Earplugs in, the initial shockwave from the wall of sound settled into a rich tapestry of jazz disguised by black metal. An unexpected surprise in the genre that, while not instantly accessible to all, will reveal a new concept in modern electronic-acoustic music. Since their debut on a small Norwegian acoustic jazz label in 2001, Shining has moved on to become one of the most hard-hitting, genre-pushing bands of our generation.

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This is the 4th anniversary installment of the Midnight Maraudaz podcast and it's also the week Don-Ray has released his first DJ album in Tokyo, Japan.

'As Is Above, So Is Below' is an eclectic mix CD that contains 12 tracks compiled by Producer/DJ Don-Ray, just been released on All Massive Music on 10/10/10. World renown artists like Tortured Soul, Osunlade, Wunmi, Lady Alma, and Fertile Ground donated their music to support the rebuilding effort in the Haitian republic resulting in a soulful selection of Deep House, Afro-Beat, Hip-Hop, Nu-Jazz, Neo-Soul, and
Future Funk. This essential “mixtape” brings obscure gems from countries such as Brazil, Ghauna, Sweden, U.S., Canada, and Finland.

And this Sunday the 17th, Don-Ray will be rocking the floating boat JICOO in Tokyo - not to be missed! more info: http://bit.ly/9bGEF5

more here: tinyurl.com/aiasib

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For this 100th Samurai FM show we will go back in time reflecting the history of the Club Wahoo! Here you have six superb mixes (100a...100f) from the past ten years that have never seen the light in the world of internet. We hope you'll enjoy this retrospective special that has a build-in trajectory of how the musical styles of the Club Wahoo! have developed throughout the years.

For more info on Wahoo! related gigs, check out their Facebook group.
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Don-Ray is a producer and abstract remixer of varying capacity. He has been associated with artists such as Fertile Ground, Wunmi, and Lady Alma and has recently remixed “Stronger Than Pride” for Allison Crockett. Moreover, he's recorded for several labels including Sony Music, Futuristica, and Gotsoul taking them to new heights with his deep house, nu jazz, and future funk productions. He's worked with world renown producers such as Danial Lanois (Bob Dylan, U2, Sinéad O’Connor), has won an award for Best Album of 2005 by KUSF radio in San Francisco, and was nominated for Best Electronic Album at the Canadian Urban Music Awards (2001) as part of the electronic duo Maxelle. He maintains a podcast entitled Midnight Maraudaz which has garnered him worldwide attention and is currently completing a CD compilation entitled “As is Above, So is Below”. The CD showcases artists such as Tortured Soul, Osunlade, Fertile Ground, Wunmi, Lady Alma, Ethan White, Dalindeo, Ai Laika, Arch_Typ, Replife, Sacha Williamson, and newcomers Barefoot Property. Funds from the CD will go to help children that have been affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. More information on this project can be found at the following websites:

www.facebook.com/donrayz
www.allmassive.com
www.soundcloud.com/don-ray

For over 3 years now that we have constantly enjoyed the shows from the Helsinki based crate diggers The Leftside Ensemble DJs currently consisting of Sampsa Vilhunen, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen and Antti Eerikainen. All deeply into their music their combined knowledge is enough to give any head a run for their money and easily enough to catch the ears of most. They're well known in their hometown through their Wahoo residency at Umo Jazz House recently moved to Redrum and through guest slots all over Europe. Here, they celebrate their 50th show on samurai.fm with all three of them going back to back on the decks for a 2 part special of some of their rarest tracks so far, so kick back and enjoy yet more musical gems on this anniversary edition of the Wahoo Radio show.