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
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Mix. 16: Pari Shōkōgun – Japanese French Pop Music 1981-1992
For my first show with French broadcaster LYL Radio I felt obliged to engage in a bit of navel-gazing. I began by…
October 9, 2018
Mix: 15. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 2, EARTH)
Illustration by Laura Gomez What is “earth”? This element we can use all our senses to comprehend, means more than just that. For…
October 5, 2018
Kazutoki Umezu: Diva (1988)
It’s not often you stumble upon an album quite like this one. A huge debt of thanks goes out to a fellow…
April 27, 2018
Ichiko Hashimoto: Ichiko (1984)
Ichiko Hashimoto on acoustic piano, synthesizer, and vocal – that’s what the liner notes to Ichiko Hashimoto’s one and only release on…
November 16, 2016