[Column] Border-crossing noise and bossa nova: Art Lindsay's trajectory

[Column] Border-crossing noise and bossa nova: Art Lindsay's trajectory

Prologue: Musicians who break boundaries

17 Apr 2026
[Column] Rubber O Cement and the underground structure of San Francisco experimental music

[Column] Rubber O Cement and the underground structure of San Francisco experimental music

What is Rubber O Cement?

17 Apr 2026
[Column] Carolina Liner: A masked community hidden in San Francisco's underground music scene

[Column] Carolina Liner: A masked community hidden in San Francisco's underground music scene

What is Carolliner?

17 Apr 2026
[Column] Yann Tomita: A sound explorer who expanded the horizons of sound collage and electronic music.

[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”

17 Apr 2026
[Column] Anonymity and atypical pop—The anti-music horizon opened up by The Residents

[Column] Anonymity and atypical pop—The anti-music horizon opened up by The Residents

Prologue: The concept of unknown identity

17 Apr 2026
[Column] How do dogs and cats listen to music: The science of pets and sound deciphered from frequency and genre

[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

10 Apr 2026
[Column] Science of Healing and Music: History and Present of Healing Sounds

[Column] Science of Healing and Music: History and Present of Healing Sounds

Introduction: Why does sound heal people?

10 Apr 2026
[Column] The world of CMOS Synth and Lunetta: The aesthetics of primitive electronic music played by logic circuits

[Column] The world of CMOS Synth and Lunetta: The aesthetics of primitive electronic music played by logic circuits

What is CMOS Synth?

10 Apr 2026
[Column] The science of frequency and music that improves concentration

[Column] The science of frequency and music that improves concentration

Introduction

10 Apr 2026
[Column] Klaus Nomi: The critical point of the new wave opened up by voices and strange forms

[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?

10 Apr 2026
[Column] Björk: When the natural phenomenon of voice transcends pop

[Column] Björk: When the natural phenomenon of voice transcends pop

Introduction: The voice is not an instrument, but a phenomenon

10 Apr 2026
[Column] Angine de Poitrine: Acoustic experiments by an anonymous duo named Angina Pectoris

[Column] Angine de Poitrine: Acoustic experiments by an anonymous duo named Angina Pectoris

What is Angine de Poitrine?

10 Apr 2026
[Column] Interaction between muscles and sound: The science of music that increases training efficiency

[Column] Interaction between muscles and sound: The science of music that increases training efficiency

Relationship between music and athletic performance

10 Apr 2026
[Column] The birth of Akai MPC and beat culture: How sampling has changed the sense of time in music

[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”

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Fast & Furious and the sound of illegal speed: The true nature of the sensations created by cities, movies, and music

[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?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] TR-808: It was not machines that changed music, but the people who used them.

[Column] TR-808: It was not machines that changed music, but the people who used them.

What was TR-808?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Sounds of the jungle: London's urban tensions

[Column] Sounds of the jungle: London's urban tensions

The moment when urban pressure becomes sound

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Aphex Twin's philosophical view of music: coexistence of order and disorder

[Column] Aphex Twin's philosophical view of music: coexistence of order and disorder

Why is his sound “incomprehensible but beautiful”?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Wangan Midnight - Initial D: Difference from Eurobeat

[Column] Wangan Midnight - Initial D: Difference from Eurobeat

Why are expressways a “myth”?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Why is AMAPIANO popular all over the world?

[Column] Why is AMAPIANO popular all over the world?

Introduction: Why is this sound playing all over the world?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] The deep structure of psychedelic guitar drawn by Seiichi Yamamoto and Delay

[Column] The deep structure of psychedelic guitar drawn by Seiichi Yamamoto and Delay

Who is Seiichi Yamamoto?

02 Apr 2026
[Column] Grind Orchestra — A group of sounds that transcend boundaries and their structure

[Column] Grind Orchestra — A group of sounds that transcend boundaries and their structure

Introduction — What the name says

02 Apr 2026
[Column] The core of minimal techno: the stripped-down aesthetic pioneered by Robert Hood

[Column] The core of minimal techno: the stripped-down aesthetic pioneered by Robert Hood

The essence of music that emerges through cutting

21 Mar 2026
[Column] Memories of the vibrations of Mukkuri: A cultural history of the sounds and bodies spun by the Ainu mouth harp

[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

21 Mar 2026
[Column] Throbbing Gristle and the birth of industrial—the moment when music collapses and is rebuilt

[Column] Throbbing Gristle and the birth of industrial—the moment when music collapses and is rebuilt

Introduction: Where does music break down?

21 Mar 2026
[Column] Suddenly cardboard — a strange form of the Japanese underground born of fluctuations in everyday life and language

[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?

21 Mar 2026
[Column] Charles Manson and the 1960s: The intersection of ideals and collapse

[Column] Charles Manson and the 1960s: The intersection of ideals and collapse

Introduction: The shadow lurking in an ideal era

21 Mar 2026
[Column] Ostracism and 1970s Japan: Deviant sounds, rejecting society

[Column] Ostracism and 1970s Japan: Deviant sounds, rejecting society

What was ostracism?

20 Mar 2026
[Column] Lauryn Hill -- A record of music where soul and truth intersect

[Column] Lauryn Hill -- A record of music where soul and truth intersect

Prologue: When voices change the times

20 Mar 2026
[Column] Digitalization of DJ culture: From turntables to algorithms

[Column] Digitalization of DJ culture: From turntables to algorithms

Prologue: When the needle and the beat ruled

20 Mar 2026
[Column] Esquivel and the design philosophy of Space Age Pop

[Column] Esquivel and the design philosophy of Space Age Pop

Prologue: The era when the illusion of the future became sound

20 Mar 2026
[Column] The Grateful Dead and San Francisco: A complete record of the musical community born of the counterculture

[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

20 Mar 2026
[Column] Asarat - The moment when West African rhythms vibrate in your hands

[Column] Asarat - The moment when West African rhythms vibrate in your hands

What is Asarat?

20 Mar 2026
[Column] The dance music revolution brought about by the internet

[Column] The dance music revolution brought about by the internet

What was Bloghouse?

13 Mar 2026
[Column] The future of underground music

[Column] The future of underground music

Birth of the concept of underground music

13 Mar 2026
[Column] Why has nostalgia become a major emotion in music?

[Column] Why has nostalgia become a major emotion in music?

Why has the Internet amplified “nostalgia”?

13 Mar 2026