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mostly un/self-taught group of Japanese musicians making the sweetest sounds since the late 90s. Sort of led by Tori Kudo who's also a ceramicist among other things, its just one of those beautiful art practices that defies classification or genres -- linked is a video of Kudo explaining his relationship to the music with some excerpts <3 also most of their albums arent on Spotify so its fun to dig around and find what's what elsewhere! Blues Du Jour is a really good one but its almost all worth an ear
Feb 2, 2024
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wonderful album full of ambient/electroacoustic-adjacent tracks. it's been a great accompaniment to sunny and rainy mornings alike.
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really incredible japanese guitarist - his stuff ranges from new age jazz to more traditional songs too. both of his last two records are killer "best no jikan" & "morning sun"
Jun 8, 2024
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🎶a few albums:
bioçic music aqua - toshiya sukegawa
kankyo ongaku: japanese ambient, environmental & new age music 1980-1990 (compilation)
the song of pure land - ryokyu endo
green - hiroshi yoshimura
oasis of the wind ii a story of forest and water - takashi kokubo
also the ambient japan playlist on spotify is always good!!
also the ambient japan playlist on spotify is always good!!
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Back in the day Kenji (who worked at Serious Eats and wrote some of the best NYTCooking recipes) used to make these "late night" videos where--clearly tired and/or drunk from a night's work--he'd strap a gopro on his noggin and make cheap grub while huffing and sighing heavily (in the daytime videos he tells you about the recipe) and it makes me so happy to know pro chefs also make drunk meals
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📖it sounds stupid and pretentious but every time I see one of those old school British actors recite some old Wordsworth poem i think damn you really did it!!! Or George Steiner has those beautiful stories about the value of Talmudic memory during the holocaust, or Pasternak standing up to Stalin during the Soviet Writer's Conference in the 30s surely to be arrested and making everyone recite Shakespeare's "I summon up remembrance of things past.." its so powerful!!! Recitation and memory has such strength to it, and I want to keep it strong!
I'm trying to learn a Blake poem rn and I feel such a special connection to every line when I learn them... who cares if im pretentious!!!!!!
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radiocarbon dating sets it to as far back as 30,000 BP but they are timeless!!