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
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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
Missa Fukuma (福間未紗): フェスタ マニフェスト (Festa Manifesto) (1999)
Before I introduce you to Missa Fukuma’s Festa Manifesto, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share how I first encountered her music.…
May 8, 2025
Mix: 90. Perfumed Garden (香りの庭)
You might not know it, but every mix I’ve made for this site has been the product of searching for a certain…
April 29, 2025
Mari Hamada (濱田マリ): 編む女 (The Knitting Woman) (1997)
One of the wonders of digging into history is realizing how life has a way of shaking out differently than you expect.…
April 17, 2025
Maya Hayashi (林マヤ): Maya (林マヤ) (1991)
Much like many of you, once you’re done catching up with Maya Hayashi’s life, you’ll come to the same conclusion I did:…
April 10, 2025