hard Romantic (ハード・ロマンティック): MODERN AMBIENT COLOURS (1996)
I have to admit that sometimes I have to know when to stop searching. As I close countless browser tabs and piece…
May 29, 2026
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Tag: neoclassical
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Mitsu (榊原光裕): 水の彩 (Clouds In The Water) (1989)
I’ll be the first to admit this: sometimes the story doesn’t write itself–until it does.
February 20, 2026
hyym: 魂の門～ダンテ「神曲」より (Tamashii no Mon ~ Dante “Shinkyoku” Yori) (1992)
First off: a huge tip of my hat to fellow F/S blog reader, Victor Hsu Jui-Ting, for cluing me to today’s album…
February 23, 2024
Begoña Olavide: Salterio (1994)
Is it: “Everything new is old again?” or is it: “Everything old is new again?” Before I left for my visit to…
October 31, 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
Yukiyo Nakamura (中村幸代): The Arch Of The Heavens (1994)
It’s not often you recognize “genius” straight away, yet it’s not often you get to hear such precocious brilliance of the likes…
March 17, 2023
Mix: 71. The Winter Requiem
Isn’t it funny the things that make us emotional? For me — I’m unafraid to share — it seems it’s experiencing “beautiful”…
November 15, 2022
Toshiro Mitsutomi (みつとみ俊郎): Stand By Satie (スタンド・バイ・サティ) (1988)
Stand By Satie? It’s pretty hard not to, when a whole slew of musicians – in all styles and genres – have…
November 4, 2022
Joe Hisaishi (久石譲): Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi 『あの夏, いちばん静かな海』(1991)
Fall is something else, isn’t it? As beautiful as the season is – simply one look outside can affirm this – there’s…
October 28, 2022
Masahide Sakuma (佐久間正英): In A Garden (創造の庭で)
Six years. Has it really been that long? Yes, it has been nearly six years since I first wrote about the late,…
September 30, 2022
Yuki Takao (高尾有紀): 水の迷宮 / The Water Labyrinth (1991)
Forgive me if I’m repeating myself, but if I haven’t said it bears I’m saying it now: sometimes I (just like each…
September 2, 2022
Javier Zuazu: Cuaderno De Invierno (1991)
Brace yourselves, let’s see how far I can take this review of Javier Zuazu’s Cuaderno De Invierno (or A Winter Journal). What…
January 18, 2022