Against the Crowd: Japan — The Freedom to Be Strange
Conformity is often described as an external pressure: a set of customs, obligations or rules. Yet it also takes shape inside the imagination, in the […]
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Distraction Therapy – Living with Delusions – Japan
A train window holds two worlds for a moment. Outside, trees and railway lines pass in an uneven rhythm. Inside, the glass catches a reflection: […]
Distraction Therapy – The Turning Year – Autumn Japan
A leaf catches against a bicycle wheel. Afternoon sunlight reaches between buildings, illuminating a wall that will soon be in shadow. Somewhere beyond the street, […]
Distraction Therapy – Rubber Soul, Open Roads Japan – The Life That Does Not Fit
A journey can begin long before we have decided where we are going. There is a particular pleasure in stepping out into a city without a […]
Distraction Therapy – The Turning Light – Autumn Japan
The change arrives in small intervals. Rain settles on a railing. A leaf rests against the edge of a step. Between passing trains, the sound […]
Distraction Therapy – Signals Passed On
Music rarely travels in a straight line. Ideas move between people, places and generations. A rhythm developed in one studio appears years later in another form. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape follows some of those transmissions through Japanese music.
Distraction Therapy – Making Room for Another Voice
The second part of Building Bridges moves eastwards, but not in search of a simple contrast. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape turns towards Japan as a place of encounter: a collection of voices, textures, attitudes and musical possibilities.
Distraction Therapy – River, Ritual & Ghosts Japan
The first River, Ritual & Ghosts programme follows an imagined city to the point where its river reaches the sea. This separate Japan episode begins at that horizon and asks what happens when listening crosses it.
Distraction Therapy – The Mountain Beyond the Map
The journey into the mountains continues, but Part Two begins as though we have already reached the end. Boris opens the mix with “Farewell”, placing […]
Distraction Therapy – Back to School Japan Style
This episode of Distraction Therapy shifts the point of view to Japan. The theme remains Back to School, but the mood becomes brighter, faster and […]