Tim Donahue: Still Dreaming (1994)
As a musician, I can appreciate where Tim Donahue’s Still Dreaming is coming from. There are times when you reach the end…
November 12, 2025
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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
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
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
Konami Kukeiha Club (コナミ矩形波倶楽部): 魍魎戦記 (Madara 2 Sound Fantasia) (1993)
I feel like every time I write about video game music, I should preface my review with a disclaimer: I’m not a…
July 24, 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
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
Nazoo: Dear Heavens, Children In His Twilight (1994)
Sometimes you’ve just got to ask yourself: “Why am I doing this?” As I keep scouring through myriad broken links, countless blank…
March 20, 2025
Masafumi Nanatsutani (七ッ谷正文): Water Planet 3 Night 奈良県吉野郡 山上川のせせらぎ (2006)
Much like many of you, the more time one spends in nature, the more one begins to hear a certain musicality in…
December 19, 2024
Mikihiko Matsumiya (松宮幹彦): Mu-Myou (無明) (1994)
Don’t you just love listening to something that isn’t easily categorized? When I listen to Mikihiko Matsumiya’s 1994 debut, Mu-Myou (無明), I…
December 12, 2024
The Gentle Wind (ザ・ジェントル・ウインド): Gentle Voice (ジェントル・ヴォイス) (1990)
It’s not often I revisit works from artists I’ve already written about, but when I do, it’s because these other works shed…
December 5, 2024
Yuhki Nakajima (中島優貴): Dream Up (ドリーム・アップ) (1991)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from a recent trip to Japan, it’s this: I might be too ahead of the curve.…
November 28, 2024