I wrote new blog post.
A band from Kent, Ohio that built post-rock textures the old-fashioned way — real musicians, real instruments, no DAW wizardry. The Six Parts Seven never found a wide audience, but Everywhere and Right Here (2004) is quietly one of the finest instrumental albums of its era.
Clean guitars, lap steel, vibraphone, piano. People in a room, listening to each other play.
https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/a-quiet-achievement-the-six-parts-seven-and-post-rock-built-by-human-hands

#postrock #instrumental #sixpartsseven #music

I recommend the serph's music to BBC Radio3 LateJunction team. And introduce my blog post.

#latejunction #bbc #radio3 #serph

New post up: Drowning in the Flood — The World of serph

serph is a Tokyo-based electronic musician the world should know — and doesn't. One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary electronic music, virtually unknown outside Japan.

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/drowning-in-the-flood-the-world-of-serph

#serph #electronica #japanesemusic #underrated #music

New post is up.

One Album, An Immense Legacy: Jeff Buckley's Grace

The night Thom Yorke recorded "Fake Plastic Trees" in tears. Chris Martin calling "Shiver" a blatant Buckley rip-off. Testimonies from Jimmy Page, Bono, and Elton John. How a single album changed the course of British rock.

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/one-album-an-immense-legacy-jeff-buckleys-grace

#JeffBuckley #Grace #Music #IndieRock

新記事を公開しました。

一枚のアルバムが残した巨大な遺産：Jeff Buckley の *Grace*

Thom YorkeがFake Plastic Treesを録音した夜、Chris Martinが「あれはBuckleyの模倣だ」と語ったデビュー曲、Jimmy PageやBono、Elton Johnが残した証言——たった一枚のアルバムがブリティッシュロックを変えた経緯を辿ります。

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/mei-noarubamugacan-shitaju-da-nayi-chan-jeff-buckley-no-grace

#JeffBuckley #Grace #音楽 #ロック

New blog post

My favorite regularly use B&O speaker

What speaker do you use? Mine is the Beosound A5 by Bang & Olufsen.
It was an expensive purchase — but I have no regrets.
https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/my-favorite-speaker-bang-and-olufsen-beosound-a5
#BangAndOlufsen #BeosoundA5 #Audio #Speaker #Gadget

I wrote new blog post

The Genius Jazz Pianist Who Left Too Soon: Esbjörn Svensson Trio

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/the-genius-jazz-pianist-who-left-too-soon-esbjorn-svensson-trio

#est #EsbjornSvenssonTrio #EsbjornSvensson #Jazz #ContemporaryJazz #JazzPiano #ModernJazz

#Electronica #PostClassical #LateJunction

A new piece on Cocteau Twins — how their sound echoed
through The Sundays and eventually the Cranberries,
and why their influence outlasted their commercial success.

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/cocteau-twins-the-door-the-cranberries-opened

#CocteauTwins #dreampop #shoegaze #TheCranberries #musicwriting