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Maki Tomoda passed away two years later, surrounded by analog synthesizers and blooming cherry blossoms. Her garden, as it turns out, was full of vegetables for the local food bank. maki tomoda interview
The interviewer, a young journalist from a fringe music zine, is visibly nervous. He asks about her infamous 1979 album, Genso no Hate (At the Edge of Illusion)—a record so ahead of its time that it was shelved for two decades. He stumbles over the word "kayōkyoku," trying to fit her into a box of retro city-pop revivalism. : Websites like DMM News or Nikkan SPA