Interview: Dream Dolphin (ドリームドルフィン)
You know, for me, sometimes the most fascinating thing about interviews like these with Dream Dolphin is discovering just how much I…
February 20, 2025
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Author: Diego Olivas
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Kohshin Satoh (佐藤 孝信): Arrston Volaju (アーストンボラージュ) (1990)
There’s just something about Valentine’s Day that stirs me to share music steeped in that feeling. If you know me, you know…
February 13, 2025
Midori (ミドリ): Vortex Symphony (ヴォルテックス・シンフォニー) (1992)
One of my favorite things to discover and hear in music is how ideas translate across genres and borders. Listening to Midori’s…
February 6, 2025
Arcars (アーカーズ): The Surface Of Muclique (ザ・サーフェス・オブ・ムクリック)(1997)
Maybe it’s something about myself, but I tend to feel inspired by the music of those who aren’t necessarily solely inspired by…
January 30, 2025
Logik Freaks (杉山勇司): Temptations of Logik Freaks – One Fine Day (1995)
I can’t help but smile a little when I hear how brazenly Yuji Sugiyama begins what would become his sole release under…
January 23, 2025
DJ Peah (でぃーじぇい・ぺー): DJ Peah (でぃーじぇい・ぺー) (1994)
Sometimes you hear the future and you fear it. Yet, sometimes you fear the future and you hear… what exactly? Change.
January 16, 2025
Mix: 88. Handbag Music (ハンドバッグ・ミュージック)
The more I curate mixes or tumble down that wormhole called “discovering new music,” the more I find myself questioning how we…
January 7, 2025
Masafumi Nanatsutani (七ッ谷正文): Water Planet 3 Night 奈良県吉野郡 山上川のせせらぎ (2006)
Much like many of you, the more time one spends in nature, the more one begins to hear a certain musicality in…
December 19, 2024
Mikihiko Matsumiya (松宮幹彦): Mu-Myou (無明) (1994)
Don’t you just love listening to something that isn’t easily categorized? When I listen to Mikihiko Matsumiya’s 1994 debut, Mu-Myou (無明), I…
December 12, 2024
The Gentle Wind (ザ・ジェントル・ウインド): Gentle Voice (ジェントル・ヴォイス) (1990)
It’s not often I revisit works from artists I’ve already written about, but when I do, it’s because these other works shed…
December 5, 2024
Yuhki Nakajima (中島優貴): Dream Up (ドリーム・アップ) (1991)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from a recent trip to Japan, it’s this: I might be too ahead of the curve.…
November 28, 2024
Mix: 87. Rock You Gently (優しく揺らして)
Life is something, right? When I conceived of my latest mix for my LYL Radio show, I wanted to capture a certain…
November 8, 2024