Marihiko Hara & Hideki Umezawa ~ Jigokuhen

“Suddenly one day, for whatever reason, His Lordship summoned Yoshihide and ordered him to paint a folding screen portraying scenes from the eight Buddhist hells.”  This is not a good idea. There are many brands of horror, but one that

Josh Varnedore ~ Sun Chapter

Josh Varnedore is the Josh in Amman/Josh, along with Amman Abbasi.  Abbasi lends a hand on “Vertebrae”, while Hammock contributes to “186,000 endings per second and Hideki Umezawa (Pawn) chips in on “Earth”.  The presence of such friends guarantees that the

Hideki Umezawa ~ Suido-Kan

A typical complaint of the young is, “I’m so bored!  There’s nothing to do!”  The opposite attitude is demonstrated by Hideki Umezawa, who was inspired to create this album on a rainy day after hearing “the water pipe sounds in a college

Pawn ~ Glimmer of Sunlight

When Tone Sketch was released last October, it bumped Glimmer of Sunlight straight to 2012.  This turns out to have been a smart decision, as the two releases might otherwise have competed against each other.  The earlier album was more vocal-centric; Glimmer of