Takao Naoi (直居隆雄): バイブレーション パルサー (Vibration Pulsar) (1998)
Since time immemorial, humans have looked up into the heavens, gazed at the stars and moon, and felt something stir within. From…
August 28, 2025
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Ambient7 (アンビエント7): Full Moon (1997)
With summer winding down, my mind drifts to albums like Ambient7’s Full Moon. Ostensibly, it’s something you’d find (if you can find…
August 21, 2025
Yuki Takao Group: Ripening “Japanese Esthetic Sense” (1992)
The funny thing about sharing your own thoughts — about having your own site, about trying to give space for those who…
August 14, 2025
Various Artists: Garden Path (Ryoondo-Tea Compilation) (2000)
I’ll make this argument: if one wants to understand an aspect of “Japanese” sensibility, one must experience the tea ceremony — sadō…
August 7, 2025
Semba Kiyohiko (仙波清彦): Jasmine Talk (1996)
How does one capture the enormity of someone like percussionist Kiyohiko Semba? Do you focus on his early work as a key…
July 31, 2025
Takagi Kan (高木完): Artman (アートマン) (1997)
As a writer, one of the toughest things to gauge is just how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole…
July 17, 2025
Woodman (うっど漫まん): Osaka Massage – Heal No. 5 (2004?)
For someone like me, whose whole site is dedicated to writing about works in the past tense, there’s something especially poignant about…
July 3, 2025
Hiroki Tamaki (玉木広樹): 音楽浴 田園・・・・ラプソディ (Music Bath – Countryside… Rhapsody) (1992)
I don’t know about you, but one way I try to really understand music—or at least those behind its creation—is to dig…
June 12, 2025
Keiji Itsukashi (嚴樫圭司): Tender Tone (1998)
No one needs a reminder of how delicate history is. But I’m reminded of it quite vividly whenever I listen to the…
June 5, 2025
Hideo Hasegawa (長谷川英郎): メディテーション ブラックホール (Meditation Black Hole) (1998)
Let no one tell you different: describing ambient or so-called “environmental” music can sometimes feel like more of an art than a…
May 22, 2025
Plus (プラス): Cross Power Flower (クロスパワーフラワー) (1992)
Blessed are those who have background info to work from. I say this because I need to come clean about the album…
May 15, 2025
Missa Fukuma (福間未紗): フェスタ マニフェスト (Festa Manifesto) (1999)
Before I introduce you to Missa Fukuma’s Festa Manifesto, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share how I first encountered her music.…
May 8, 2025