Montreal-based French-British producer Jean Cousin has appeared in these pages as johnny_ripper and Triste Marker. In 2017, he found the lasting pseudonym of Joni Void and label home of Constellation Records. Two acclaimed avant-electronica LPs later, we find our friend in full swing, wielding total control of his abilities and aesthetic, a master collagist of sound and sculptor of tone. Naturally his ear for source material lends itself well to the mix format.
Here, Cousin collects outsider art — a wild style of drone, rap, classical, and the sprawling sampledelic et cetera — revolving around his trip to Japan last year. “The music I was listening to at the time, some that I discovered over there and have been listening to on my return. The name of the mix is Life Is Living You which was written on the side of a temple in Kyoto.”
The artwork comes courtesy of Nathaniel and his daughters, ages six and three, who are making fine use of their homeschooling at the moment.
Wendy Eisenberg – Time Machine
ana roxanne – immortality
middle cow creek falls – nostalgia of when you opened the door
Masahiro Takahashi – Sky, Ocean and Weapons -空と海と兵器-
scallops hotel – discussing lanquidity with the moor (ft. SB the Moor)
UCC Harlo – Queen Anne’s Lace
Sometimes, People – 2019
Jim O’Rourke – I’m Happy
Tanya Tagaq – Snowblind
After Dinner – Glass Tube
alphabets – dreaming about losing your keys
Susumu Yokota – Rose Necklace
志人 x DJ DOLBEE – 円都家族
Colleen – Swimming Pool Down the Railway Track
Teams + Noah + Repeat Pattern – miminashi
RYECROFT – Providence
Metoronori メトロノリ – Peindre ou faire l’amour
katie dey – solipsting
jangmyungsun – 일기장 Diary
Pink Navel – dunevhs-neverwatched.dev
Nuno Canavarro – –
Kahimi Karie – Blue Orb
Anabasine + Holobody – Milky Road
Hoahio – Less Than Lovers, More Than Friends
P-Model – Cyborg (Live)
Mister Lies – Always In The Garden
Tomoki Kanda – Safari
Phew / Seiichi Yamamoto – Sora
Osamu Sato – Eight Beat Infinity (Original Tape Version)
Haco – Kusui
Page Vide – Vagues
Shun – Landscape #3
Wendy Eisenberg – Once Before
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