Conversations with Eternal Dragonz

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

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

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.

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

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. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/trinh-internet-public-radio-27-august-2021?in=eternaldragonz/sets/eternal-dragonz-radio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to TRiNH's EDZ Mix</a> Tracks played: Sanullim - 청춘 YouthPOiSON GiRL FRiEND - Please Love Me (Angelic House Mix)Hajime Yoshizawa - I’m Not In LoveHost: Miles GinozaGuest: Trinh Design: Cora YiuAdditional Design: Andrew HongEditing + Mixing: Justin Tam @<a href="https://soundcloud.com/tzekin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tzekin</a> Opening Music: ' 私達を信じていて (S)' by ONY @<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ONY-777" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ONY-777</a>Closing Music: 'Own Way' by Frikimo @<a href="https://soundcloud.com/frikimo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">frikimo</a>

Leveled up karaoke, bootleg Wong Kar Wai + mixes as ritual (ft. TRiNH)

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&lt;3 (britney edit) - celesGywn, Lord of Cinder - Motoi Sakuraba卒業ですね (Sewerslvt Remix) - AZALEA T1NGT1NG's EDZ mix:https://soundcloud.com/eternaldragonz/t1ngt1ng-internet-public-radio-25-december-2020

Stoner metal, Dark Souls + collective memory in the Asian diaspora (ft. T1NGT1NG)

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-2020 Host: 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

Ouran HS Host Club, DDR sessions + moving through shame (ft. moong!rl)

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-2017 Host: 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

Asian Ave, nostalgia + vegan poké (ft. x/o)

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

Welcome to Smoking Section, a podcast by Eternal Dragonz. Taking inspiration from the fleeting but meaningful connections that are so often formed in the smoking sections at raves, this podcast was born out of an appreciation for the digital community we have been able to foster throughout the years and a desire to host a space to try to recreate those organic rave conversations in a digital diasporic context. Hosted by Miles Ginoza, the podcast will explore Asian diasporic experience, creative journeys, food hacks, go-to karaoke songs, and insights into the making of mixes, music, and art that members of the collective have produced for Eternal Dragonz. Host: Miles GinozaDesign: 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

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