Shinsuke Honda (本多信介): 渓流 (Keiryū) (1985)
A wiser person than me once said: serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint or he that plants trees, loves others beside himself.…
May 6, 2022
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David Oliver: Hope For La Roo (1984)
It’s not often that I review something that has me digging through my old piano-playing notes, yet here I am, looking for…
May 3, 2022
Mix: 65. Hajime Mizoguchi – 溝口肇
I’ve always had a belief: it’s that you can really tell a lot about a person by what they listen to, how…
April 26, 2022
Liu Xing (刘星): 無所事 (To Do Nothing) (1992)
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…
April 12, 2022
Tokiko Kato (加藤登紀子): Hana (花) (1995)
‘Tokiko Kato’ – now that’s a name. A giant of Japanese folk music, it was Tokiko who in many ways was at…
February 11, 2022
Patty Pravo: Ideogrammi (1994)
In this day and age, when there’s no lack of opinions, I go back to a few personal heroes. When I think…
February 8, 2022
4℃: Christmas Suite (1992)
Don’t ask me why but it seems that jewelry companies always find a way to leverage their buying power to commission others…
December 24, 2021
Jesús Auñon: 13 Cuerdas (1992)
Recently, while dabbling in the world of wine reviews, I’ve been ruminating on a term that I believe would be well-adapted for…
December 14, 2021
Jin De-Zhe (金得哲): Those Were The Dreams (半梦) (1996)
How many intersectional studies can one make? Yes, all of them, it seems for Jin De-zhe. It’s not often you get to…
November 23, 2021
Phil Keaggy: The Wind And The Wheat (1987)
God sure does move in mysterious ways. Listening to Phil Keaggy’s The Wind And Wheat is a fitting testament to that. Only…
November 16, 2021
Mix: 58. Psalm Of Motion
What exactly is darkness? Is it a sensation, a color, or a feeling? It’s something I kept asking myself for my recent…
November 9, 2021
Various Artists: Macoto Tezka Presents Reiko Okano’s Fancy Dance (ファンシイダンス) (1988)
When, or if, someone would ask me what kind of album I think perfectly encapsulates the promise of ‘80s music in Japan,…
October 29, 2021