Genji Sawai: Sowaka (1984)
Is it Jazz? How many times can one ask that question. What exactly constitutes Jazz? Genji Sawai’s Sowaka stretches this idea limit.…
February 23, 2018
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Mick Karn: Titles (1982)
It’s hard for me to separate Mick’s past from the work you’ll hear in Titles. Still impossibly underrated and unaccounted for — compared…
February 20, 2018
Oscilation Circuit: Série Réflexion 1 (1984)
Here’s another worthy album for the canon of Japanese minimalism, Oscilation Circuit’s Série Réflexion 1. Released in 1984, by Sound Process, ostensibly a new…
February 16, 2018
Various Artists: Demo Tape 1 (1986)
Who can argue that an apple falls far from its tree after listening to Demo Tape 1? Demo Tape 1 was a compilation of…
February 9, 2018
Yoko Ueno: Voices (1993)
What a perfect image. Even William Blake must be blushing at Masumi Hara’s otherworldly portrait for Yoko Ueno’s Voices. Feminine angels (bearing…
January 26, 2018
Chinatsu Kuzuu: The City In The Sea (1991)
My mind races trying to describe Chinatsu Kuzuu’s music. Should I share with y’all my first impressions? First, I hear the voice…
January 23, 2018
Gontiti (ゴンチチ): Legacy Of Madam Q (1987)
I hate to say it but Osaka guitar duo Gontiti (pronounced Gon-Chi-Chi) really nailed it when they called themselves the creators of…
January 12, 2018
Killing Time: Irene (1988)
It is with great joy that I’ve decided to share Killing Time’s Irene. Undoubtedly one of the toughest groups to describe on…
January 5, 2018
Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons II: Music For Spiral (1988)
When I originally wrote my piece on Yoshio Ojima’s groundbreaking work Une Collection des Chainons I, I couldn’t think of why omitted…
December 22, 2017
Nara Leao: Dez Anos Depois (1971)
Sometime, in the winter of 1971, a young Nara Leao is being besieged by certain elements. Walking through streets and bridges with fellow…
December 19, 2017
Masahide Sakuma & dip in the pool: 黒いドレスの女 OST (1987)
This is such a rare album, for a truly forgotten movie. Masahide Sakuma and dip in the pool’s soundtrack for 黒いドレスの女 (otherwise…
December 1, 2017
Santiago: Walking The Voodoo Nights (1979)
Proof positive that maybe the Germans were on to something. In 1979, the independent German music critics’ association bestowed upon Santiago’s Walking…
November 17, 2017