Mix: 34. Akira Inoue Special II (Guest Mix by Francis Heaney)
Note: Guest, Francis Heaney, rejoins us to share the second part of his mix series covering Japan’s incomparable Akira Inoue. This time…
November 28, 2019
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Shiho Yabuki (矢吹紫帆): New Meditation (1990)
Let’s hope this post posits something with clarity. You see, yours truly, has been mightily under the weather this week and propping…
November 22, 2019
Syun (旬): Landscapes (1994)
Sometimes certain albums force you to ponder just how the heck that certain something was created. Syun’s Landscapes speaks of using fractal…
November 15, 2019
Mix: 31. Akira Inoue Special I (Guest Mix by Francis Heaney)
Today we’re joined by man of good taste and many great shares, one Mr. Francis Heaney, for a guest post sharing his…
October 25, 2019
Mayumi Miyata, Midori Takada: 「星雲」～サウンド・フォレスト・シリーズ (Nebula) (1987)
If we can thank the heavens for something today, it is for bringing together Mayumi Miyata and Midori Takada. Released as part…
October 18, 2019
Haruo Kubota, Yasuharu Konishi, Tetsutaro Sakurai: The Historic Recordings From The “Girl Girl Girl” Radio Show Volume 3 (1995)
Guest post by Giacomo Lee. You’d think being in one of the biggest cult Japanese bands of the ’90s would make one…
October 4, 2019
Interview: Naoki Asai
Life sure has it mysteries. Years ago, I encountered Naoki Asai’s gorgeous Aba · Heidi and had to share an album I…
September 27, 2019
Hiroki Miyano (宮野弘紀): D / I/ V /E /R /G /E (分岐点) (1988)
And now some jazz… *Quietly watches all my readers’ eyes glaze over*. For those who can appreciate the bigger “jazz” picture, here’s…
September 20, 2019
Satoshi Sumitani (住谷智): 思議の森～Forest Marvelously～ (1986)
We’re back in the thick of it. Divining that perfect balance of nature and melody, Satoshi Sumitani now joins us in this…
August 30, 2019
Various Artists: しおのみち (Shio-No-Michi) (1991)
Forgive my roundabout way to get back to the healing music of Japan’s Awa record label. I feel like we should go…
August 16, 2019
Asiabeat: Spirit Of The People (1991)
Although the mind behind rotating Southeast Asian supergroup Asiabeat has always been gifted Malaysian percussionist (and Fulbright Scholar) Lewis Pragasam, on Spirit…
August 9, 2019
Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link (水口博也): Dolphin (1993)
There’s a moment in Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link’s Dolphin that never ceases to take my breath away: a minute into “The…
August 2, 2019