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1. The Backwoods - The Backwoods - Ene Records
2. Murphy Jax ft Mike Dunn - It's The Music (Legowelt Remix)) - Clone Jack For Daze
3. Rocha - Feel The Love (Welcome Stranger's Invention Dub) - International Feel
4. Ideal - Schöne Frau mit Geld (Losoul Vocal Remix) - Live At Robert Johnson
5. V/A - Concentration - Volume I - ESP Institute
6. Mark E - Christo - MERC
7. Dr Dunks - Keep It Cheap - Keep It Cheap
8. OOFT - Ride In To The Red Zone - Foto
9. Mim Suleiman - Mingi - Running Back
10. Butler Kendig - And I'm (So In Love) - Mr Intl

Really excited to get Ivan on the show this week. He just played at the Mr Saturday Night party in Brooklyn this weekend.

for more on Ivan Smagghe, check his new blog: A Few Things From Ivan Smagghe

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we arrived in Sapporo and they've got aquariums at the airport! nice!

that weekend it was the annual Yosakoi Festival happening in Sapporo. Crazy outfits and dancing going on

afterwards, it was time for the sound check at Precious Hall

banner at precious hall with their logo

modified turntables!

one set of speakers... this sound system was incredible!! please try and make a pilgrimage to this club. it's worth it! I think it's my favorite club in the world now!

keep it McIntosh! (kim ann/silvia photo credit)

sound check (kim ann/silvia photo credit)

then it was off to dinner. tofu up first

a little spinach salad, please

shumai

tempura

asparagus

sushi

sushi rolls

japanese crab! (kim ann/silvia photo credit)

ferris wheel in sapporo

huge japan on the ceiling of the hotel entrance!

back to the club... kim ann performing live! nice shades!

at about 7am they brought out the free coffee for everyone! I needed it. we didn't stop until 10:15am!

kim ann at about 8am

gotta' find the perfect record! (thanks to kim ann/silvia for the photo)

the next day, kim ann and silvia took off for tokyo and I hung around in sapporo for a couple more days. the river in sapporo:

sapporo style road works

japan loves giant mechanical crabs!

Odori Park

then I went for a quick sushi dinner

that one on the left looked crazy

and of course, have to keep things classic with a Sapporo Beer!

my last day in Japan and Satoru-san was nice enough to take me fishing in Sapporo!

there were lots of people fishing where we were

we caught a crab and a flounder. haha

after we finished fishing, Satoru-san took me to check out his other club: Fillmore North. This is where David Mancuso comes to do his Loft party in Japan. It was another amazing place! It's only open once a week and the same crew that works at Precious Hall works at the Fillmore North. I really want to see The Loft there one day. The sound system is exactly like The Loft in New York. All Klipsch Horn speakers:

special needles, turntables and mixer:

view from the dj booth

view of the dj booth

then it was time for a japanese homestyle dinner and off to get some rest before my long flight home!

pick up a special rice ball for the airplane ride

made it to narita airport, now time to fly home! thanks Sapporo!!!

After Osaka I headed down to Fukuoka for 3 nights...

first up, lunch at the train station in Osaka

then time for the shinkansen bullet train!

inside the train (I wish Amtrak could be this nice/fast!!):

arriving at Hakata station (Fukuoka's central train station)

then straight to the record store! digro market

ticro market!

view number 2 of ticro market

always have to hit up a Lawson when you're thirsty!

famous Ramen noodle place on the street in front of my hotel

bento lunch

fukuoka style road works

Onsen time! My first experience at a Japanese onsen. We drove about 45 minutes out of the city to this place in the mountains:

entering the onsen

price list

view inside the onsen (sorry, couldn't take any more than that! haha)

after we finished at the onsen, we had dinner at the restaurant there. first up, tofu

then it was a chicken nabe... fukuoka is famous for its chicken

view of the hot pot

after you finish all the chicken and vegetables you add rice and eggs to the soup!

then it was back to Fukuoka... I don't know what it's about, but I like this duck!

the next day I checked out Ohori Park and the ruins of the Fukuoka castle

view on top of the ruins

another view of the city

one side of the castle where they still had a building

shinto shrine on the way to Ohori park

Ohori Park

a small bridge in the park

another view

also inside the park

longer bridge to the other end of the park

then it was time for dinner before the party... we went to this spot that specialized in maguro (tuna)!

dinner... all kinds of tuna!

afterwards, it was time to go to the club... Kieth Flack

thanks for the great party, Sati!

nice shirt!

the next day... quick soba and rice ball before my flight to tokyo

Thanks to Sati and the crew at Kieth Flack for everything in Fukuoka!

The final Optimo (Espacio) is this Sunday in Glasgow. If you're anywhere near, please go! These guys are amazing. The music is amazing. And the people who go are amazing. There's no better party in the world. Long live Optimo!!

RIP

Crazy P from 20:20 Vision in the UK and returning to the show after many years is Prins Thomas from Full Pupp Records in Norway!

they'll be calling in from Sydney later on in the show tonight for a little to go along with their mix too.

also, just posted some pictures of my super short tokyo trip this weekend: http://twitpic.com/photos/BISradio - such a good time!

Superpitcher, Optimo and Tim Sweeney - 16 Jan 2010 at The Social Club in Paris for BIS 10th Anniversary party.

Polaroid's courtesy of Marco Dos Santos

Okay, I'm sure I forgot some... but here's my top 89 for 2009 (in alphabetical order) :

1. 6th Borough Project - Do It To The Max - Instruments Of Rapture
2. The Aliens - The Sunlamp Show (Disco Bloodbath Remix) – Channel 83
3. Animal Collective - My Girls - Domino
4. Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love – Permanent Vacation
5. Azari & III - Hungry For The Power - I'm a Cliche
6. Basic Soul Unit - Things Pass - Ostgut Ton
7. Black Disco Vol 3 - Chains (Nitedog's Anonstop Edit) - Blackdisco
8. Black Meteoric Star - Dreamcatcher - DFA
9. Blackjoy - Monilola - Deeply Rooted
10. Boris - Buzz-In (An Optimo (Espacio) mix) – Scion/AV
11. Bottin - No Static - Italians Do It Better
12. Burial & Four Tet - Moth - Text
13. Chamboche - Ipso Facto - Under The Shade
14. Club Silencio - Painted Boxes (The Heels Of Love Acidisco Version) - Mad On The Moon
15. Code 718 - Equinox (Henrik Schwarz Dub) - Strictly Rhythm
16. Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub) - Institubes
17. Discodeine - Invert (Parce Que Edit) – D.I.R.T.Y
18. DJ Hell - U Can Dance (Tim Goldsowrthy RMX) - Gigolo
19. DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central Pt.1 (Deep Into The Bowel Of House) MCDE Raw Mix - Endless Flight
20. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Penny (Galleon Trade's Hooked On Penicillin Version) - Golf Channel
21. Etienne Jaumet - For Falling Asleep (Christian Vance Slow Burning Saxless Remix) - Versatile Records
22. The Faint - Battlehymn For The Children (Tensnake Dub RMX) - Boys Noize
23. Faze Action - Good Lovin' - Faze Action
24. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Rex The Dog Remix) - Rabid
25. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up - Rabid
26. Fjord Funk - Bells Are Ringing For You (Syntax Erik Remix) - Luna Flicks
27. Floating Points - Vacuum - Eglo Records
28. Friendly Fires - On Board (Joakim Remix) - XL
29. Gotye - Heart's A Mess (Supermayer Mix) - Kompakt
30. Grackle - Desert Acid (Musiccargo RMX) - Supersoul Recordings
31. Gus Gus - Add This Song - Kompakt
32. Hannulelauri - Sally 2000 (Jori Hulkkonen Version) - Flexx
33. The Hasbeens - You And Me - Clone West Coast Series
34. Headman - Gimme (Kango's Autostrada Dei Kaghi Mix) - Relish Recordings
35. Hot Toddy Feat. Ron Basejam - I Need Love (Morgan Geist's Love Dub) - Eskimo Recordings
36. Idioma - Landscapes Tim Paris Remix - Marketing
37. Jacob Korn - I Like The Sun (But Not On LED's) - Running Back
38. Jessica 6 - Fun Girl (Liv Spencer Remix - bis dub)
39. Joakim – Spiders (Extended Version) - Versatile
40. John Selway - Shake The Snow - Throne Of Blood
41. The Juan Maclean - Accusations (Gavin Russom Remix) - DFA
42. Krikor And The Dead Hillbillies - Break It All - Tigersushi
43. Lemonade - Bliss Out (Frisvold & Lindbæk Remix) - Sunday Best Records
44. Lil Tony - Employee Only – Running Back
45. Lindstrom & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop - Smalltown Supersound
46. LoSoul - Bitshit02 – For Disco Only
47. Marek Hemmann - Inessa - Freude Am Tanzen
48. Matias Agauyo - Ay Ay Ay LP - Kompakt
49. Midnight Magic - Drop Me A Line -
50. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts # 5 / Raw Cuts # 6 - MCDE
51. A Mountain Of One - Bones (Thomas Way Of The Ancients Remix) - AMR
52. Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away… And Now We're Taking It Back LP - Smalltown Supersound
53. Musiccargo - Cargo Rock - Amontillado Music
54. Mutant Beat Dance - Ina Daze Feat. Eric D Clark - Discos Capablanca
55. Nakion - Deux Ex Machina (Joakim Remix) - Tigersushi
56. Nacho Patrol - Futuristic Abeba EP - Kindred Spirits
57. Naum Gabo - Pictur (Joakim Remix) - This Is Not An Exit
58. Naum Gabo - Black Lab (Discosession Remix) - Endless Flight
59. Neurotic Drum Band - Neurotic Erotic Adventure - Wurst
60. Oni Ayhun - OAR 003-b - OAR
61. Palms - Boundary Waters (Gavin Russom Remix) - Rare Book Room Records
62. Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras - Robot Children - Macro
63. Permanent Vacation - Zuckerhut (TBD Remix) – Permanent Vacation
64. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - You'll Disappear (Horse Meat Disco Remix) - Gomma
65. Pixeltan - Yamerarena-i - DFA
66. Precious System - The Voice From Planet Love (Marcus Worgull Remix) - Running Back
67. Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - U & I - Ostgut Ton
68. Redshape - Globe - Delsin
69. Revolver - Birds in Dm (Joakim Remix) - EMI
70. Rune Lindbæk - Odessa – Luna Flicks
71. San Serac - Music Never Ends (M's Music Mix By Morgan Geist) - Environ
72. Scott Hardkiss - Come On, Come On (Morgan Geist RMX) - God Within
73. Seth Troxler & Mathew Dear - Hurt - Spectral Sound
74. Shit Robot - Simple Things (Original and Todd Terje Remix) - DFA
75. SidWho? - Run Violet (Jamie Paton Edit) - The Walls Have Ears
76. Skwerl - Liron - Gigolo
77. Sly Mongoose - Noite (C's Long Edit) - Ene
78. Soft Rocks - Light Bulb - Mule Musiq
79. Still Going - Spaghetti Circus - DFA
80. Stoned Green Apples - Sugar K (Yura Yura Teikoku Remix) - Crue-L
81. Syntax Erik - The Pimp (Dark Dub Version) -
82. TBD - LB (Justin Vandervolgen Edit) -
83. Tensnake - In The End EP - Running Back
84. Thee Mutant Beat Dance - In A Daze Feat. Eric D. Clark - Discos Capablanca
85. Tiga - BeepBeepBeep (Loco Dice RMX) - Different
86. The Time & Space Machine - Time & Space Taxi - 5D
87. Tony Lionni - Found A Place - Ostgut Ton
88. Visti & Meyland - Yes Maam (All Nite Long) (Henrik Schwarz Remix) – Eskimo Records
89. Who Made Who - The Plot - Gomma

Thanks to Andy Beta for the write-up!

I'm heading to the airport in just a couple hours, but just wanted to remind those people in Australia about the BIS tour heading down to OZ. Here's the info:

Nov 27 - HAHA Industries at The Civic, Sydney
Nov 28 - Stereosonic Festival, Sydney
Nov 29 - Stereosonic Festival, Perth
Dec 5 - Stereosonic Festival, Melbourne (Early)
Dec 5 - Steresonic, Adelaide (Late)
Dec 6 - Stereosonic, Brisbane
Dec 11 - Meredith Festival
Dec 12 - The House de Frost at The Toff in Town, Melbourne

You can pre-order the t-shirt now (Shipping Nov 10th) from RVNG

RVNG also have 15 of the limited edition 10th Anniversary posters for sale.

I did a Balihu Records megamix for Danny Wang back at the end of July to help with his new retrospective "Daniel Wang Presents Balihu 1993-2008" on Rush Hour... the mix is now up on Pitchfork for Download.

The server that has all the shows seems to be down again. Just waiting for them to get that back online and I'll put up last nights show with Sal P. Hopefully we'll get it running later today (fingers crossed).

The French/Japan connection this week. I:Cube will be DJing at the Sunday Best party this weekend (July 19th) in Brooklyn and he'll also be out in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 18th for the Futurehouse Party at The Custom Hotel.

DJ KZA from Force Of Nature has just mixed the "I'm Starting To Feel OK Vol.3" compilation on Endless Flight.

we've now got a nice little comments section for each show underneath their playlist. So if you have some comment or question, leave your message there!

Big thanks to Henrik Schwarz and Ame for coming on the show! Their mix is now online.

Next Tuesday we've got New York's own Rub N Tug coming to the studio!

www.thejuanmaclean.com

Look out for his new album in April!

Thanks to Kevin and Eric for the recent update to the website. We shouldn't have any more confusion on where to click to download the shows now. If you want to see all the mixes from a certain DJ on the show, please just use the drop-down menu at the top of the playlist page.

Just wanted to clear things up a bit about how to find where to download shows: just click on the blue bar that has the show number and date above the pictures for each show. That will bring you to the Playlist detail page where you can find the mp3 download link.

We'll be making this a little easier to figure out in the next couple days so that if you click on the DJ name or the pictures it will bring you to the download page, but right now if you click on the DJ name it brings you to a page listing all the DJ sets from that DJ on the show. In the future you'll be able to find this same info from just using the drop down menu on the playlist page with all the DJ names.

okay, that's it for now!

Okay, I'm jumping on the Twitter train for the radio show. You can follow here: BISradio

We've got Traxx from Chicago coming by the studio tonight. He's released on labels such as Crème Organization, Crème-Jak, Gigolo, Muzique, Relief, M/O/S, and under different monikers such as XXART, SATURN V, X2, THE GREEN GOBLIN, DIRTY CRIMINALS and some more. He's also collaborated with James T. Cotton, DJ Hell, Green Velvet, D`marc Cantu, Mount Sims, and Legowelt. Should be fun.

also, found this nice mp3 site today that I'm sure people who listen to the show would be interested in: donnaslut

Okay, we're finally up and running with the new website. It's been years since there's been any change to the site (originally designed by XXXChange), so I thought it would be nice to have an update since we'll be coming up on 10 years old soon! There could be a few problems at the beginning, but give us a little time and it'll all be smoothed out. If you're finding any problems, please let me (tim@beatsinspace.net) know. Big, big thanks to Kevin O'Neill from RVNG and Will Work for Good for designing the new site!