The Kyoto Connection ⛩

They’ll say I’m crazy, but to me, Fuji greeted us through the waves on the lake. A truly epic moment... 🎥 Full video here: youtu.be/g8kc5yMiqU0 🗻♥️🇯🇵 #JapanTour25

Saturday night, on the edge of releasing a new message in a bottle. A song only I’ve heard so far, but in a few moments, hopefully it will find its way into many hearts. This brief frontier—just a few seconds—between what is only mine and what can belong to the world is a place I love to inhabit… and one I deeply miss when too much time passes without releasing something new. I hope you enjoy “Whispers of Bishamon”, a small piece I composed inspired by what I felt the first time I stepped into that temple in Kyoto. ❤️

@uncleweed well, that's a dream music space!

saturday at Tsuchida cottage "live house" with Mae Maes rehearsal for matinee gig in June me & Ichiro are lucky audience as no other band kids came today he's eating fries, i'm sending you photos

@StuartAyre Beautiful, bravo!

Sketch of Demachiyanagi in Kyoto and perhaps the last of this year’s cherry blossom One of the Japanese women sat on the hill said she’s moving to the US soon and took a snap of the painting as a souvenir. #pleinair #kyoto #watercolor #Holbein

My daughter making contact with an historical moment ❤️ #Artemis

KAWAI LOVE ❤️ Got a new secret weapon in the studio. Background music is “Whispers of Bishamon” an upcoming track inspired by the soundscape of one of the most beautiful temples I’ve been in Kyoto.

@uncleweed Thank you Dave! Hope your dreams come true too!

@KyotoConnection I hope even more of your dreams come true

Good news! ✈️ 🇯🇵 I’ll be in Japan starting mid-September, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it. This time I’m arriving with some cool projects: hosting a multicultural event in Kyoto, recording a new album in Yamashina, and continuing to meet great people along the way. I’ll also be available for performances and festivals en Kyoto and Tokyo—if anything comes to mind, I’d love to hear from you ❤️ #TKCJapanTour26

The Kyoto Connection - Memories from Japan (2022) youtube.com/watch?v=0KTtGc…

Kyoto’s voice speaks to those whose hearts are open to its mystery…

Just in time for #Marchintosh, I finally wrote a detailed post about my current System 7 setup running on an old iPad Mini 4. I’ve been daily driving it for a while now, and I explain why this has become my “perfect” classic Mac environment. thekyotoconnection.com/system7/

This social network has become increasingly harmful to my enthusiasm for sharing. For all these years, I've made a great effort to connect and build healthy and genuine connections. But the algorithms' plans have always been different. You can now find me on the 🦋 network:

Mount Hiei, silent guardian of Kyoto. In its forest, we built a small shrine of stones and branches and buried the names of everyone who supported our music project during the last 20 years... 🙏🏻

“Loneliness is a state of mind” has been remastered and is now available @ our YouTube channel and all streaming platforms. This acclaimed 10-piece Ambient/Drone/Electronic album has been recorded live in one take using an Ensoniq TS10 six years ago and today finds new life in this remastered version of the original casette recording. Hopefully some day this album will have the physical release (casette or vinyl) that it deserves… Enjoy ❤️ youtu.be/AqYfCLxw85I?si…

The complete trilogy ❤️

Happy new year everyone in Japan! Hope you have a 2026 full love, music and great moments!

Merry Christmas and best wishes to all my friends in Japan!

Life is better with friends ❤️

Where is this?

We played the most special show of our history. Because we celebrated twenty years of our journey. Because 2025 was the year we finally set foot in Japan for the very first time. Because after many years, we were able to bring all of our singers together on one stage. But above all, because we were surrounded by the love of our friends and family. An unforgettable night. A beautiful way to close a true year of celebration.

@takeo_watanabe genius! so much inspiration...

今朝は放射冷却ですこぶる寒い。手がかじかみ機材の操作も難儀、 そんな中での野外アンビエント作業も身が引き締まり心地良い。 sp404mk2経由でのvolcadrumの細かな打ち込みとサンプル操作を合わせる。 枯れ果てた景色と震えるビート。