Episode 6 of Inspiration/Information finds Imran in conversation with Niigata-based DJ and broadcaster, Sean Sophiea. Born in Chicago, Sean has spent the last eighteen years living in Japan where he has subsequently gone on to found the Raw Select Music brand as a way to support his unwavering fandom of everything from contemporary jazz to classic soul and instrumental hip-hop. Sean has been a staunch supporter of independent music for years and has innovatively created multiple avenues as a broadcaster – from his YouTube channel which hosts his weekly live streams from Twitch, to his infamous album reviews, to his Blue-in-Green:RADIO show all the way to his live DJ sets in and around the Niigata region. In typical Inspiration/Information fashion, we explore Sean’s musical fandom via the traditional 3-question format and for this episode we ask Sean to (1) share the album he thinks everyone should own, (2) discuss his favourite decade of music releases, and (3) discuss the artist he never saw perform live that he would have loved to.
To learn more about Sean Sophiea, you can visit him on Instagram @rawselectmusicsean and bask in the joys of his YouTube channel: