Leo Takami

Adroit jazz guitar, prog rock fantasia, and Japanese environmental music all rest comfortably behind Leo Takami's Next Door.

The follow up to the acclaimed Felis Catus & Silence, Next Door finds Takami ruminating on passages — of time, seasons, consciousness. Through music, Leo contemplates daily events and finds beauty in ordinary moments. He also seems to be questioning the value of being stuck in the world, allowing his mind to wander towards something beyond it.

His music is earnest, deeply personal and introspective, and is sort of akin to Rousseau’s Reveries of the Solitary Walker or Kenji Miyazawa’s Night on the Galactic Railroad.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Letter
• A2. As If Listening
• A3. Beyond
• A4. Winter Day

• SIDE B
• B1. Road With Cypress and Star
• B2. Spring Snow
• B3. Next Door
• B4. Family Tree