![[Column] TR-808: It was not machines that changed music, but the people who used them.](/../assets/images/column-roland-tr-808.webp)
![[Column] Noise Punk / Avant-Punk ─ When destructive impulse becomes ideology](/../assets/images/column-noise-Punk-avant-punk.webp)
2026-01-08
[Column] Noise Punk / Avant-Punk ─ When destructive impulse becomes ideology
Prologue: Why Punk Had to Break
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![[Column] The birth of Akai MPC and beat culture: How sampling has changed the sense of time in music](/../assets/images/column-akai-mpc.webp)
[Column] The birth of Akai MPC and beat culture: How sampling has changed the sense of time in music
Introduction: Beats have become something to “beat”
![[Column] Fast & Furious and the sound of illegal speed: The true nature of the sensations created by cities, movies, and music](/../assets/images/column-fast-and-furious.webp)
[Column] Fast & Furious and the sound of illegal speed: The true nature of the sensations created by cities, movies, and music
Introduction: Why is “speed” felt through sound?
![[Column] Aphex Twin's philosophical view of music: coexistence of order and disorder](/../assets/images/column-aphex-twin.webp)
[Column] Aphex Twin's philosophical view of music: coexistence of order and disorder
Why is his sound “incomprehensible but beautiful”?
![[Column] Sounds of the jungle: London's urban tensions](/../assets/images/column-london-jungle.webp)
[Column] Sounds of the jungle: London's urban tensions
The moment when urban pressure becomes sound
![[Column] Wangan Midnight - Initial D: Difference from Eurobeat](/../assets/images/column-wangan-midnight.webp)
[Column] Wangan Midnight - Initial D: Difference from Eurobeat
Why are expressways a “myth”?
![[Column] Why is AMAPIANO popular all over the world?](/../assets/images/column-amapiano2.webp)
[Column] Why is AMAPIANO popular all over the world?
Introduction: Why is this sound playing all over the world?
![[Column] Grind Orchestra — A group of sounds that transcend boundaries and their structure](/../assets/images/column-grind-orchestra.webp)
[Column] Grind Orchestra — A group of sounds that transcend boundaries and their structure
Introduction — What the name says
![[Column] Buchla Music Easel and the philosophy of](/../assets/images/column-buchla-music-easel.webp)
2025-10-31
[Column] Buchla Music Easel and the philosophy of "solitary performance": Redefining improvisation with analog synths
Introduction: What is Buchla Music Easel?
![[Column] Why visual kei and idol culture cross borders: The international sympathy structure of subculture music](/../assets/images/column-visualkei-idol-global.webp)
2025-10-31
[Column] Why visual kei and idol culture cross borders: The international sympathy structure of subculture music
Prologue: When Japan’s “peripheral music” moves the world
![[Column] Six companies that shaped DAW history: Apple / Avid / Steinberg / MOTU / Adobe technology history and market strategy](/../assets/images/column-logic-protools.webp)
2025-11-23
[Column] Six companies that shaped DAW history: Apple / Avid / Steinberg / MOTU / Adobe technology history and market strategy
Prologue: The evolution of DAW is a story created by the strategies and technological innovations of...
![[Column] Japanese rock history: The intersection of mainstream and underground](/../assets/images/column-japanese-mainstream-underground-rock.webp)
2025-09-25
[Column] Japanese rock history: The intersection of mainstream and underground
Double structure of Japanese rock history: front stage and underground water vein
![[Column] Modern Soul / Contemporary Funk](/../assets/images/column-modern-soul-contemporary-funk.webp)
2025-12-08
[Column] Modern Soul / Contemporary Funk
Introduction
![[Column] Black Midi — The impact of experimental rock from London and its trajectory](/../assets/images/column-black-midi.webp)
2025-11-30
[Column] Black Midi — The impact of experimental rock from London and its trajectory
The trajectory and musicality of the rising star of London experimental rock
2026-04-02
[Column] Fast & Furious and the sound of illegal speed: The true nature of the sensations created by cities, movies, and music
Introduction: Why is “speed” felt through sound?
![[Column] Basic Channel──The origin of Berlin dub techno](/../assets/images/column-basic-channel.webp)
2025-11-01
[Column] Basic Channel──The origin of Berlin dub techno
Prologue: From anonymous noise to a silent revolution
![[Column] The miracle of listening: the future of](/../assets/images/column-hearing-health.webp)
2025-10-13
[Column] The miracle of listening: the future of "sound" envisioned by the Hearing Health Foundation
Introduction: Poetics of the sense of hearing
![[Column] Plastikman | Richie Hawtin - The depths of minimalism and the spiritual history of techno](/../assets/images/column-plastikman-richie-hawtin.webp)
2025-10-24
[Column] Plastikman | Richie Hawtin - The depths of minimalism and the spiritual history of techno
Prologue: Self as a “space” of sound
![[Column] K15 - The light and shadow of a new generation of London nurtured by EGLO](/../assets/images/column-k15.webp)
2025-11-27
[Column] K15 - The light and shadow of a new generation of London nurtured by EGLO
Introduction — Why “Eglo × K15” now?
Popular Pages
2023-10-27
The Dooleys – Wanted
The Dooleys were a mixed British pop group. At its peak, it had eight members, six...
![[Column] Underground Resistance and Detroit's rebellious history: Complete coverage of Afrofuturism, Drexciya myths, and comparisons of world cities](/../assets/images/column-ur.webp)
2025-11-15
[Column] Underground Resistance and Detroit's rebellious history: Complete coverage of Afrofuturism, Drexciya myths, and comparisons of world cities
Prologue: The story of UR and Detroit is a theory of civilization born from the rubble...
2023-10-13
The Lassie Foundation – Pacifico
The Lassie Foundation was a noise pop/dream pop shoegaze band from Los Angeles that was active...
2023-10-08
Dubstar – Disgraceful
This is an album released by the British band Dubstar in 1995. It was their debut...
2023-10-22
PNAU – Wild Strawberries EP
PNAU is an Australian electronic dance music group formed by Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes.
All Pages
[Column] The birth of Akai MPC and beat culture: How sampling has changed the sense of time in music
Introduction: Beats have become something to “beat”
[Column] Fast & Furious and the sound of illegal speed: The true nature of the sensations created by cities, movies, and music
Introduction: Why is “speed” felt through sound?
[Column] Sounds of the jungle: London's urban tensions
The moment when urban pressure becomes sound
[Column] Aphex Twin's philosophical view of music: coexistence of order and disorder
Why is his sound “incomprehensible but beautiful”?
[Column] Wangan Midnight - Initial D: Difference from Eurobeat
Why are expressways a “myth”?
[Column] Why is AMAPIANO popular all over the world?
Introduction: Why is this sound playing all over the world?
![[Column] The deep structure of psychedelic guitar drawn by Seiichi Yamamoto and Delay](/../assets/images/column-seiichi-yamamoto.webp)
[Column] The deep structure of psychedelic guitar drawn by Seiichi Yamamoto and Delay
Who is Seiichi Yamamoto?
[Column] Grind Orchestra — A group of sounds that transcend boundaries and their structure
Introduction — What the name says
![[Column] The core of minimal techno: the stripped-down aesthetic pioneered by Robert Hood](/../assets/images/column-robert-hood.webp)
[Column] The core of minimal techno: the stripped-down aesthetic pioneered by Robert Hood
The essence of music that emerges through cutting
![[Column] Memories of the vibrations of Mukkuri: A cultural history of the sounds and bodies spun by the Ainu mouth harp](/../assets/images/column-mukkuri.webp)
[Column] Memories of the vibrations of Mukkuri: A cultural history of the sounds and bodies spun by the Ainu mouth harp
What is Mukkuri: The smallest musical device
![[Column] Throbbing Gristle and the birth of industrial—the moment when music collapses and is rebuilt](/../assets/images/column-throbbing-gristle.webp)
[Column] Throbbing Gristle and the birth of industrial—the moment when music collapses and is rebuilt
Introduction: Where does music break down?
![[Column] Suddenly cardboard — a strange form of the Japanese underground born of fluctuations in everyday life and language](/../assets/images/column-totsuzen-danball.webp)
[Column] Suddenly cardboard — a strange form of the Japanese underground born of fluctuations in everyday life and language
What was cardboard all of a sudden?
![[Column] Charles Manson and the 1960s: The intersection of ideals and collapse](/../assets/images/column-charles-manson.webp)
[Column] Charles Manson and the 1960s: The intersection of ideals and collapse
Introduction: The shadow lurking in an ideal era
![[Column] Ostracism and 1970s Japan: Deviant sounds, rejecting society](/../assets/images/column-murahachibu.webp)
[Column] Ostracism and 1970s Japan: Deviant sounds, rejecting society
What was ostracism?
![[Column] Lauryn Hill -- A record of music where soul and truth intersect](/../assets/images/column-lauryn-hill.webp)
[Column] Lauryn Hill -- A record of music where soul and truth intersect
Prologue: When voices change the times
![[Column] Digitalization of DJ culture: From turntables to algorithms](/../assets/images/column-dj-culture-digital.webp)
[Column] Digitalization of DJ culture: From turntables to algorithms
Prologue: When the needle and the beat ruled
![[Column] Esquivel and the design philosophy of Space Age Pop](/../assets/images/column-esquivel.webp)
[Column] Esquivel and the design philosophy of Space Age Pop
Prologue: The era when the illusion of the future became sound
![[Column] The Grateful Dead and San Francisco: A complete record of the musical community born of the counterculture](/../assets/images/column-gratefuldead-sanfrancisco.webp)
[Column] The Grateful Dead and San Francisco: A complete record of the musical community born of the counterculture
The urban laboratory: San Francisco’s uniqueness
![[Column] Asarat - The moment when West African rhythms vibrate in your hands](/../assets/images/column-asalato.webp)
![[Column] The dance music revolution brought about by the internet](/../assets/images/column-the-lost-era-of-bloghouse.webp)
[Column] The dance music revolution brought about by the internet
What was Bloghouse?
![[Column] The future of underground music](/../assets/images/column-the-future-of-underground-music.webp)
[Column] The future of underground music
Birth of the concept of underground music
![[Column] Why has nostalgia become a major emotion in music?](/../assets/images/column-why-nostalgia-became-the-sound-of-the-internet.webp)
[Column] Why has nostalgia become a major emotion in music?
Why has the Internet amplified “nostalgia”?
![[Column] Why is techno an ideology?](/../assets/images/column-the-philosophy-of-techno.webp)
[Column] Why is techno an ideology?
Why is techno called ideology?
![[Column] The Secret History of Pirate Radio — The musical revolution born of illegal radio waves](/../assets/images/column-the-secret-history-of-pirate-radio.webp)
[Column] The Secret History of Pirate Radio — The musical revolution born of illegal radio waves
The underground world of radio waves
![[Column] Why Breakcore Is Suddenly Back - The reason why chaotic beats are running around the world again](/../assets/images/column-why-breakcore-is-suddenly-back.webp)
![[Column] Why does music that was born underground come back again and again?](/../assets/images/column-why-underground-music-always-comes-back.webp)
[Column] Why does music that was born underground come back again and again?
What is Underground Music?
![[Column] Music history rewritten by algorithms](/../assets/images/column-why-algorithms-are-changing-music-history.webp)
[Column] Music history rewritten by algorithms
Music history has been rewritten by “technology”
![[Column] Why does experimental music scare people? Music and human psychology deciphered from the history of noise, chance, and disorder.](/../assets/images/column-why-experimental-music-scares-people.webp)
[Column] Why does experimental music scare people? Music and human psychology deciphered from the history of noise, chance, and disorder.
Why does experimental music scare people?
![[Column] Why does music shape generations?](/../assets/images/column-why-music-defines-generations.webp)
[Column] Why does music shape generations?
The phenomenon of music and generations
![[Column] Keiji Haino - Pilgrimage of sound that transcends boundaries](/../assets/images/column-keiji-haino.webp)
[Column] Keiji Haino - Pilgrimage of sound that transcends boundaries
Who is Keiji Haino?
![[Column] Rise of Global Bass: A map of modern music that fuses rhythms from around the world](/../assets/images/column-global-bass.webp)
![[Column] Why Lo-Fi hip-hop has become a standard for studying and working](/../assets/images/column-lofi-hiphop-study-youtube.webp)
[Column] Why Lo-Fi hip-hop has become a standard for studying and working
What is Lo-Fi hip-hop?
![[Column] Experimental Beats × Anime Soundtrack ─ Anime sound history expanded by experimental music](/../assets/images/column-experimental-beats-anime.webp)
[Column] Experimental Beats × Anime Soundtrack ─ Anime sound history expanded by experimental music
Intersection history of experimental music and anime soundtracks
![[Column] The moment when game music becomes mainstream among young people](/../assets/images/column-game-music-youth-culture.webp)
![[Column] Psychology of festival subculture: Empirical structure of group euphoria, body synchronization, and borderline states](/../assets/images/column-festival-subculture.webp)