Episode 012｜Joe Hisaishi and Studio Ghibli: A 40-Year Symphony
An exploration of Joe Hisaishi’s music and its 40-year relationship with Studio Ghibli. Focusing on melody, repetition, and emotional res...
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Monumental Movement Podcast
An audio archive exploring sound, ideology, and cultural movements.
All episodes are published in English.
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Episode 011｜Global Resonance of Japanese Visual-kei and Idol Culture
An exploration of why Visual Kei and idol culture continue to overlap. Focusing on shared emotional structures, pop hooks, and theatrical...
Episode 010｜From the intersection of disco and Japanese culture to the present — history, masterpieces, equipment, club culture
An exploration of 1970s Japanese disco through rhythm, groove, and urban atmosphere. Focusing on live funk-influenced basslines, tight ar...
Episode 009｜History of Future Jazz, famous records, and changes in equipment
An exploration of Future Jazz as the fusion of jazz harmony and electronic rhythm. Focusing on broken beats, warm textures, and improvisa...
Episode 008｜New Wave: Post-Punk Innovation and 1980s Urban Culture
An exploration of New Wave as music shaped by machines, repetition, and emotional distance. Focusing on synthetic rhythm, restrained voca...
Episode 007｜The embryonic movement of UK garage: the fluctuating groove born from London's underground clubs in the 1990s
An exploration of UK Garage and its distinctive sense of swing. Focusing on two-step rhythms, shuffled percussion, and bass-driven tensio...
Episode 006｜Basic Channel: The Origins of Berlin Dub Techno
An exploration of Basic Channel and its radical minimal approach to techno. Focusing on repetition, delay, erosion, and spatial depth, th...
Episode 005｜Initial D and Eurobeat: The Cultural Intersection of Speed
An exploration of Initial D and the rise of Eurobeat as the defining sound of racing anime—where music, speed, and identity collide.
Episode 004｜Buchla Music Easel: The Philosophy of Solitary Performance
An exploration of the Buchla Music Easel and Don Buchla’s radical approach to synthesis. From experimental roots to modern influence, thi...
Episode 003｜Fela Kuti: Afrobeat Creator and Political Icon
Fela Kuti invented Afrobeat and turned music into a weapon of political resistance. This episode explores his sound, his activism, and th...
Episode 002｜The Inorganic Heartbeat of German Techno
German Techno continues to maintain its iconic status as Berlin, the capital of techno,evolving from hard, industrial trends to lyrical e...
Episode 001｜Ambient Music: Satie, Eno, Cage and the Ignorable
This philosophical deep dive explores ambient music, a genre defined by the paradox that it uniquely asks the listener not to listen to i...