Master Mind (マスターマインド): Odyssey (オデッセイ) (1995)
While this blog may seem like it looks backward, it is actually in service of looking forward. I firmly believe that exploring…
June 6, 2024
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Tag: interior music
17 records
Toshiro Mitsutomi (みつとみ俊郎): Stand By Satie (スタンド・バイ・サティ) (1988)
Stand By Satie? It’s pretty hard not to, when a whole slew of musicians – in all styles and genres – have…
November 4, 2022
Mitsuhiro (光氷櫓): 霞と霧 / Haze × Fog (1995)
You know, sometimes as I choose to share a bit of music, what strikes me to do might be things that might…
August 26, 2022
Yoshihiro Kanno (菅野由弘): サッポロファクトリー環境音楽コラージュ (Music In Sapporo Factory) (1993)
What exactly gives life to any inanimate object? Is it the way it looks? Is it the way we interact with it?…
April 15, 2022
Lyu Hongjun (劉宏軍): 大地の詩 (Songs Of The Earth) (1988)
There’s a palpable meditation hovering around Lyu Hong-Jun’s masterwork 大地の詩, otherwise known as “Songs Of The Earth” or “Earth Songs”. Recorded for pioneering…
December 14, 2018
Ryokyu Endo: Song Of Pure Land (1994)
So very lovely. Forgive me if some of you are expecting something more experimental, electronic, or whatever else now. Me, I just…
November 16, 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
Gonzalez Mikami and Titi Matsumura / Sound Process Design Kazumasa Kawashima: Tramart Sound Collection Vol. 1: Music As Interior (1983)
When we last left off discovering the “comfiest music” on earth (all self-appointed, of course), Gontiti was gently surprising me both at…
April 6, 2018
Magical Power Mako: mAgicAl compUteR MusiC (1985)
Am I allowed to punt on this one? Literally, it’s all there — right on the album cover. Magical computer music by…
March 2, 2018
Oscilation Circuit: Série Réflexion 1 (1984)
Here’s another worthy album for the canon of Japanese minimalism, Oscilation Circuit’s Série Réflexion 1. Released in 1984, by Sound Process, ostensibly a new…
February 16, 2018
Gontiti (ゴンチチ): Legacy Of Madam Q (1987)
I hate to say it but Osaka guitar duo Gontiti (pronounced Gon-Chi-Chi) really nailed it when they called themselves the creators of…
January 12, 2018
Toshifumi Hinata: Story (1987)
I wish I had a great way to describe the beauty of Toshifumi Hinata’s music, more so, the beautiful music you’ll find…
December 15, 2017