Yoko Ueno: Voices (1993)
What a perfect image. Even William Blake must be blushing at Masumi Hara’s otherworldly portrait for Yoko Ueno’s Voices. Feminine angels (bearing…
January 26, 2018
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Chinatsu Kuzuu: The City In The Sea (1991)
My mind races trying to describe Chinatsu Kuzuu’s music. Should I share with y’all my first impressions? First, I hear the voice…
January 23, 2018
Kaoru Todoroki: カルビンおじさんの 私生活 (Uncle Calvin’s Private Life) (1985)
First off, I have to apologize for the lo-fi quality of this recording. Unless your name is Masaki Eguti or you are…
January 19, 2018
Re Niliu: Caravi (1988)
Tradition is such a double-edge sword. In the hands of the orthodoxy, tradition can be used as a bludgeon, meant to remind…
January 16, 2018
Gontiti (ゴンチチ): Legacy Of Madam Q (1987)
I hate to say it but Osaka guitar duo Gontiti (pronounced Gon-Chi-Chi) really nailed it when they called themselves the creators of…
January 12, 2018
Martin Kolbe + Ralf Illenberger: Colouring The Leaves (1979)
The early instrumental work by German guitar duo Martin Kolbe and Ralf Illenberger is quite breathtaking. When one hears of a guitar…
January 9, 2018
Vinterhjärta: Vinterhjärta (1987)
Deeply icy, floating music from Swedish band Vinterhjärta. Playing like a soundtrack to a particularly windswept, frozen tundra Vinterhjärta’s (which translates to…
January 2, 2018
Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons II: Music For Spiral (1988)
When I originally wrote my piece on Yoshio Ojima’s groundbreaking work Une Collection des Chainons I, I couldn’t think of why omitted…
December 22, 2017
Nara Leao: Dez Anos Depois (1971)
Sometime, in the winter of 1971, a young Nara Leao is being besieged by certain elements. Walking through streets and bridges with fellow…
December 19, 2017
Takashi Kokubo: Get At The Wave (1987)
Just reading about Takashi Kokubo makes one feel decidedly less accomplished. Since the early ‘80s, Edokko Takashi has been knee-deep in the…
December 8, 2017
G. B. Beckers: Walkman (1982)
Günther Beckers music has a perfect word for it: Gesamtkunstwerk. Gesamtkunstwerk is an interdisciplinary artistic work combining various disciplines — music, painting, poetry…
December 5, 2017
Masahide Sakuma & dip in the pool: 黒いドレスの女 OST (1987)
This is such a rare album, for a truly forgotten movie. Masahide Sakuma and dip in the pool’s soundtrack for 黒いドレスの女 (otherwise…
December 1, 2017