Akira Sakata (坂田明): Silent Plankton (1991)
Take a look at the image above. What you see is an image of a creature belonging to the Daphnia genus. Entirely…
June 26, 2020
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Various Artists: しおのみち ニの巻 (Shio-No-Michi) Vol.2
For those that don’t believe we can there’s a way to engage with the outside world while stuck inside one’s inner space,…
March 20, 2020
FAD: FAD! (1981)
First things first: Please go to Noka’s Youtube channel and hit “subscribe” to thank them for sharing this first. None other than…
March 13, 2020
POiSON GiRL FRiEND: Love Me (1994)
Truth be told: I really had trouble deciding to share this album with you, fair reader. One of my many goals for…
March 6, 2020
Gonzalez Mikami: Gate Of Notion (1993)
It’s perhaps uncommon knowledge that the best marriages (and relationships) are those comprised of two individuals coming together not in spite of…
February 21, 2020
Hajime Mizoguchi (溝口肇): A Pretty Dance (1987)
As long as there is summer and people still want to hear/read about another Hajime Mizoguchi album, I’ll be more than happy…
July 26, 2019
Toshiyuki Honda (本多俊之): Saxophone Music (1986)
I think that just about does it. If you had on your bingo card Toshiyuki Honda to complete the Japanese “saxophonist goes…
July 5, 2019
Today’s Latin Project: Today’s Latin Project (1983)
A leftfield reimagining of vaunted Afro-Cuban jazz classics, in a new school “futuristic” Japanese Pop style, shouldn’t sound so interesting as it…
June 28, 2019
Yuki Nakayamate (なかやまて由希): Octopussy (オクトパシー) (1982)
My apologies to my less than trusty Google Translation app, but there are only a few things I can describe as legibly…
June 7, 2019
KEDGE: Complete Samples (1988)
And now for some early magic from notable J-Pop producer and songwriter Keiichi Tomita aka Tomita Lab. Complete Samples by KEDGE, for…
March 15, 2019
R. Carlos Nakai with Wind Travelin’ Band, Shonosuke Ohkura, Oki Kano: Island Of Bows (1994)
Streams of understanding, via spiritual land bridges, or how a Navajo-Ute found a musical connection with Japanese sonorities/tradition. Somehow, I feel a…
November 8, 2018
Marica: Jellyfish 海月 (1987)
When Yasuaki Shimizu’s Mariah split up their story appeared to end there. Marica’s Jellyfish 海月 proves that Mariah was just a small…
September 21, 2018