Koharu Kisaragi: 都会の生活 Tokai No Seikatsu (1986)
Koharu, Koharu, wherefore are thou Koharu? That’s the big question rolling around in my head. Koharu Kisaragi’s 都会の生活 Tokai No Seikatsu (which translates to: Urban Life) isn’t…
March 31, 2017
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Mix: 3. What Do You Do When It’s Spring?
In a way, rebirth is exactly what my third mix is about. Taking cues from various feelings springtime evokes, I wanted to compile a set…
March 20, 2017
Mioko Yamaguchi: Moon-Light Princess (1983)
Do you know what I love about Mioko Yamaguchi? That no matter what she attempts, she finds a way to actually do…
March 17, 2017
dip in the pool: Retinae (1989)
Paris in the winter must be a whole lot different than any other time of the year. Yes, the feeling of romance…
March 13, 2017
Takumi: Meat the Beat (1983)
Tokyo, Berlin, London and other points in between, are the locales touched by Meat the Beat an intriguing work from surprisingly prolific (yet largely unknown) Japanese musician…
March 3, 2017
Virna Lindt: Shiver (1984)
t’s impossible to know how much to believe of Swedish journalist, model, linguist, literary agent, interpreter, and musician Virna Lindt’s backstory. Before…
February 13, 2017
Melon: Do You Like Japan? (1982)
assively influenced by American R&B, Do You Like Japan? holds that rare thing for us as listeners: it’s a question posed in the title. Was…
February 10, 2017
Mario Acquaviva: Mario Acquaviva EP (1983)
ven in the dead of the winter, this sunlit EP of Italian Pop can break through any forecast. One of my favorite…
February 1, 2017
Beto Guedes: Amor De Índio (1978)
here’s always a tinge of nostalgia I feel when I play any album by a Clube Da Esquina alum. Once you hear that Minas Gerais sound, it’s…
January 30, 2017
Naoki Asai: アバ・ハイジ (Aber Heidschi) (1988)
A perfect album for our alternate reality, filled with alternative facts. In a perfect world there would be lines upon lines of information…
January 23, 2017
Frank Chickens: We Are Frank Chickens (1984)
How do you describe a band like Frank Chickens? Led by performer/artist/musician/animator/singer/theater producer Kazuko Hohki and her sister-in-arms Kazumi Taguchi, Frank Chickens still remains…
January 11, 2017
Claire Hamill: Voices (1986)
There’s a vastly more interesting topic hidden in full view of Claire Hamill’s unique and brilliant 1986 release: Voices. What is Voices? It’s an…
December 28, 2016