Tōzokudan (盗賊団): King of Mix (キングオブミックス) (1994)
I believe that the art of a perfect remix lies in realizing that its intended audience wants to imagine the original track…
December 19, 2025
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Year: 2025
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Soul Family Sensation: New Wave (1991)
Call me a hopeless romantic, but I have a strange fascination with music from bands that sound like they overshot their inspiration.…
December 17, 2025
Kazutoshi Yokoyama (横山和俊): Headphone (1994)
The more I research Kazutoshi Yokoyama’s Headphone, the more I’m struck by something I’ve discovered: Kazutoshi didn’t know what ambient was during…
December 12, 2025
Electric Circus: Hello (1988)
Today I’m going to do something different, I’m going pull something from my draft pile. I’m pulling at a story I wrote…
December 10, 2025
Mix: 93. The 49th Day (四十九日)
When I travel, I make it a point to visit a significant place of worship in whichever significant city I’ll be in.…
December 2, 2025
Maléfices (マレフィス): Douce Planète (1996)
A frequent question I get is this: How do you discover music? The simple answer is: I’m all ears. I say this…
November 20, 2025
Mizuyo Komiya (小宮瑞代): Color (彩) (1998)
There are times when I wish I had a way to share everything that comes with an album. Just by looking at…
November 14, 2025
Tim Donahue: Still Dreaming (1994)
As a musician, I can appreciate where Tim Donahue’s Still Dreaming is coming from. There are times when you reach the end…
November 12, 2025
Kensuke Shiina (椎名謙介): Have Some More Java? (Ring Of Fire Remixes) (1997)
What’s the sign of a great remix? For me, it’s that the cover version sets the spirit of the original onto a…
November 7, 2025
Marie Audigier: Ces Étés (1993)
If there’s something about autumn, it’s that when it truly settles in, it triggers some kind of musical Pavlovian response in me…
November 5, 2025
Yumiko Okayasu (岡安由美子): パリの中国人 (Mrs. Chinaman In Paris) (1987)
What can I say? When the first thing that greets you in someone’s bio is that their occupations have included actress, singer,…
October 29, 2025
Bambou: Made In China (1989)
The more I dig into the story behind Bambou’s Made In China, the more I realize there’s a reason for the phrase…
October 22, 2025