paul is joined by Cathy Eastburn of Good Vibrations who run gamelan workshops in UK prisons and secure hospitals. She plays some extraordinary music including her favourite Indonesian gamelan music and recordings from those workshops. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th October 2009Music for Autumn including Japanese koto, Chinese qin, enka and the sounds of Autumnal Chinese crickets. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st October 2009Releases from the excellent GNP label of Indonesia, featuring tracks from Sambasunda, Waldjinah and traditional Sundanese gamelan. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th October 2009New releases from Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Setsubun Bean Unit, plus re-releases from Virginia Astley, Malaysia's Sharifah Aini and Zaleha Hamid, Cambodia's Ros Sereysothea and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd September 2009Paul is joined by Rie Ogata, recently of the Asian Music Circuit in London, just before she headed back to Japan. Rie plays some of her favourite Japanese experimental music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th September 2009Children's songs for an East Asian playground. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
2nd September 2009New releases from including Japan's Blue Asia, Shabushabu and Umekichi, Indonesia's Sambasunda and Cambodia's Ros Sereysothea. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
5th August 2009Music for a Bon Odori summer festival in Japan. From Tokyo Ondo to Kawachi Ondo plus Hibari Misora classic tracks. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
29th July 2009Music featuring Yoshie Uno of Shisars and An-Chang Project who sadly passed away in July. Includes never before heard session recordings. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
22nd July 2009The cream of the current roots music scene in Asia. The final part of the Beginners Guide to Asia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
15th July 2009Legendary singers from Asia- all tracks taken from the Beginners Guide to Asia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
1st July 2009Traditional music from the just released Paul Fisher compiled Beginner's Guide to Asia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
24th June 2009The Far Side Top 10 for June 2009. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
3rd June 2009Paul is joined by Vietnamese singer Huong Thanh and musician Hong Nguyen, to talk about Thanh's new album and to perform live in the studio. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th May 2009Musicians who died too young, inspired by the passing of Kiyoshiro Imawano on May 2nd, plus legends from Cambodia, Thailand and other Japanese musicians. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
13th May 2009Music linked to Paul's trip to Japan, including demo recordings from Blue Asia, Toshimi Mikami and Hosono's Daisyworld label. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
8th April 2009New releases from Yukihiro Takahashi, classic Thai lukthung from the 1960s and much more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
1st April 2009Protest, revolutionary, patriotic, propaganda and political songs from the Far East. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
18th March 2009Asian songs and tunes about the joys of spring. From traditional Japanese and Chinese music to Hong Kong 60s pop. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
11th March 2009A selection of new and recent releases from Japan, including Ryuichi Sakamoto and Ryukyu Underground. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
11th February 2009David Mitchell of the group Panjir joins Paul for a fascinating talk on Uyghur music and to play some superb other Uyghur sounds. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th February 2009Minyo (folk) mixed with Latin and other music by star singers from the 1950s-70s. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th January 2009New releases including tracks from YMO live in London and Gijon in 2008. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th January 2009Jah Wobble joins Paul to talk about his fantastic album, Chinese Dub. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
17th December 2008The Far Side Top 10 CDs of 2008 Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
3rd December 2008Legendary singers and musicians from India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan and China. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
19th November 2008A selection of the best traditional and contemporary roots music from Asia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
12th November 2008Korean roots music, from the traditional to the modern. Exciting and innovative. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
22nd October 2008New releases from Okinawa's Misako Koja, Surf Champlers, HASYMO, Taiwan's Inka Mbing and many more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
15th October 2008Second programme in our series of record labels. This one focuses on Respect Records, with tracks from Takashi Hirayasu, Soul Flower Mononoke Summit, Cicala Mvta, Seijin Noborikawa, Abdul Tee-Jay and others Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
8th October 2008The coolest dub tracks from Dry & Heavy, Kodama, Dub Squad, Oki, and dub remixes of YMO, Ryukyu Underground and Kawachi Ondo. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
24th September 2008Paul is joined in the studio by sanshin and sarod player from Okinawa, Wataru Kousaka. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
17th September 2008Three male singers who were born and died within a few years of eachother, were the biggest stars of the 50s and 60s in their own countries and remain icons today. Thailand's Surapol Sombatcharoen (1930-68), Cambodia's Sinn Sisamouth (1933-76) and Malaysia's P.Ramlee (1929-73) Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
10th September 2008The September Top 10 (or Top 8 CDs to be precise). Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
3rd September 2008New Asian selections from the recently released World Roots Music Library series. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
13th August 2008Latest releases, including Pupa, Haruomi Hosono, Okinawan court music and Flower Travellin' Band reissue. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th August 2008Tracks from Paul Fisher's two Chinese compilations, including Bar Beijing Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
24th July 2008Paul Fisher is a guest on Shibuya FM in Tokyo to talk about the Rough Guide to the Music of Japan Listen to this Show |
25th June 2008Selections from the new edition of the Rough Guide to the Music of Japan Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th June 2008New releases from Japan, Thailand and Indonesaia, plus classic tracks from YMO Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th May 2008Japanese musicians play music from around the world; from Tanzania to Tuva, via India and Indonesia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st May 2008Westerners playing Japanese and Asian inspired music- brilliantly. Artists include Henry Kaiser, John Kaizan Neptune, Elizabeth Falconer and Bob Brozman. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th May 2008First in a new series paying homage to some of the Far East's best record labels. Disc Akabana / Off Note in Japan, has been a pioneering label in both the roots and contemporary jazz scenes. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th May 2008The best of the latest new releases including Japanese electro-folk rock, an Okinawan/Indian mixture, Indonesian jaipong, Malaysian classic pop, Korean and Japanese traditional music and Arab Andalous vintage recordings. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
30th April 2008The music of Tibet. From Buddhist chants to patriotic folk songs and the street sounds of Lhasa Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd April 2008Classic vintage Japanese popular music recordings from 1938-45. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th April 2008Chinese music. From virtuoso classical performances to the latest sounds from Beijing. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
2nd April 2008Beautiful and enchanting traditional music from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
26th March 2008Some of the latest new releases. From Japanese jazz to Khmer rap, via Indonesian dangdut. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
5th March 2008Vintage Japanese Popular music from 1928 until 1937. Fascinating early mixtures of Japanese traditional and western music Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th February 2008The Far Side Top 10 in March, from vintage Japanese pop to present day Cambodian roots music. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th February 2008Traditional music for Chinese New Year, plus Communist era patriotic songs, and our favourite Beijing punk rockers. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th February 2008Tracks from the 2 excellent volumes of Tributes to Haruomi Hosono from foreign artists including Dr John, Geoff Muldaur and Garth Hudson and Senor Cocunut while from Japan there's Buffalo Daughter, Makoto Kubota, Micabox and Sheena and the Rokkets. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
30th January 2008Hawaii meets Japan and Okinawa with incredible collaborations from the last 60 years from Dick Mine to Sandii via Shokichi Kina and Nenes. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
23rd January 2008February new releases from Thailand, Vietnam, China, Okinawa, Japan and Korea. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th January 2008Some of Japan's coolest artists cover Beatles songs and solo songs penned by the fab four. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
9th January 2008The best (worst?) of Asian pop. From established to new stars, the Malaysian, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese versions of Madonna, Celina Dion, Kylie Minogue etc.. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
19th December 2007The Top 10 releases of 2007 from the Far Side. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
12th December 2007The Top 20 releases of 2007. Numbers 20-11. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
5th December 2007The Far Side Mix- favourite tracks at the moment perhaps destined for some compilations next year. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st November 2007No Music Day - so listen to a Chinese cricket orchestra, sounds from a Japanese garden, traditional Japanese street entertainment, Sundanese Wayang Golek, Japanese kabuki, Japanese comedy, Balinese Gongs and more. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th November 2007The December Top 10. Best sellers and favourite tunes. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th November 2007More essential new releases and old favourites from Haruomi Hosono + Cornelius, Ryuichi Sakamoto with a couple of collaborators, Hibari Misora, Indonesia's Sambasunda, Cambodian legend Ros Sereysothea and Dengue Fever. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
31st October 2007Back on the air after a break, exceptional new releases from Japan's Haruomi Hosono, Morio Agata, YMO, Momonashi, China's Sa Ding Ding, Taiwan's Lo Sirong and Korea's Puri. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th June 2007The best enka singers, the best enka songs. Tears and sorrow; the soul of Japan. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th June 2007New releases and a few first time airings, including from Japan Takeharu Kunimoto's bluegrass shamisen, Thai legend Pompuang Duangjan, Korean female trio Infinity of Sound and the wacky sound of ponchak from Korean singer E Pak Sa. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th June 2007Tracks from and chat about the new release Rough Guide to the Music of Vietnam compiled by Paul Fisher. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
30th May 2007Slow, meditative instrumental sounds from great master musicians from Korea, Japan, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
16th May 2007The May Top 10 Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
9th May 2007More new releases, including Yasukatsu Oshima and Geoffrey Keezer, Tsuru to Kame featuring Haruomi Hosono and tributes to Haruomi Hosono, from Geoff Muldaur and Garth Hudson. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
25th April 2007The best of the latest new releases from Japan, Okinawa, Indonesia and Malaysia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
11th April 2007A programme of entirely vinyl tracks, culled from the Far Side vaults. Updated Japanese kouta or geisha style music, YMO, Akiko Yano, Okinawan singles, Indian film music and Tibetan conch calls Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
4th April 2007Prepare to be amazed as east Asian music from the 1940s-70s is combined with Latin and rock 'n' roll. Listen to pioneering artists of world mixtures from Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Thailand and Okinawa. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
29th March 2007Neil Cantwell joins Paul to talk about his Japanese electronic project, Shinokosei, and exchange tracks from the cutting edge of the Japanese electronica and club scenes. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st March 2007Tom Hamilton, leader of the Oxford University expedition to Tibet 2005, talks about the trip and plays some of his incredible recordings of rare folk music from the remote Porang region and the ritual chants of the Bodang-pa school of Buddhism. More info www.tibetmusic.org Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th March 2007The best of recent releases from Japan, Okinawa, Cambodia and Vietnam. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
28th February 2007Yellow Magic Orchestra hits and rare tracks, plus comedy skits from Snakeman Show. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
21st February 2007The outer sounds of jazz and beyond from some of Japan's most extraordinary musicians including Shibusashirazu, Kazutoki Umezu, Cicala Mvta and Soil & Pimp Sessions. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
14th February 2007All the major Japanese instruments and music styles, such as koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, gagaku, nogaku and kabuki from the award winning King Japanese Traditional Music Series. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
7th February 2007Some of southeast Asia's funkiest roots music; Thai morlam and Khmer Surin music from Cambodia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
31st January 2007Traditional gamelan music from Bali, Java and Malaysia, plus modern gamelan influenced tunes from Geinoh Yamashirogumi and Blue Asia among others. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
17th January 2007Japanese and Asian music played by non-Japanese and Asians. Listen to among others Bjork, Brian Eno, Michael Nyman, Balanescu Quartet, 3 Mustaphas 3 and Brave Combo venture east. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
10th January 2007The naffest songs from Asia ever! Songs so bad they're almost good (well some of them) Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th December 2006The Top 10 releases of 2006, numbers 10 to 1. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
20th December 2006The Top 20 releases of 2006, numbers 20 to 11. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
13th December 2006The Best of the latest new releases, from OKI to Okinawa, Khmer Surin to Indonesian kroncong. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
6th December 2006The Top 10 for December 2006 Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
29th November 2006Gideon Juckes of the Japanese / UK group Setsubun Bean Unit (and Farmyard Animals/Bellowhead) joins Paul to play his music and share their passion for the wacky side of Japanese ondo (festival music). Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
22nd November 2006Japanese lullabies, including ancient Ainu, modern Okinawan and updated versions of some of Japan's most beautiful songs. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
8th November 2006Legenday Japanese producer Makoto Kubota talks about his latest project Blue Asia, and other classic albums he has produced including Shokichi Kina's Bloodline and Detty Kurnia's Dari Sunda. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
1st November 2006East / West collaborations from 1932 until 2006, plus Chinese meets Arabic music and Malian guitar combined with Japanese koto. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
18th October 2006Traditional instrumental ensemble music from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia. Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
11th October 2006Sample the atmosphere of Tokyo in the 1950s with American soldiers playing Japanese influenced tunes and Japanese singers adding boogie woogie, mambo and rumba. First an exploding boiler had knocked out the Resonance FM transmitter, then the heavens opened up and flooded the studio and server during the broadcast. Listen to an unfolding disaster culminating in an abrupt end, as it happened! Listen to this ShowView Track Listing |
27th September 2006New releases, from Kawachi ondo to a Blue Asia mix of the Lambada via Okinawan recordings by the sea. Listen to this Show |
20th September 2006The autumn Far Side Top 10. Listen to this Show |
6th September 2006Music from around the world performed by Japanese musicians. From Tuvan throat singing to sitar, salsa, tango, fado and Irish harp. Listen to this Show |
16th August 200660s Asian pop from Japan, Okinawa, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and more. Listen to this Show |
26th July 2006Producer and Author Joe Boyd joins Paul for an exchange of their favourite Asian music. Listen to this Show |
19th July 2006The most famous female singers from East Asia; Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Okinawa. Listen to this Show |
21st June 2006The Far Side Top 10 for June, from big sellers to the new CDs we like. Listen to this Show |
7th June 2006Ismet Ruchimat of SambaSunda plays music from his group, side projects and other Indonesian music. Listen to this Show |
29th March 2006The golden age of Okinawan music from the 60s and 70s by the island's greatest musicians. Listen to this Show |
1st February 2006From Cambodian traditional wedding music to sensational 70s psychedelic khmer roots mixtures. Listen to this Show |
25th January 2006A musical journey through Vietnam from traditional to pop, north to south. Listen to this Show |
17th October 2005Songs you'll know by artists you won't. Wacky cover versions from Yellow Submarine to No Woman No Cry via Japan, Indonesia and Okinawa. Listen to this Show |
3rd August 2005Accalimed Ainu musician OKI comes in to talk about his music and culture. Listen to this Show |
11th August 2004The best Far East albums ever! inspired by Charlie Gillett's Sound of the World forum. Listen to this Show |
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