coba (小林靖宏): ROOTS? (ルーツ？) (1995)
There’s a seemingly unwritten line written in music. It’s between those whose aim is to recreate the past and those whose gaze…
June 5, 2026
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The Sync: Beat The System (1993)
Sometimes the biggest mysteries are quite simply those right in front of you. I say this because I’m staring at a copy…
February 4, 2026
Mix: 94. Cosmic Moon (宇宙の月)
Forgive me for starting a post with a saying, but here is one: “Render the familiar unfamiliar. Render the unfamiliar familiar.” It’s…
January 27, 2026
Tōzokudan (盗賊団): King of Mix (キングオブミックス) (1994)
I believe that the art of a perfect remix lies in realizing that its intended audience wants to imagine the original track…
December 19, 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
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
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
Logik Freaks (杉山勇司): Temptations of Logik Freaks – One Fine Day (1995)
I can’t help but smile a little when I hear how brazenly Yuji Sugiyama begins what would become his sole release under…
January 23, 2025
DJ Peah (でぃーじぇい・ぺー): DJ Peah (でぃーじぇい・ぺー) (1994)
Sometimes you hear the future and you fear it. Yet, sometimes you fear the future and you hear… what exactly? Change.
January 16, 2025
Mix: 88. Handbag Music (ハンドバッグ・ミュージック)
The more I curate mixes or tumble down that wormhole called “discovering new music,” the more I find myself questioning how we…
January 7, 2025
Various Artists: Ten Plants (1998)
When I think of summer, when I think of the vibrancy of this season, I think of albums like the Ten Plants…
June 13, 2024