Donald Fagen　

Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the ’70s. Fagen’s solo work has been a continuation of the band’s work of the early ’80s -- careful ..more

Tyla (2020s)　

Haircut 100　

Combining light funk with frothy pop, Haircut 100 was one of the cleanest and most accessible new wave groups. Formed in 1980, the British band’s core members were vocalist Nick Heyward ..more

Fall　

Out of all the late-’70s punk and post-punk bands, none were longer lived or more prolific than the Fall. Throughout their career, the band underwent myriad lineup changes, but at the center of it ..more

Soutaiseiriron　

Sugar Babe　

Joy Division　

Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing a ..more

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invasion　

Shakira　

After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop’s biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced a ..more

Yosui Inoue　

Yoshiko Hanzaki　

Kenny Burrell　

One of the leading exponents of straight-ahead jazz guitar, Kenny Burrell is a highly influential artist whose understated and melodic style, grounded in bebop and blues, made him in an in-demand s ..more

Kenji Sawada　

KREVA　

Colourfield　

By the summer of 1983, Fun Boy Three were peaking in popularity and Terry Hall disbanded the group. Hooking up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale, Hall moved to ..more

Takeda to Tetsuya　

Celine Dion　

Rising from humble beginnings to become an international pop star selling more than 100 million albums worldwide, Celine Dion’s career spanned years of superstardom in the 1990s as well as more div ..more

Nick Drake　

A singular talent who passed almost unnoticed during his brief lifetime, Nick Drake produced several albums of chilling, somber beauty. With hindsight, these have come to be recognized as peak achi ..more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor　

The instrumental multimedia Montreal group Godspeed You! Black Emperor create extended, repetition-oriented chamber rock. The minimal and patient builds-to-crescendo of the group’s compositions res ..more

Jun Maeda / Nagi Yanagi