Rie Miyazawa (宮沢りえ): Chepop (チポップ) (1990)
Do you know who I don’t envy? Pop stars. Out of all the careers or aspirations one can hold in the music…
December 1, 2023
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Clémentine (クレモンティーヌ): Long Courrier (ロン・コリエ) (1993)
Out of all the things I remember about my time in Japan, funny enough, one thing I can’t seem to forget is…
November 28, 2023
Jean-Louis Murat: Cheyenne Autumn (1989)
As the year begins to draw to a close, my mind goes back to some of the people we lost this year.…
November 21, 2023
Mix: 80. Kitchen. Label (Guest Mix + Interview with Ricks Ang)
15 years can fly by. Yet, 19 years can seem like a blink. You see, it was in fact 19 years ago…
November 14, 2023
劉錦程 (Liu Jincheng): 中国音楽療法(一) (Chinese Music Therapy (1)) (1991)
Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t putting words on screen. Sometimes the hardest part is finding space to write about a certain piece…
November 3, 2023
Begoña Olavide: Salterio (1994)
Is it: “Everything new is old again?” or is it: “Everything old is new again?” Before I left for my visit to…
October 31, 2023
Interview: Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧)
Is it wrong to feel nostalgia for a past you never lived through? With the rise of City Pop and other genres…
October 27, 2023
Koto・Za (箏座): Koto・Za (箏座) (1991)
There’s nothing like youthful naivete is there? I fully believe it’s that ingrained spirit to want to shake things up and light…
October 13, 2023
Summerhaze: Summerhaze (1987)
When autumn comes rolling in, I always welcome a fresh wind that shifts my focus elsewhere, towards music with a more folkloric…
October 10, 2023
Karak (カラク): Flow (フロウ) (1992)
It’s pretty hard to write about Fukushima’s Karak without not waxing a bit nostalgic. Over the course of two records – Silent…
October 6, 2023
John “Johnny Bug” Chen (小蟲): 活在愛裡 (Because Of Love) (1995)
Some of you might not realize it but It appears that lately I’ve been exploring a bit of musical nostalgia. For me,…
October 3, 2023
Toyo B.G.M. Corp.: Concentration: 作品 Vol.1 – 集中力がつく音楽 (1992)
Sometimes I have to catch myself. Do I really want to go down the rabbit hole, searching for information…not for some brilliant…
September 29, 2023