in & onwards.

 

wonderful japanese jungle from the turn of the century. if venetian snares listened to ambient & dub, you might get close to this gem. 

descending into space.

hey gang, sorry for not being around very much, it's summer & life has gone left for me. anyway, i'll be moving to portland in the beginning of september, so i'm selling off some of my tapes & vinyl to help fund the move. i'll try to be more active in the next month & a half because after the move there will probably be radio silence for a while. forever forward.

ps this hisaishi joint is real nice, just don't expect any fireworks.

pps buy my stuff here

there is a place.

some real lovely early 80's breezy japanese yacht rock to help you get through wednesday.

meet me by the clocktower.

this kikuchi momoko record is fire. has a bunch of folks that have played on records that will probably get reissued at some point soon. everything about this is perfect.

paper window.

more joe hisaishi from the mid 90's for y'all.

from a distant hill.

a wonderful slice of sophisticated mid 80's j-pop produced by masataka matsutoya who you might recognize from the aegean sea album which also features hosono & shigeru suzuki.

inner suggestions.

some real lovely minimal japanese ambient jams that harry hosono produced in 1983.

the earth keeps its secrets.

some more hisaishi to satiate yr needs.

nothing ever happened.

this'll be the last japanese drop for a while.

other lives.

let's keep it pushing with more 80's japanese synthpop.

a long drive home.

gorgeously zonked out mid 80's japanese art pop.

wasted view.

more fire from my man joe hisaishi.

you were there with me.

what, another slice of mid 80s japanese weirdo avant pop? you betcha.

even if yr not awake.

let's jump back to japan for some squiggly early 80's post punk.

wade in the water.

this dip in the pool album is stellar. if you dug the jams she did with visible cloaks or that single that music from memory reissued, then you know yr going to be in love at first listen.

hazelwould.

more greatness from my man joe hisaishi. just like scene at the sea, this is from the early 90's & reminds me a lil bit of interior in the best of ways.

i don't want to be yr shadow.

been going through miyazaki lately (for what feels like the umpteenth time but there are always details to pick up along the way), got to thinking about how amazing the scores are, got to hunting down more work by ole joe hisaishi & stumbled across this gem. what a beautiful soundtrack, & i thought i'd like to share it with y'all. the main theme has light shades of moments in love (at least to these ears), & the whole thing is really just so very lovely. hope y'all enjoy!

island of woods.

charming japanese synth pop earworms from 1983.

falling grains of sand.

really lovely album from 03 by takagi masakatsu, reminds me of savath & savalas, & at points the books as well. yeah, if yr into scott herren at all, then this will be in yr wheelhaus.

images for a. wilner.

gorgeous gagaku orchestral pieces from the seventies.