I make field recordings and quiet music in Kyoto.
Most mornings you can find me somewhere in the city with a pair of microphones, listening. This is my small corner of the internet — sound, words, and just a little bit of coffee sometimes. Wander around, or read a little about me.
Recent posts
- A Well to Pour Things Into
- Back here again
- A sound walk through Hachidai Shrine and Enkōji Temple in Kyoto
- Here's What I Found This Week
- The Restaurant with No Music
- Rebuilding as Preservation
- Untethered in Kyoto
- Life Without Plot
- The Sound of Arrival
- Beginning, Gently
- A Love Letter to Suffolk
- A Reflection on Saying Goodbye to the UK
- Pressing Reset: Why I’m Starting Over in Kyoto
- The Weight of Thinking Too Much
- Returning to my Second Home
- A Video Journey Through The Horniman
- A photo walk through Richmond, along the Thames and to Ham House
- A gardener's field notes
- When Achievement Feels Empty
- My short little romp around the South of England on the Dawes Galaxy
- Leaving the City
- Cycling the Peaceful Kibiji Bike Trail in Okayama, Japan
- 180km of Sweat and Gears: London to Dunwich by night.
- A house built 170 years ago in the mountains south of Osaka
- Forté #23
- On not writing
- Live at All is Joy, London
- Forté #22
- Suck at something
- Forté #21
- Aimless Creativity vs Living a Creative Life
- Forté #20
- Memories of...
- Forté #19
- Forté #18
- 24 Challenges for 2024
- 2023 Exit Survey
- 2023 Christmas Mix 🎧
- Forté #17
- Embracing Imperfection
- Forté #16
- Forté #15
- The importance of rituals
- Forté #14
- Music and Inspiration
- Forté #13
- Can't stop, won't stop
- Forté #12
- 36 thoughts on the way to being 36
- Forté #11
- Forté #10
- Being an artist is..
- Meditations—my new album is available now
- Update on my new album—Meditations
- Forté #9
- Wander the Night Japan
- Forté #8
- Soundscapes Radio
- Forté #7
- Ryuichi Sakamoto's funeral playlist
- The importance of crafting a root document
- The Stoic Gardener
- A new album • Meditations
- Forté #6
- // 2023
- The Exciting of Coffee
- A collaboration with Koffee Mameya Kakeru
- Thoughts on leaving a legacy
- Thoughts on loneliness
- A nice way to use Apple Podcasts
- Curating compassion
- Aphex Twin // Stone in Focus
- A still moment in a Japanese garden
- Ichi-go Ichi-e (one time, one meeting)
- Years Gone By Playlists
- Training your creative muscles
- Notes on keeping an inspiration file
- A quest to follow my curiosity
- Forté #5
- Forté #4
- Forté #3
- Forté #2
- Forté #1