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Distraction Therapy – The Turning Light – Autumn Japan

2026/10/07

The change arrives in small intervals. Rain settles on a railing. A leaf rests against the edge of a step. Between passing trains, the sound [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – The Turning Light of Autumn

2026/10/07

Autumn often announces itself through a change in the light. A familiar street looks different on the way home. Shadows settle earlier beneath the trees. [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – Signals Passed On

2026/10/02

Music rarely travels in a straight line. Ideas move between people, places and generations. A rhythm developed in one studio appears years later in another form. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape follows some of those transmissions through Japanese music. Source

Distraction Therapy – Machine Pulse

2026/10/02

There is a particular moment in popular music when the machine stops sounding like an imitation of musicians and begins to suggest an entirely different way of experiencing time. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape moves through that moment. Source

Distraction Therapy – Making Room for Another Voice

2026/09/23

The second part of Building Bridges moves eastwards, but not in search of a simple contrast. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape turns towards Japan as a place of encounter: a collection of voices, textures, attitudes and musical possibilities. Source

Distraction Therapy – Building Bridges – A Rhythm Across the Divide

2026/09/23

There is something deceptively simple about a bridge. It joins one place to another and allows movement across a space that would otherwise interrupt the journey. This edition of Distraction Therapy considers connection without requiring agreement. Source

Distraction Therapy – River, Ritual & Ghosts Japan

2026/09/16

The first River, Ritual & Ghosts programme follows an imagined city to the point where its river reaches the sea. This separate Japan episode begins at that horizon and asks what happens when listening crosses it. Source

Distraction Therapy – River, Ritual & Ghosts

2026/09/16

I’ve been reflecting on the way a city can exist in more than one form at the same time. There is the visible city of [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – The Mountain Beyond the Map

2026/09/09

The journey into the mountains continues, but Part Two begins as though we have already reached the end. Boris opens the mix with “Farewell”, placing [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – The Road Into the Mountains

2026/09/09

Travelling to the mountains involves more than reaching higher ground. It is a movement away from familiar proportions and into a landscape where paths disappear, [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – Back to School

2026/09/02

September brings a subtle change of rhythm. The light shifts, the air sharpens and routes which had loosened during summer begin to gather into patterns [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – What If Getting Lost Isn’t Always a Mistake?

2026/08/19

We spend a lot of time being encouraged to choose a destination, find the quickest route, and keep moving forwards. There’s comfort in having a [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – Leaving Room for What Has Not Happened Yet

2026/08/12

How far into the future do we need to imagine before the present becomes bearable? Tomorrow can still feel close enough to picture. The day [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – Where Attention Refuses to Stay

2026/08/12

What happens when the way we feel no longer fits the life we are expected to lead? This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through songs [...] Source

Distraction Therapy – Between the Everyday and the Unreachable

2026/08/05

This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through several layers of contemporary Japanese music culture: independent guitar music, established melodic rock, singer-songwriter pop, bilingual British-Japanese avant-pop, [...] Source