Nokko (のっこ): I Will Catch U. (アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー) (1993)
Much like y’all, I’m apt to “feel the room”. And my friends, it’s awfully nice outside. I’m peering outside: the sun shining,…
April 14, 2023
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Mélange (メランジュ): Passion To Poison (1995)
My apologies to all those readers expecting a well-researched entry about Mélange’s Passion To Poison. It appears I might fail in myriad…
April 11, 2023
Yukiyo Nakamura (中村幸代): The Arch Of The Heavens (1994)
It’s not often you recognize “genius” straight away, yet it’s not often you get to hear such precocious brilliance of the likes…
March 17, 2023
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
Joe Hisaishi (久石譲): Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi 『あの夏, いちばん静かな海』(1991)
Fall is something else, isn’t it? As beautiful as the season is – simply one look outside can affirm this – there’s…
October 28, 2022
Anna Banana (アンナ・バナナ): 大きな絵 (Big Picture) (1991)
She didn’t have to do this, yet, nevertheless, she persisted. That’s the refrain bopping in my head as I go through Anna…
October 7, 2022
Masahide Sakuma (佐久間正英): In A Garden (創造の庭で)
Six years. Has it really been that long? Yes, it has been nearly six years since I first wrote about the late,…
September 30, 2022
Yuki Takao (高尾有紀): 水の迷宮 / The Water Labyrinth (1991)
Forgive me if I’m repeating myself, but if I haven’t said it bears I’m saying it now: sometimes I (just like each…
September 2, 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
Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木 茂): くじらの海 (Living Whales) (1991)
We’re still sailing along aren’t we? Hopefully, aiming towards more easy-going, yet surprisingly deep waters. It’s all to reveal sights and sounds,…
August 19, 2022
Mizue Mino (三野瑞枝): Planetaria Sound［蟹座］(1993)
If there’s one thing I know about my sign…it’s that it’s (pardon my language) all bullshit. I know, spoken like a true…
August 5, 2022
Tomoyuki Hayashi (林 知行): カラーメッセージブルー (Color Message Blue) (1993)
Blue. What does the color “blue” sound like? I don’t believe that’s a question I (or others) easily answer. Barriers to sensation,…
July 29, 2022