Akira Terao: Atmosphere (1983)
It’s not often you hear someone split the difference between Boz Scaggs, Bryan Ferry, and Nick Cave. It’s not often that you…
December 12, 2016
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EP-4: Lingua Franca-1 (1983)
“Cool, no sweat funk.” – Those exact words are how the leaders of Japanese group EP-4 describe their music. Led by the…
December 9, 2016
Mari Iijima: Rosé (1983)
Sometimes it’s wise not to outpace the group. An album, or at least a collection of tracks, I love to recommend (whenever I…
December 5, 2016
Seri Ishikawa: Rakuen (1985)
Nothing’s worse than someone recommending a half-great album. I hate doing so, and I’d imagine you’d half-hate downloading an album only to find…
November 28, 2016
Seigén Ono: Seigén (1984)
I‘m still struck by this release. It’s hard to realize, but Seigén Ono was only 26 years old when he created his debut…
November 18, 2016
Masahide Sakuma: Lisa (1984)
Going back to yesterday’s point about how Music Interior provided a space for musician’s to stretch outside their known fields, today we…
November 17, 2016
Ichiko Hashimoto: Ichiko (1984)
Ichiko Hashimoto on acoustic piano, synthesizer, and vocal – that’s what the liner notes to Ichiko Hashimoto’s one and only release on…
November 16, 2016
Yoshio Suzuki: Morning Picture (1984)
A promise tendered is a debt owed. I hinted at more music from Music Interior and here’s my first share. Let’s begin…
November 15, 2016
Various Artists: Sounds From the Interior (The Music Interior Sampler) (1985)
It’s not often you get a peek at something legitimately different. Released in 1985, on Canadian record label Attic, Sounds from the…
November 14, 2016
Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons I: Music For Spiral (1988)
Some music is really hard to describe. Not because it’s indescribable, but because the vast amount of background info required to contextualize…
November 4, 2016
Toshifumi Hinata: Sarah’s Crime (1985)
My apologies to David Lynch fans, but when I imagine what the music of Twin Peaks should be, I imagine something more…
October 28, 2016
Happy End: Happy End (1983)
What’s there to say about an unheralded classic? The origin story is already there for the taking: in 1972, fresh of recording their…
October 26, 2016