"Love is a light shade of pink" is a song by Haruomi Hosono (細野晴臣) on his first solo album Hosono House (1973). The song "Koi Wa Momo-iro (恋は桃色)" is literally translated as "Love is pink," but I think the translation doesn't expres…

To be more accurate, this article is not on the EP of the Scooters. Rather, it is on the exhibition titled Be My Baby: Mitsuo Shindo Retrospective held at the Setagaya Literary Museum, for which the Scooters (ザ・スクーターズ) dedicates th…

Zero is the fourth original album of Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子) released in 2013. いきのこり●ぼくら （We the Survival） i am POD（0%) Mars 2027 いりぐちでぐち（Entrance-Exit） うたのけはい （Shadow of a Song） 機械仕掛乃宇宙 （Mechanical Cosmo…

This album was recorded as a stadio session initially broadcasted in a radio program in 2013. In the special program, Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本龍一) as the host invited Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子). And his old friends joined to the session,Haruomi…

Japanese pop musics are sometimes criticised for their lack of political or social interests. And these criticisms are far from unfounded. Even in the case of the tragic tsunami and the following accident of the atomic power station on Mar…

Utabiko is the third album of Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子) published in 2012. Like most of her albums, the title Utabiko (うたびこ) is also a word coined by her, perhaps a mixture of Uta, or a song, and -biko (Hiko) which implies echo. IMPERIAL …

Origami is the second album of Ichiko Aoba (青葉市子) published in 2011. Here, her distinguished style is unchanged from the debut album, Kamisori Otome. [Ichiko Aoba / Kamisori Otome - ふつうの人はCDなんてもう買わなくなった] Origami (檻髪…

Different from a typical kind of "best album," The Other: I Already Got Tired (『The Other―もうあきてしまった』) focuses on "the other" side of Kiyoshi Hasegawa (長谷川きよし, b. 1949). He is broadly recongnised as an expert of Spanish gui…

This is the first album of Mari Henmi (辺見マリ, b. 1950) published in 1971, featuring her biggest hit "Keiken (経験)." めまい（Dizziness） 経験（The Experience） 私生活（Private Life） ダニエル・モナムール （Daniel Mon Amour） 男の部屋（M…

Mariko Kaga (加賀まりこ, b.1943) is an actress, who now receives much respect not only for her career as an actress, but also for her liberated way of life as a female. Some people called her "Japanese version of Brigitte Bardot," but her …

I mainly listen to old good musics, but Ichico Aoba (青葉市子) is truly exceptional. Her music does not belong to any specific times. I have billion words for describing and praising her, but here I try to make myself content to introduce …

Before reading the explanation, please listen to the track below. You may be surprised to know that this tune was published in 1972. youtu.be ABC is the first and only pop music album of Yasuo Higuchi (b. 1952, 樋口康雄), whose nickname is…