There is nothing like a pandemic to add constraint to creativity.
That’s the case with producer Shokuhin Matsuri aka Foodman, otherwise known as Takahide Higuchi, who saw first-hand how the rolling state of emergency declarations over the past year in response to COVID-19 left his native city of Nagoya bereft of a live music scene, or anywhere to drink, for that matter.
“Right now, I live on the outskirts of Nagoya,” Higuchi says. “When (the government) first declared a state of emergency last year, I started going to nearby super
sentō (public baths) and
And so began a love affair with the open road and its everyday attractions, which resulted in “Yasuragi Land,” Higuchi’s upcoming release for the London-based, dance-heavy label Hyperdub. It arrives after 2018’s “Aru Otoko no Densetsu,” as well as a slew of releases including “Odoodo” (2019) for Diplo’s Mad Decent label and “Dokutsu” (2020) for Highball Records, a London label focusing on music f