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
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Subliminal Calm: Subliminal Calm (1992)
Whenever I put on Subliminal Calm’s first and only release I immediately think of spring. Featuring a sublime mix of country, dub,…
April 13, 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
Fumio Miyashita: Tenkawa Isuzu (1986)
You always begin with a blank canvas. Then, you fill it with as many colors and shapes you need. Ending with a…
March 30, 2018
Sonoko: La Débutante (1987)
Donovan’s A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, Paul McCartney’s Ram, Kate Bush’s The Dreaming, or Clifford T. Ward’s Mantle Pieces,…
March 23, 2018
Real Fish: テナン Tenon (1985)
I might be stringing myself out there but it’s due time for me to bring up the unbridled, unheralded genius of Seiji…
March 16, 2018
Maki Asakawa: Nothing At All To Lose (1988)
There always come a point in your life when you just have to say: “fuck it”…and lead with your heart. The late…
March 9, 2018
Mix 9. Panorama Heaven (Walearic Japan – Vol. 1)
The dream continues…coming in next, but arguably first in its conception, is my mix for Radio Jiro on NTS. In this mix I’ll…
March 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
Genji Sawai: Sowaka (1984)
Is it Jazz? How many times can one ask that question. What exactly constitutes Jazz? Genji Sawai’s Sowaka stretches this idea limit.…
February 23, 2018
Mick Karn: Titles (1982)
It’s hard for me to separate Mick’s past from the work you’ll hear in Titles. Still impossibly underrated and unaccounted for — compared…
February 20, 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