Takami – 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ [Tenshi Kou] (1983)
We’re in the wilderness now. If nothing puts you there, Takami’s 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ will. Playing out like a modern Japanese update…
February 22, 2017
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Pierre Barouh: Le Pollen (1982)
News travels so quickly now that it’s hard to keep up with the cycles of life. Word of Pierre Barouh’s passing, at…
February 17, 2017
Melon: Do You Like Japan? (1982)
assively influenced by American R&B, Do You Like Japan? holds that rare thing for us as listeners: it’s a question posed in the title. Was…
February 10, 2017
Various Artists: Yen Manifold Vol. 1 (1983)
he first year of Yen Record’s existence surely must have felt like a fruitful one for its famous YMO founders Haruomi Hosono and…
February 8, 2017
Naoki Asai: アバ・ハイジ (Aber Heidschi) (1988)
A perfect album for our alternate reality, filled with alternative facts. In a perfect world there would be lines upon lines of information…
January 23, 2017
Joe Hisaishi: 吉祥天女 Kichijoutennyo/Kisshō Tennyo (1984)
Now here’s someone’s backstory I can’t even begin to try to tackle. To be brief: pioneering Japanese composer and musician/violinist Joe Hisaishi…
January 20, 2017
Apsaras: Apsaras (1984)
How do you classify a six-piece Japanese band like Apsaras? Their debut album Apsaras definitely covers a ton of bases. Let’s count all the genres…
January 18, 2017
Toshi Tsuchitori: Breath (1980)
f someone’s in touch with the music of the cosmos it’s Kagawan Toshi Tsuchitori. The music I’m sharing from his 1980 release,…
January 16, 2017
Frank Chickens: We Are Frank Chickens (1984)
How do you describe a band like Frank Chickens? Led by performer/artist/musician/animator/singer/theater producer Kazuko Hohki and her sister-in-arms Kazumi Taguchi, Frank Chickens still remains…
January 11, 2017
Pale Cocoon: 繭 (1984)
This might not be the most proper way to start off FOND/SOUND’s blogging new year, but I’m hoping for a blessing in disguise.…
January 4, 2017
MUJI: BGM 1980-2000 (2000)
I ran into a predicament when sussing out this post. How does one describe MUJI if one hasn’t actually experienced it? It’s entirely…
December 23, 2016
Interior: Design (1987)
What happens when a Japanese minimalist band gets signed to the American New Age juggernaut that is Windham Hill? Led by Daisuke…
December 21, 2016