Windcheater on iLicense.com

Magnatune have just recently started a new web site to enable simple licensing of their existing catalogue which of course includes my album.

The new site is called iLicenseMusic. Go check out if you're in need of some great music, and while your there, why not have a listen to my album and see if it suits any of your needs.

My self titled album 'Windcheater' is available right here.

Latest Beatpick EP released today.

My latest BeatpickEP is now up on the site.

Click here to stream, license and buy.


It's the usual 4 tracks including 'Tonight' which features Madoka Suzuki.

Track listing :
1. Who's got it?
2. Tonight feat. Madoka Suzuki
3. Relight
4. Baguettes


It costs 4 English pounds (about $6 or ￥470) and can be downloaded as Wav or Mp3 files.

You can also license any of the tracks with ease.

New Track - 'Who's got it?'

Just posted a 3 minute (or thereabouts) sample of my latest track 'Who's got it?' over on my Soundcloud page.

You can of course, just check it out here...

ahhhh I know what you mean

Today, my student Ryou, 11, who I have known since he was 4, said to me, 'Oh, Alex....Kagawa, is Manchester'.

Now, what he was trying to say, and not doing a bad job of it, is that Japanese player Shinji Kagawa is going to join Manchester United. Ryou knows full well I like football and that I'm from England and so was trying manfully to engage me in conversation. I, childishly, curled my top lip and said something along the lies of 'oh yeah....yuk, I don't like Manchester (United)'.

Ryou, as a just turned 11 year old Japanese boy, looked slightly confused, even disappointed by my reaction and I realised I needed to expand on my reply....it wasn't hard.

'OK Ryou, do you like Yomiuri Giants?' I asked him. Giants are the baseball team in Japan with the biggest fan base, spread all over the country and in the past dominated the league. When I came to Japan originally, in an attempt to drum up some interest in myself for the sport I decided that Giants = Man United, Hiroshima Carp = my local team. It worked. Up to a point.

Anyway, back to Ryou...

'Do you like Giants?' I asked

:Slight sneer: 'No, NO!' he replied,

'OK, Man United = Giants' I said

'Ahhhhh' he replied, with an understanding smile and a nod of the head.

分りました！

I don't think we'll be talking of Kagawa again.

It's EURO 2012, so it must be time for a Kit Kat review

Time for a break. Headphones off, chocolate in (mouth) as I turn my hand to my other area of 'expertise', exotic Kit Kats.

Aloe Yoghurt flavour.

Now, sampling this 'delight' wasn't really helped by the fact it was the middle of sweltering summer and it hadn't exactly been chilled in the fridge. In fact, it was kind of reminiscent of munching on a blob of chocolate that had been mixed up with some skin moisturiser. Or shampoo. It really wasn't all that nice.

What is Aloe anyway? I always thought it was an ingredient in beauty products. Next you'll be telling me people put cucumbers in their sandwiches instead of on their eyes.

Cloying and perfumed, not recommeded. 7/10 for ODDNESS 3/10 for TASTE.

Pudding Kit Kats sound nice don't they? Oh DON'T THEY!?

But are they? And which is Kit Kat King Pudding?

From left to right we have, 'Big Little Custard Pudding', normal 'Custard Pudding' and 'KOBE pudding'.

I thought the 'Big Little' ones looked quite cool but to be honest I was massively underwhelmed. Weirdly though, my Mum really liked them and she's not famed for her love of Kit Kats. 

The 'Custard Pudding' one was more of the same really but in a far more satisfying stick form, but then came 'KOBE pudding'.

Look at that box. Granted it isn't quite as good as the Shinkansen one but still. Look at it! You can just imagine all those Kit Kat elves inside, merrily going about their business in their little Kobe Pudding Kit Kat factory, wearing lederhosen and feathers in their caps. Whistling as they heave wafers the size of girders into vats of the finest Kobe pudding chocolate mix. I know I can. 

For the box alone then I proclaim 'KOBE pudding' Kit Kats KING PUDDING.

Unfortunately, they all taste the same.

Big Little - ODDNESS 5/10 TASTE 5/10

Custard Pudding - ODDNESS 5/10 TASTE 6/10

KOBE Pudding - ODDNESS 5/10 TASTE 6/10

Latest track - 'Relight'

My latest track Relight has been up on my Soundcloud page a little while now. There's a HQ download available if any of you are interested.

Alternatively you can listen to it right here :

Friday May 4th - ENJOINT

This Friday (May 4th) is the annual ENJOINT bash at Sacred Spirits (Jamaica) with guest Masashi Osaku coming down from Osaka once again.

Always a good party, if your in town come down, it'll cost you ￥2000

It all kicks off at 9pm and includes a live preformance from Houribe LOU who you might have bumped in to on the bridge near the bomb dome some time.

I'm on at 1AM.

Looking forward to this. It's always nice to play on Jamaica's great sound system.

Hopefully see some of you there.

New Track : Tonight feat. Madoka Suzuki

I have a new track up on my Soundcloud page.

It's called 'Tonight' and features the vocals of Madoka Suzuki.

High quality download is available for now, or you can stream it right here.

All comments welcome よろしく

First full length album now available on Magnatune

My first full length album is now out on the Magnatune label.

It's mostly a collection of previous works with Baguette the only track that hasn't been available up until now.

You can actually stream the entire album without having to do a thing, just go here to listen.

Magnatune offers a membership system where you pay $15 per month which allows you to download as much music as you like from the site. You can read more about their set up right here.

Magnatuneは私の新しいアルバムをリリースしました。ここで聞ける。