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
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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
Hitoshi Komuro (小室等) YONAGUNI 与那国 (1990)
It’s late summer again. Like before, I’m drawn to music that evokes feelings found at the corners of each such season. And…
September 8, 2023
cocu* (コキュウ*): aromatica (アロマティカ) (1998)
Some artists make whole careers out of reinventing themselves. The best ones, you name it from the late David Bowie, to Joni…
August 25, 2023
Säju (サージュ): Säju (サージュ) (1997)
Find your space in the pocket. If ever there was a phrase that I’ve been trying to hammer home lately, on the…
August 22, 2023
Sayoko (高橋佐代子): MI・LUV・YU (1995)
Many moons ago, someone interviewed me and asked me (to paraphrase them), “What makes you pick what you share on the site?”Now,…
August 11, 2023
Kusu Kusu (クスクス): 世界が一番幸せな日 (Sekai Ga Ichiban Shiawase Na Nichi) (1990)
Timing. Isn’t that what life’s all about? If you’re there at the right moment, it all works out. If you’re there late,…
August 8, 2023
Chito Kawachi (チト河内): チトチック/クラクラ (1993)
There is no harder thing for a music reviewer to do than categorize music that’s, quite simply, uncategorizable. Especially so when it’s…
August 4, 2023
East Pulse: Asian Mirage (1983)
Sometimes there isn’t any time better than the right time to share something. And in my case, it’s now or never, for…
August 1, 2023
Toshinobu Kubota (久保田利伸): Kubojah – Parallel World (1991)
You know, sometimes the hardest part is making a decision. And in my case, it’s selecting the crown jewel amongst so many…
July 7, 2023
Teresa Carpio (杜麗莎): 心己许 (Tokyo Dreaming) (1986)
“I was born to sing” – so graces the words of Teresa Carpio, to the Japanese-version of her powerful pan-Asian debut, 心己许…
June 13, 2023