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Smoking Section

Conversations about music, DJing & production, inspired by the fleeting but meaningful connections you make at a rave.


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  • 6. MapleStory raves, Japanese RPG yearning + the freedom of diasporic identity (ft. Osmanthus)

    01:10:22||Ep. 6
    Our next episode is with music writer and DJ, Osmanthus. We talked about early formative music discoveries via radio and internet forums, finding empowerment in the in-between nature of diasporic identity, and weaving together Japanese RPG soundtracks with club music in his EDZ mix.Listen to Osmanthus' mix, originally aired on Internet Public Radio: https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/osmanthus-internet-public-radio-29-april-2021

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  • 5. Ice cream at Berghain, internet friendships + the growth of Eastern Margins (ft. Jex Wang)

    01:07:19||Ep. 5
    Miles Ginoza (DJ oyasumi) and Jex Wang talk about being satellite babies and growing up between China and Australia, joining Eastern Margins and helping it grow as a collective, finding out you can get ice cream and smoothies at Berghain, and sliding into the DMs of your favorite jungle producers to tell them that cereal is a supermarket scam.
  • 4. Leveled up karaoke, bootleg Wong Kar Wai + mixes as ritual (ft. TRiNH)

    56:42||Season 1, Ep. 4
    Our next episode is with rare groove excavator TRiNH. We talked about formative memories growing up in the American south, the next level Vietnamese karaoke game, defying identifying as an artist, and the devotion and care that motivates musicians to do covers of their favorite songs.Listen to TRiNH's EDZ MixTracks played:Sanullim - 청춘 YouthPOiSON GiRL FRiEND - Please Love Me (Angelic House Mix)Hajime Yoshizawa - I’m Not In LoveHost: Miles GinozaGuest: TrinhDesign: Cora YiuAdditional Design: Andrew HongEditing + Mixing: Justin Tam @tzekinOpening Music: ' 私達を信じていて (S)' by ONY @ONY-777Closing Music: 'Own Way' by Frikimo @frikimo
  • 3. Stoner metal, Dark Souls + collective memory in the Asian diaspora (ft. T1NGT1NG)

    01:02:58||Season 1, Ep. 3
    For our third episode of Smoking Section, we chatted with Vancouver-based multidisciplinary designer, developer, and DJ T1NG T1NG. We discussed the importance of platforms like Eastern Margins, Genome 6.66mbp, and Shanghai Community Radio in sharing a global understanding of Asians in the diaspora, the power of building Asian diasporic communities around both shared interests and shared values, the immersive world building of video games like Dark Souls, and the beauty of experiencing memories through cooking and communing around food.Tracks played:Akito - Dalston Dips (Original Mix)Boris - Huge<3 (britney edit) - celesGywn, Lord of Cinder - Motoi Sakuraba卒業ですね (Sewerslvt Remix) - AZALEAT1NGT1NG's EDZ mix:https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/t1ngt1ng-internet-public-radio-25-december-2020
  • 2. Ouran HS Host Club, DDR sessions + moving through shame (ft. moong!rl)

    53:17||Season 1, Ep. 2
    Our second episode of Smoking Section is with our DDR and Pump It Up senpai moong!rl. We talked about her initial love for slice of life anime like Ouran High School Host Club and Fruits Basket in middle school, distancing herself from anime through high school, working through feelings of shame and finding her way back to it now, as well as her DJ journey by way of college radio and the miss/chief collective.moong1rl edz mix: https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/moongrl-dj-oyasumi-internet-public-radio-27-november-2020Host: Miles GinozaGuest: Elaine LouDesign: Cora YiuAdditional Design: Andrew HongEditing + Mixing: Justin TamOpening Music: ' 私達を信じていて (S)' by ONYClosing Music: 'Own Way' by Frikimo
  • 1. Asian Ave, nostalgia + vegan poké (ft. x/o)

    01:04:22||Season 1, Ep. 1
    Our inaugural episode is with the enigmatic, inimitable x/o. We talked about growing up in Vancouver, finding digital community as a kid on Asian Avenue, the making of their sprawling and nostalgic mix for us in 2017, and cooking vegan poké with watermelon in Berlin.x/o's 2017 edz mix: https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/xo-v1984-eternal-dragonz-on-radar-radio-2nd-may-2017Host: Miles GinozaGuest: Veron XioDesign: Cora YiuAdditional Design: Andrew HongEditing + Mixing: Justin TamOpening Music: ' 私達を信じていて (S)' by ONYClosing Music: 'Own Way' by Frikimo