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by Toshiya Tsunoda I first became interested in field recordings when I was in junior high school. It was in the middle of the audio boom, a...

Ami Yoshida and Toshimaru Nakamura both wrote Japanese-only liner notes to be included with their new duo CD, Soba To Bara (buckwheat noodle...

by Keith Rowe I guess ErstLive 007 starts with an invitation from Jon Abbey and Yuko Zama for me to participate in their AMPLIFY: light fest...

by Yoshiyuki Kitazato Over three days in which a typhoon struck Tokyo, the U.S. label Erstwhile which Jon Abbey runs with his wife Yuko Zama...

inspired by a recent thread on IHM ("Critics") and following somewhat in the specific journalistic tradition of IMJ magazine, I de...