Hitoshi Komuro (小室等) YONAGUNI 与那国 (1990)
It’s late summer again. Like before, I’m drawn to music that evokes feelings found at the corners of each such season. And…
September 8, 2023
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cocu* (コキュウ*): aromatica (アロマティカ) (1998)
Some artists make whole careers out of reinventing themselves. The best ones, you name it from the late David Bowie, to Joni…
August 25, 2023
Suzy K. (スージーキム): KINK (禁句) (1989)
For any musicians out there: aren’t those perfect, creative, moments the ones you find yourself while playing “in the pocket”? It’s when…
August 18, 2023
Sayoko (高橋佐代子): MI・LUV・YU (1995)
Many moons ago, someone interviewed me and asked me (to paraphrase them), “What makes you pick what you share on the site?”Now,…
August 11, 2023
Chito Kawachi (チト河内): チトチック/クラクラ (1993)
There is no harder thing for a music reviewer to do than categorize music that’s, quite simply, uncategorizable. Especially so when it’s…
August 4, 2023
Toshinobu Kubota (久保田利伸): Kubojah – Parallel World (1991)
You know, sometimes the hardest part is making a decision. And in my case, it’s selecting the crown jewel amongst so many…
July 7, 2023
Michelle Hart (ミシェル·ハート): Mish (1988)
I know some have posted this question to me before: “How do you pick what to share on the site?” I wish…
June 16, 2023
Teresa Carpio (杜麗莎): 心己许 (Tokyo Dreaming) (1986)
“I was born to sing” – so graces the words of Teresa Carpio, to the Japanese-version of her powerful pan-Asian debut, 心己许…
June 13, 2023
Tomoki Kanda (神田朋樹): 「Interstellar Interlude」(2012)
Sometimes, I think we’re all in need of some kind of palette cleanser. At the cusp of summer, the urge is to…
June 9, 2023
Maria Kawamura (川村 万梨阿): 「春の夢」Sanctus (1991)
You know, there’s something strangely meditative about filling out a Discogs credit list. I find it so, because you feel like you…
May 19, 2023
Yang Xiao-lin (楊小琳): 禧樂 (I Take You There) (1999)
The more I listen to Yang Xiao-lin’s 禧樂 (I Take You There), the more I’m impressed by how malleable folklore is. In…
May 16, 2023
Minako Honda (本田 美奈子): Oversea (オーヴァーシー) (1987)
While I was writing about “Korea’s Madonna”, mentally, my mind going elsewhere, as well, thinking about that other Madonna: the late, great,…
May 12, 2023