Marihiko Hara & Polar M ~ Dance

The music will play, but Dance is also a way of life, an inspiring philosophy realized through music, for and from the soul. In early 2016, Kyoto-based Marihiko Hara and Polar M (Masumi Muranaka) were commissioned to compose some new pieces for

Marihiko Hara ~ Flora

The latest release from Drone Sweet Drone contains a tiny bit of drone, but it’s not a drone album.  Instead, Flora is a humble collection of piano pieces, the fifth solo album from Kyoto’s Marihiko Hara.  Hara calls the disc “a collective of

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