Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link (水口博也): Dolphin (1993)
There’s a moment in Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link’s Dolphin that never ceases to take my breath away: a minute into “The…
August 2, 2019
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Ana Benegas: Poema A Dos Voces (1986)
Somehow, it’s becoming a recent recurring theme of mine to highlight outside the box music creators. Some of my favorite albums are…
July 23, 2019
Henry Kawahara (ヘンリー川原): Bamboo Garden (バンブー ガーデン) (1992)
Can I say something? I’m beginning to empathize more with the creative mindset of one Henry Kawahara than with one of Hiroshi…
July 19, 2019
Toshiyuki Honda (本多俊之): Saxophone Music (1986)
I think that just about does it. If you had on your bingo card Toshiyuki Honda to complete the Japanese “saxophonist goes…
July 5, 2019
Rob Mounsey + Flying Monkey Orchestra: Dig (1989)
Is it alright it if I take it easy on this one? I doubt Rob Mounsey would have wanted us to over…
July 2, 2019
Today’s Latin Project: Today’s Latin Project (1983)
A leftfield reimagining of vaunted Afro-Cuban jazz classics, in a new school “futuristic” Japanese Pop style, shouldn’t sound so interesting as it…
June 28, 2019
Riccardo Giagni: Kaunis Maa (1988)
Somehow, I’m stumbling on a theme. This is the second start of the week where I share the utterly brilliant work of…
June 25, 2019
Yuki Nakayamate (なかやまて由希): Octopussy (オクトパシー) (1982)
My apologies to my less than trusty Google Translation app, but there are only a few things I can describe as legibly…
June 7, 2019
Gabriel Yacoub: Elementary Level Of Faith (1987)
If one can remember anything of French-Lebanese musician Gabriel Yacoub, it’s of the time he fronted progressive folk group Malicorne. Under Malicorne,…
June 4, 2019
Koichi Inamoto (稲本耕一): Message From Min-Yō クラリネットでちょっと気どって日本民謡 (1986)
Coming in clear, not just a message from Min’yō but one of other beautiful Japanese folk traditions from the Muromachi period and…
May 31, 2019
Mich Live: Message From Heart (1986)
When we last left now Dr. Mitsuru Sawamura, it was 1989 and he had released a wonderful unclassifiable bit of Japanese New…
April 12, 2019
Everything Play: Everything Play (1992)
As winter gives way to springtime, I thought it would be nice to revisit our Japanese post-New Age friends at Everything Play.…
April 5, 2019