AQ! Ishii ( 石井明), Hiroko Taniyama ( 中西浩子): 楠劇場 オリジナル・アルバム (Kusunoki Gekijou) (1988)
I’ve gotta admit. Few albums stump me to describe. Of the few that do, AQ! Ishii’s and Hiroko Taniyama’s 楠劇場 オリジナル・アルバム (Kusunoki…
January 15, 2021
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Hiroki Okano (岡野弘幹): ENN (1992)
In light of everything that is currently happening at the time of this writing, I’d hate to add any dark energy into…
January 8, 2021
Mio Takaki (高樹澪): New-Tant (1983)
It goes without saying that this is the silly season for me. While I would like to drop reams upon reams of…
December 18, 2020
Michiru Akiyoshi (秋吉みちる): Mangetsu (1991)
More fierce humans to support: Monday Michiru Akiyoshi-Mariano. Where does one start with the wildfly prolific career of Monday? How about the…
December 11, 2020
Interview: Yumiko Morioka
Yumiko Morioka’s work under the “Synagetic Voice Orchestra” and her Mios wouldn’t have appeared to me if it wasn’t by happenstance and…
December 4, 2020
Cindy(シンディ): Angel Touch (1990)
Just something for the lovers out there: Cindy’s exceptional J-Soul heavy, Angel Touch. Perfectly distilling that gorgeous in between period of the…
November 20, 2020
Kosei Yamamoto (山本公成): East Ward (1992)
More magic from the Salt Road. Hovering in between the space of other Awa Muse alumni comes another one from the East,…
November 13, 2020
Koh-Tao (タオ島): Tayu Tayu (たゆたゆ) (1997)
Get your wet boots, we’re going off the salt road with the brilliant Japanese kalimba master and kalimba maker, Bun. Koh-Tao’s Tayu-Tayu…
October 23, 2020
Kazue Sawai (沢井 一恵): Eye To Eye (1987)
Editor’s note: Ayuo was kind enough to email some corrections to my review. I’ve included them inline for readers to take in.…
October 16, 2020
Shinsuke Honda (本多信介): Silence サイレンス (夕映え) (1983)
It’s time to fall back. Rather than entreat you with another long-winded overview of another artist’s work, how about we revisit just…
September 25, 2020
Shinsuke Honda (本多信介): Banka (晩夏)/Late Summer (1991)
Banka (Late Summer). What a name? Before I get ahead of myself, my apologies for not sharing the work of Shinsuke Honda…
September 18, 2020
Mix: 43. The Sounds Of Water
When I was asked to make a mix for KPISS.FM’s “Paradise Of Replica” regularly hosted by fellow reader/guest contributor Canterel, plus Himiko…
September 1, 2020