The first time I really listened to Nils Petter Molvær, what came to mind was a highway cutting through a city at midnight. The feeling of a trumpet tearing through an endless urban skyline built by programmed beats. Not jazz, not electronica — something that is both at once.
His debut Khmer (1997) was undeniably revolutionary. But the album I keep returning to is Solid Ether (2000).
https://hiroaki-satou.com/music-that-sounds-like-a-single-landscape-on-nils-petter-molvaer

#NilsPetterMolvaer #BeQuiet #PostClassical #Jazz #ElectronicMusic

Some voices carry their meaning beyond the words themselves. Natalie Merchant is one of them — her intimate, speaking style of singing reaches you even when you can't follow every lyric.
A piece tracing her journey from 10,000 Maniacs to her 2023 comeback album, made after emergency surgery left her unable to sing for ten months.
🎵 The Voice That Speaks Directly to You: Natalie Merchant's Journey

https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/the-voice-that-speaks-directly-to-you-natalie-merchants-journey

#NatalieMerchant #10000Maniacs #PostClassical #music

You know the music. You just don't know whose it is.

I first heard Penguin Cafe Orchestra on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction — then realised I'd been hearing them in HP commercials for years without ever knowing their name.

A piece on the dream, the music, and the son who carries it forward:
🎵 You've Already Heard It: The Forgotten Name of Penguin Cafe Orchestra
https://write.as/hiroaki-satou/youve-already-heard-it-the-forgotten-name-of-penguin-cafe-orchestra

#PenguinCafeOrchestra #PostClassical #music

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