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Satoko Fujii: Hazuki

Read "Hazuki" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 13, 2021

Going back to the early 1960s, consider Brian Wilson, of Beach Boys fame. And consider his song “In My Room" (with lyrics co-written with Gary Usher), issued as a single and included in the 1963 album Surfer Girl (Capitol Records). It is a sound of loneliness, a poem to a sanctuary, a place that makes it ...

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Molecular

March 11, 2021

Album: Beyond
By Satoko Fujii
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 5:46

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Prickly Pear Cactus

March 5, 2021

Album: Prickly Pear Cactus
By Ikue Mori
Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 5:51

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Futari (Satoko Fujii / Taiko Saito): Beyond

by Mark Corroto
February 24, 2021

Futari is the duo of pianist Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito. It is a Japanese word translated into English as 'two persons.' Both persons are world travelers, adept at navigating beyond their own Japanese culture. Fujii has been at it for years, studying in Boston in the 1980s and her releasing her first recording with ...

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Futari (Satoko Fujii / Taiko Saito): Beyond

Read "Beyond" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 10, 2021

Satoko Fujii has found a new sound. The prolific and always adventurous pianist-composer teams with vibraphonist Taiko Saito--tagging their duo Futari--for a beautifully surreal journey called Beyond. “Futari" means 'two people" in Japanese. The two people involved connected in the early 2000s, in Berlin, when Saito was a student at the Berlin University of ...

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Prickly Pear Cactus

By Ikue Mori

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Prickly Pear Cactus; Sweet Fish; Guerrilla Rain; Mountain Stream; Overnight Mushroom; Empty Factory; In the Water; Turning; Muddy Stream; Sign.

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Koneko

By Natsuki Tamura

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Kaineko; Noraneko; Yamaneko; Koneko; Ieneko; Bakeneko; Doraneko; Kanbanneko.

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Entity

By Satoko Fujii

Label: Libra Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Entity; Flashback; Gounkaiku; Elementary Particle; Everlasting.

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Ikue Mori / Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus

Read "Prickly Pear Cactus" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 23, 2020

Musical collaboration is problematic in Covid-19 times. Rubbing elbows with fellow musicians can translate to positive test results. But the music must roll on. At least that is how electronics wizard/laptopist Ikue Mori, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura feel. Instead of getting together body and soul, the trio decided to swap sound files on ...