Time for the elepop show to turn up at MeroMero&More!! It features interviews with Macdonald Duck Eclair and NYC's very own pico pico-guru Trevor Sias of Music Related.

Now it's over 4 months since the show was made and when re-listening to it I hear a lot of things that easily could be improved, radiowise. Great to hear the MDDE members again though, they just seem to be the nicest people! I really hope the work with their 2nd album, re-scheduled for a fall-release, is coming along well.

The MDDE interview was made in Japanese and translated/presented in English, the Trevor Sias-one was all in English and the rest of the show was presented in Swedish.

The second MeroMero was originally broadcasted on February 9 and featured an acoustic live recording of the legendary Flipper's Guitar from December 1989. Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) and Kenji Ozawa performed half a dozen songs as a duo at the Yoyogi Chocolate City. We also had a live report of a gig with Yuka Honda (ex-Cibo Matto)'s performance band Panikaraqs, and a rather negative review of Capsule's latest album. All in Swedish though.

We've finally got something we can call summer here in southern Sweden, so it's time for MeroMero to go on a short break. During this time the back catalogue will be made available in mp3-format here at MeroMero&More. Every month, two episodes from earlier this year will be uploaded. First out, the opening show of 2005, a retrospective of the Japanese music year 2004. The show is made in Swedish and as it's the first one, expect some teething troubles.

Songs by among others Kazumasa Hashimoto, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, Tommy February6, Sonic Coaster Pop, Electroacoustic Jazz Trio and Nomoto Karia.

A feature on the brilliant Rallye Label, including interviews with the main man Fuminori Chikakoshi, and his new Swedish signing Panache. For fans of beautiful electronic pop music and The Avalanches.

Playlist Update
Akt Apart - Lazy
Folon - Lostpony
Pandatone feat. Midori Hamada - Wondering
Pop Levi - Rude Kind Of Love
Certainly, Sir - The Vacant Lot Of My Heart
Coralie - Cloudy
Differnet feat. Action Biker - Albuquerque
Panache - Disco In The Sky
Panache - Remington Blues
Panache - When There's No Tomorrow (pt. 1)
Panache - When There's No Tomorrow (pt. 2)
Lifelike - Running Out (Extended Version)

This week's show includes two interviews. Apila, a japanese songwriter and guitarpop artist, who has worked with Teenage Fanclub and The Pastels tells us about surprising recording habits in Glasgow and her relation to football. Okii Reiji, who was the main man behind The Cymbals, informs us on future plans and lets us listen to one of his new demo recordings. Extras: Music from Asako Toki(also ex-Cymbals) and Citrobal.

This time in English!!!

Playlist update
Apila - One More Kiss
Apila - Gentle Sound
Apila - Snow Dome
Apila - Beckham Song
Annie - Me Plus One
Apila - Puzzle
Neil&Iraiza - Human Dust Bin
Cymbals - Show Business
Cymbals - Wingspan
Cymbals - Mr.Noone Special
Cymbals - Do You Believe In Magic?
Okii Reiji - Diver (Demo)
Citrobal - Gimme Gimme
Asako Toki - Another Star
Citrobal - Youth

Yesterday's MeroMero served as a teaser for Saturday's j-club oo-e! For you who aren't anywhere close to Malmoe, the show is a worthy substitute as it's a mix of some of our most played and loved tunes.

Playlists, questions, downloads : meromero AT radioaf DOT com

Playlist update
Fantastic Plastic Machine - I'm Still A Simple Man
Pal@pop - Love Like The Sun
Cubismo Grafico - Out Of This
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - A Day In The Radio
Pictogram Color - Instant Trip
Citrobal - Gimme, Gimme!
Mondo Grosso - Do You See What I See (Deep Zone Mix)
Collette - Moonic
Elektel - Space Randez-Vous
Qypthone - Mission Banana Muffins
Calin vs Fantastic Plastic Machine - Samba De Minha Namoradinha
Pizzicato Five - Non Stop To Tokyo (Dub)
Nomoto Karia - Rocksteady
Les 5-4-3-2-1 - Bond Street
Puffy - Ai No Shirushi (Captain Funk's Puffy de Samba Mix)
Matsuura Aya - Ne-e
Tommy February6 - Dancin' Baby