Kunio Muramatsu: Green Water (1983)
I so had another post in mind for today, but Kunio Muramatsu’s Green Water spoke to me and said: “hold that powder…
August 11, 2017
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Katsutoshi Morizono: 4:17 p.m. (1985)
There’s an appeal to Katsutoshi Morizono’s 4:17 p.m. that can only be heightened, or fully appreciated, during summer, our current time of…
August 9, 2017
Hajime Mizoguchi: Halfinch Dessert (1986)
These are the things that surprise sometimes. I went into researching some background story behind Hajime Mizoguchi’s deeply affecting Halfinch Dessert and…
August 4, 2017
Motohiko Hamase: #Notes Of Forestry (1988)
What’s with Japanese session bass players? Yoshio Suzuki, Tsugutoshi Goto, Hirobumi Suzuki, etc. and now Motohiko Hamase, all at one point or…
July 28, 2017
Kenji Omura: Gaijin Heaven (1983)
Power can manifest itself in many ways. Power isn’t always in the density of something but in the lightness of it. Kenji…
July 19, 2017
Mix: 5. Trás-os-Montes
When conceiving my latest mix all I could think about was the works of master Impressionist painters. Where other painters try to…
July 14, 2017
Takashi Toyoda: Big Bang (1985)
Takashi Toyoda’s Big Bang promises in the back cover “total spiritual stability and stress relief” through 40-odd minutes of Japanese New Age…
July 7, 2017
Akira Ito: Marine Flower (Science Fantasy) (1986)
There is a time in any good musician’s life when they absolutely nail down whatever they had to place. Akira Ito, one…
June 29, 2017
Mich Live: Plant Planet’s (1988)
Let’s try a little tenderness from Mitsuru Sawamura, otherwise known as Mich Live, one-time member of Japanese band Interior (with whom he wrote songs…
June 16, 2017
Morgan Fisher: Look At Life (1984)
I’m truly thankful I live in a world where circumstances led Londoner Morgan Fisher to visit Japan, fall in love with country,…
June 13, 2017
Sonia Rosa: Samba Amour (1979)
Heady, windswept, gauzy saudade that could only come from someone like Sonia Angelica De Carvalho Rosa, are things that don’t quite reveal themselves when you hear Samba…
May 16, 2017
Koji Ueno: Music For Silent Movies (1985)
Music For Silent Movies, it’s all there in the title. Koji Ueno, one half of Japanese duo Guernica (the other half being…
May 3, 2017