Yuki Takao Group: Ripening “Japanese Esthetic Sense” (1992)
The funny thing about sharing your own thoughts — about having your own site, about trying to give space for those who…
August 14, 2025
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Semba Kiyohiko (仙波清彦): Jasmine Talk (1996)
How does one capture the enormity of someone like percussionist Kiyohiko Semba? Do you focus on his early work as a key…
July 31, 2025
Konami Kukeiha Club (コナミ矩形波倶楽部): 魍魎戦記 (Madara 2 Sound Fantasia) (1993)
I feel like every time I write about video game music, I should preface my review with a disclaimer: I’m not a…
July 24, 2025
Takagi Kan (高木完): Artman (アートマン) (1997)
As a writer, one of the toughest things to gauge is just how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole…
July 17, 2025
Hiroki Tamaki (玉木広樹): 音楽浴 田園・・・・ラプソディ (Music Bath – Countryside… Rhapsody) (1992)
I don’t know about you, but one way I try to really understand music—or at least those behind its creation—is to dig…
June 12, 2025
Keiji Itsukashi (嚴樫圭司): Tender Tone (1998)
No one needs a reminder of how delicate history is. But I’m reminded of it quite vividly whenever I listen to the…
June 5, 2025
Plus (プラス): Cross Power Flower (クロスパワーフラワー) (1992)
Blessed are those who have background info to work from. I say this because I need to come clean about the album…
May 15, 2025
Missa Fukuma (福間未紗): フェスタ マニフェスト (Festa Manifesto) (1999)
Before I introduce you to Missa Fukuma’s Festa Manifesto, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share how I first encountered her music.…
May 8, 2025
Mari Hamada (濱田マリ): 編む女 (The Knitting Woman) (1997)
One of the wonders of digging into history is realizing how life has a way of shaking out differently than you expect.…
April 17, 2025
Interview: Miroque (ミロク)
As I’ve shared before, I often feel blessed to have a platform that allows me to (perhaps) introduce new artists or concepts…
March 28, 2025
Nazoo: Dear Heavens, Children In His Twilight (1994)
Sometimes you’ve just got to ask yourself: “Why am I doing this?” As I keep scouring through myriad broken links, countless blank…
March 20, 2025
Mayumi Itoh (伊東真由美): 美人声 (Beautiful Voice) (1992)
What better way to ease into spring than with an album that exemplifies that grand idea we call “rebirth”? Rebirth, more often…
March 13, 2025