![[Column] The repeating device that made the universe ring: Hawkwind's trajectory and expanding musical consciousness](/../assets/images/column-hawkwind.webp)
![[Column] Carolina Liner: A masked community hidden in San Francisco's underground music scene](/../assets/images/column-caroliner.webp)
![[Column] When silence becomes heated - The aesthetics of Quiet Storm R&B](/../assets/images/column-quiet-storm.webp)
2026-02-06
[Column] When silence becomes heated - The aesthetics of Quiet Storm R&B
What is Quiet Storm?
Monumental Movement is a cultural platform exploring music culture and the ideas and histories behind it. In addition to functioning as an archive medium through columns and podcasts, we also present used records and various media formats.
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![[Column] Musical thinking in Jean-Michel Basquiat: Painting production as a DJ-like collage](/../assets/images/column-basquiat.webp)
[Column] Musical thinking in Jean-Michel Basquiat: Painting production as a DJ-like collage
Drawing in music: Basquiat’s production environment
![[Column] Damien Hirst and the speed of punk: the rhythm of production driven by anti-establishment](/../assets/images/column-damien-hirst.webp)
[Column] Damien Hirst and the speed of punk: the rhythm of production driven by anti-establishment
Introduction: Noise and speed in the studio
![[Column] Ryoji Ikeda｜Acoustic art of](/../assets/images/column-ryoji-ikeda.webp)
[Column] Ryoji Ikeda｜Acoustic art of "space = visualization" drawn by ultra-high frequencies and data sound
Sound as data, space as sound
![[Column] When sine waves change the space—Sachiko M and the aesthetics of extreme minimalism](/../assets/images/column-sachiko-m.webp)
[Column] When sine waves change the space—Sachiko M and the aesthetics of extreme minimalism
Prologue: Begins where the sound is about to disappear
![[Column] Border-crossing noise and bossa nova: Art Lindsay's trajectory](/../assets/images/column-arto-lindsay.webp)
[Column] Border-crossing noise and bossa nova: Art Lindsay's trajectory
Prologue: Musicians who break boundaries
![[Column] Rubber O Cement and the underground structure of San Francisco experimental music](/../assets/images/column-rubber-o-cement.webp)
[Column] Rubber O Cement and the underground structure of San Francisco experimental music
What is Rubber O Cement?
![[Column] History of post-rock/ambient and changes in equipment [Analysis by era]](/../assets/images/column-post-rock-ambient-history.webp)
2025-09-19
[Column] History of post-rock/ambient and changes in equipment [Analysis by era]
From the origins of post-rock/ambient to the present
![[Column] Dungeon Synth ─ An underground ambient aesthetic that diverges from black metal](/../assets/images/column-dungeon-synth.webp)
2025-11-30
[Column] Dungeon Synth ─ An underground ambient aesthetic that diverges from black metal
Dungeon Synth ─ An underground ambient aesthetic that diverges from black metal
![[Column] Changes in the Eurorack modular synthesizer and its influence on the music scene](/../assets/images/column-eurorack-module.webp)
2025-08-31
[Column] Changes in the Eurorack modular synthesizer and its influence on the music scene
“Lego blocks with infinite sound”
![[Column] RZA: A complete history of creation and philosophy from the minds of the Wu-Tang Clan](/../assets/images/column-rza.webp)
2025-11-21
[Column] RZA: A complete history of creation and philosophy from the minds of the Wu-Tang Clan
1. Childhood and musical environment
![[Column] From Joy Division to New Order: The evolution of Manchester sound](/../assets/images/column-joy-division-new-order.webp)
2025-10-07
[Column] From Joy Division to New Order: The evolution of Manchester sound
Prologue: From Silence to a Sea of Electronics — Manchester Dawn
![[Column] The trajectory of Dubstep - an urban soundscape created by heavy bass](/../assets/images/column-dubstep.webp)
2025-08-28
[Column] The trajectory of Dubstep - an urban soundscape created by heavy bass
Go beyond the sense of hearing to shake the body and space and connect listeners with...
![[Column] Bit crush and low-bit music: the aesthetics of sound created by digital resolution](/../assets/images/column-bit-crush-low-bit.webp)
2026-01-15
[Column] Bit crush and low-bit music: the aesthetics of sound created by digital resolution
Prologue: Why did we accept the “deterioration” of sound as beauty?
![[Column] Glitchcore / Hyper-Glitch Pop continues to break down, the future of sound accelerates](/../assets/images/column-glitchcore-hyper-glitch.webp)
2025-12-11
[Column] Glitchcore / Hyper-Glitch Pop continues to break down, the future of sound accelerates
overview
![[Column] The world of Modular Techno: Fusion of modular synth and techno](/../assets/images/column-modular-techno.webp)
2025-11-29
[Column] The world of Modular Techno: Fusion of modular synth and techno
What is Modular Techno?
![[Column] Open reel revival theory: Magnetism records the future again](/../assets/images/column-reel-to-reel.webp)
2025-10-11
[Column] Open reel revival theory: Magnetism records the future again
Signs of reel-to-reel revival — sound as matter is reconnected
![[Column] Habib Koité & Bamada and the musical and cultural background of the Republic of Mali](/../assets/images/column-habib-koite-maili.webp)
2025-10-28
[Column] Habib Koité & Bamada and the musical and cultural background of the Republic of Mali
Habib Koité & Bamada - “Quiet revolution” played by Malian strings
Popular Pages
2025-12-07
4 Navigators – Reiki
4 Navigators is an Italian Techno/Hardstyle project. The members are DJ Vortex (Marco Paolo Pierucci), Marco...
2023-11-01
Jeff Mills – Skin Deep EP
“Call Of The Wild” samples the percussion break of “Get on the floor” from Michael Jackson’s...
2023-10-17
Araknophobia – Arachnophobia
Araknophobia is an electronic music group formed by UK house music DJ/producers Jon Pearn, Michael Gray,...
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2023-10-08
DNA, Breeze and Munchie Breeze – Insanity Your Love Hits Me (Rmx)
Mark Brady, also known as DJ Breeze, is a hardcore DJ/producer from London. DNA is a...
![[Column] History of Future Jazz, famous records, and changes in equipment](/../assets/images/column-future-jazz.webp)
2025-09-09
[Column] History of Future Jazz, famous records, and changes in equipment
What is Future Jazz?
All Pages
[Column] Damien Hirst and the speed of punk: the rhythm of production driven by anti-establishment
Introduction: Noise and speed in the studio
[Column] Musical thinking in Jean-Michel Basquiat: Painting production as a DJ-like collage
Drawing in music: Basquiat’s production environment
[Column] Ryoji Ikeda｜Acoustic art of "space = visualization" drawn by ultra-high frequencies and data sound
Sound as data, space as sound
[Column] When sine waves change the space—Sachiko M and the aesthetics of extreme minimalism
Prologue: Begins where the sound is about to disappear
[Column] Border-crossing noise and bossa nova: Art Lindsay's trajectory
Prologue: Musicians who break boundaries
[Column] Rubber O Cement and the underground structure of San Francisco experimental music
What is Rubber O Cement?
![[Column] Yann Tomita: A sound explorer who expanded the horizons of sound collage and electronic music.](/../assets/images/column-yann-tomita.webp)
[Column] Yann Tomita: A sound explorer who expanded the horizons of sound collage and electronic music.
Prologue: An entity that redefined music as a “material”
![[Column] Anonymity and atypical pop—The anti-music horizon opened up by The Residents](/../assets/images/column-the-residents.webp)
[Column] Anonymity and atypical pop—The anti-music horizon opened up by The Residents
Prologue: The concept of unknown identity
![[Column] How do dogs and cats listen to music: The science of pets and sound deciphered from frequency and genre](/../assets/images/column-dog-cat-music.webp)
[Column] How do dogs and cats listen to music: The science of pets and sound deciphered from frequency and genre
Prologue: Music is not just for humans
![[Column] Science of Healing and Music: History and Present of Healing Sounds](/../assets/images/column-healing-music-history.webp)
[Column] Science of Healing and Music: History and Present of Healing Sounds
Introduction: Why does sound heal people?
![[Column] The world of CMOS Synth and Lunetta: The aesthetics of primitive electronic music played by logic circuits](/../assets/images/column-lunetta-cmos.webp)
![[Column] The science of frequency and music that improves concentration](/../assets/images/column-concentration-music-relation.webp)
![[Column] Klaus Nomi: The critical point of the new wave opened up by voices and strange forms](/../assets/images/column-klaus-nomi.webp)
[Column] Klaus Nomi: The critical point of the new wave opened up by voices and strange forms
Prologue: Where did the deformed pop star come from?
![[Column] Björk: When the natural phenomenon of voice transcends pop](/../assets/images/column-bjork.webp)
[Column] Björk: When the natural phenomenon of voice transcends pop
Introduction: The voice is not an instrument, but a phenomenon
![[Column] Angine de Poitrine: Acoustic experiments by an anonymous duo named Angina Pectoris](/../assets/images/column-angine-de-poitrine.webp)
[Column] Angine de Poitrine: Acoustic experiments by an anonymous duo named Angina Pectoris
What is Angine de Poitrine?
![[Column] Interaction between muscles and sound: The science of music that increases training efficiency](/../assets/images/column-muscle-music-relation.webp)
[Column] Interaction between muscles and sound: The science of music that increases training efficiency
Relationship between music and athletic performance
![[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] TR-808: It was not machines that changed music, but the people who used them.](/../assets/images/column-roland-tr-808.webp)
![[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] 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] 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] 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](/../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] 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)