Tadashi Namba Featuring Rie Miyazawa • Takeshi Itoh: Tokyo Elevator Girl (東京エレベーターガール) (1992)
When I wrote about Rie Miyazawa, I knew I’d have to come back to share another interesting side trip she’d take. In…
December 5, 2023
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Rie Miyazawa (宮沢りえ): Chepop (チポップ) (1990)
Do you know who I don’t envy? Pop stars. Out of all the careers or aspirations one can hold in the music…
December 1, 2023
Clémentine (クレモンティーヌ): Long Courrier (ロン・コリエ) (1993)
Out of all the things I remember about my time in Japan, funny enough, one thing I can’t seem to forget is…
November 28, 2023
劉錦程 (Liu Jincheng): 中国音楽療法(一) (Chinese Music Therapy (1)) (1991)
Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t putting words on screen. Sometimes the hardest part is finding space to write about a certain piece…
November 3, 2023
Interview: Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧)
Is it wrong to feel nostalgia for a past you never lived through? With the rise of City Pop and other genres…
October 27, 2023
Koto・Za (箏座): Koto・Za (箏座) (1991)
There’s nothing like youthful naivete is there? I fully believe it’s that ingrained spirit to want to shake things up and light…
October 13, 2023
Karak (カラク): Flow (フロウ) (1992)
It’s pretty hard to write about Fukushima’s Karak without not waxing a bit nostalgic. Over the course of two records – Silent…
October 6, 2023
Toyo B.G.M. Corp.: Concentration: 作品 Vol.1 – 集中力がつく音楽 (1992)
Sometimes I have to catch myself. Do I really want to go down the rabbit hole, searching for information…not for some brilliant…
September 29, 2023
Hitoshi Komuro (小室等) YONAGUNI 与那国 (1990)
It’s late summer again. Like before, I’m drawn to music that evokes feelings found at the corners of each such season. And…
September 8, 2023
cocu* (コキュウ*): aromatica (アロマティカ) (1998)
Some artists make whole careers out of reinventing themselves. The best ones, you name it from the late David Bowie, to Joni…
August 25, 2023
Säju (サージュ): Säju (サージュ) (1997)
Find your space in the pocket. If ever there was a phrase that I’ve been trying to hammer home lately, on the…
August 22, 2023
Suzy K. (スージーキム): KINK (禁句) (1989)
For any musicians out there: aren’t those perfect, creative, moments the ones you find yourself while playing “in the pocket”? It’s when…
August 18, 2023