How Japanese Listening Bars Took Over the World, with Filmmaker Nick Dwyer

Kissa is so much more than just playing records in a cafe or bar.

In "Nick Dwyer Speaks Volumes," Derrick dives into the rich history of jazz kissa - also known as listening cafes - Japanese hi-fi culture, and ponders the good and bad of trendy, Japanese-inspired record bars in the west.

Notable Kissa mentioned in this episode: Cafe Lion, Eigakan, Basie, Milonga Nueva, Posy, Rhinoçéros (Berlin), Hosoi (Stockholm), ESP Hi Fi (Denver, USA)

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