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I’ve always had a belief: it’s that you can really tell a lot about a person by what they listen to, how they create, or what inspires them to create. As I read interviews with today’s focus, Hajime Mizoguchi, I sense that his music speaks volume of the person he is. Elegant, graceful, yet uniquely…
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What exactly gives life to any inanimate object? Is it the way it looks? Is it the way we interact with it? Or is it the memories we attach to it? I imagine these were some of the many questions revolving around Yoshihiro Kanno’s head when he was invited to create environmental music to fill…
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You know, sometimes the struggle is simply trying to quantify how unique something is. I’ve been listening to Liu Xing’s 無所事 (To Do Nothing) for more than a while now and every time I try to find an angle to share it on the site, I backtrack and hold off (thinking I’ll do it and…
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“Now, we’re all under stress. What music do you need to get rid of it? You can find it with this.” – From the liner notes to ストレス・クリニック<自信がつく> (Stress Clinic) Couldn’t have said it better myself. You see, much like many of you, I am not immune to the stresses of life. And lord knows,…
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Here’s a thought bubble: “When have you gone too far down a rabbit hole?” My answer: “When you start finding yourself flogging a dead horse.” So, before, excuse the pun, I dig any deeper: How many moons ago was it that I went down one exploring the nocturnal pop music influence of Glasgow’s own The…
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For me, every mix I create presents a perfect opportunity to share something of myself with you, the reader. Sometimes it’s a reminder of something you may have missed or I believe merits a re/discovery. Other times it’s a collection of some larger, macro, idea that serves as a stand-in for a particular feeling or…
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Certain albums are pretty hard to justify, or quantify, the how, when, or why to share. Salon Music’s O Boy isn’t one of them. My only regret is how long it’s taken me to get to writing about it. Far from being “alien” to any of your musical taste — in its proto-shoegaze, proto-noise, dream…
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If a season of changes means anything, it means that at least for this website, we’re heading towards some new direction (one influenced by the livelier, easy-going, temps of springtime). You see, it’s around this time of the year that my mind tries to share music that’s a snapshot in season that captures, perhaps, a…
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First off, here’s a kind thank you to Eamonn for inviting me to Noods Radio to guest on his chOOn!! radio show. Not just a wonderful curator of great things, that aren’t just bleeding-edge, forgotten, or obscure, Eamonn also runs the equally inspiring reissue label (under the same name) featuring the groundbreaking work of artists…
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Each year, as February rolls around, I keep an eye out for certain songs that speak to that all-encompassing emotion we call “love”. You see, my favorite kind of song is the universal, archetypal one, one that expresses that word’s deep meaning (in all its glory and pain). With the backdrop of Russia’s reckless and…
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