Yuki Takao Group: Ripening “Japanese Esthetic Sense” (1992)
The funny thing about sharing your own thoughts — about having your own site, about trying to give space for those who…
August 14, 2025
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Year: 2025
52 records
Various Artists: Garden Path (Ryoondo-Tea Compilation) (2000)
I’ll make this argument: if one wants to understand an aspect of “Japanese” sensibility, one must experience the tea ceremony — sadō…
August 7, 2025
Semba Kiyohiko (仙波清彦): Jasmine Talk (1996)
How does one capture the enormity of someone like percussionist Kiyohiko Semba? Do you focus on his early work as a key…
July 31, 2025
Konami Kukeiha Club (コナミ矩形波倶楽部): 魍魎戦記 (Madara 2 Sound Fantasia) (1993)
I feel like every time I write about video game music, I should preface my review with a disclaimer: I’m not a…
July 24, 2025
Takagi Kan (高木完): Artman (アートマン) (1997)
As a writer, one of the toughest things to gauge is just how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole…
July 17, 2025
Woodman (うっど漫まん): Osaka Massage – Heal No. 5 (2004?)
For someone like me, whose whole site is dedicated to writing about works in the past tense, there’s something especially poignant about…
July 3, 2025
Mix: 91. Yokohama Scenery (横浜風光)
One of the things I love about making mixes is that they allow me to explore certain works or ideas that inspire…
June 24, 2025
Hiroki Tamaki (玉木広樹): 音楽浴 田園・・・・ラプソディ (Music Bath – Countryside… Rhapsody) (1992)
I don’t know about you, but one way I try to really understand music—or at least those behind its creation—is to dig…
June 12, 2025
Keiji Itsukashi (嚴樫圭司): Tender Tone (1998)
No one needs a reminder of how delicate history is. But I’m reminded of it quite vividly whenever I listen to the…
June 5, 2025
Interview: Terry Lin
I have a sincere belief: music has a way of transmitting the essence of the person behind it. I say this because…
May 29, 2025
Hideo Hasegawa (長谷川英郎): メディテーション ブラックホール (Meditation Black Hole) (1998)
Let no one tell you different: describing ambient or so-called “environmental” music can sometimes feel like more of an art than a…
May 22, 2025
Plus (プラス): Cross Power Flower (クロスパワーフラワー) (1992)
Blessed are those who have background info to work from. I say this because I need to come clean about the album…
May 15, 2025