Mix: 88. Handbag Music (ハンドバッグ・ミュージック)
The more I curate mixes or tumble down that wormhole called “discovering new music,” the more I find myself questioning how we…
January 7, 2025
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Masafumi Nanatsutani (七ッ谷正文): Water Planet 3 Night 奈良県吉野郡 山上川のせせらぎ (2006)
Much like many of you, the more time one spends in nature, the more one begins to hear a certain musicality in…
December 19, 2024
Mikihiko Matsumiya (松宮幹彦): Mu-Myou (無明) (1994)
Don’t you just love listening to something that isn’t easily categorized? When I listen to Mikihiko Matsumiya’s 1994 debut, Mu-Myou (無明), I…
December 12, 2024
The Gentle Wind (ザ・ジェントル・ウインド): Gentle Voice (ジェントル・ヴォイス) (1990)
It’s not often I revisit works from artists I’ve already written about, but when I do, it’s because these other works shed…
December 5, 2024
Yuhki Nakajima (中島優貴): Dream Up (ドリーム・アップ) (1991)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from a recent trip to Japan, it’s this: I might be too ahead of the curve.…
November 28, 2024
Mix: 87. Rock You Gently (優しく揺らして)
Life is something, right? When I conceived of my latest mix for my LYL Radio show, I wanted to capture a certain…
November 8, 2024
Kuo Heng Chi (郭子): 鸽子与海 (The Dove And The Sea) (1995)
One of the great things about autumn is that it presents an opportunity to share music that’s a bit more ruminative, something…
October 31, 2024
Norihiro Tsuru (都留教博): 人魚の傷 オリジナルサウンドトラック (Mermaid’s Scar Original Soundtrack) (1993)
Do you feel and see it? Isn’t “Spooky Season” unofficially around us? Whenever a certain air descends on most of us, I…
October 24, 2024
Kuniko Fukushima (福島邦子): 夢幻 (Mugen) (1982)
With fall fully in season, I think now is a great time to turn over a few leaves I’ve neglected. Lately, my…
October 17, 2024
Something In The Air: Something In The Air (1993)
Don’t you just love it when the story writes itself? I say this because the story of Something In The Air has…
October 10, 2024
Kay Huang (黃韻玲): 平凡 (Ordinary) (1991)
To quote a famous repartee: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” If one could attach a north star to Kay Huang (黃韻玲), it would be…
October 3, 2024
Serge Guirao: En Chanteur (1987)
As I write, it sometimes takes me a beat to realize just how connected I am to a person’s story, just as…
September 26, 2024