Leo Takami - Next Door C-Schulz at the Center of the

at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts

splintering droplets of notes as ghostly wisps of melodic sound slowly glide into view

’Air Madeleine’ uses variations in tempo and dynamics to craft the most seductively melodic track on the album

“A Letter from Home” is a half-hour electro-acoustic narrative meditation on “the Doppler effect as a metaphor for the development of consciousness

Rhythmic delights

Leo Takami - Next Door C-Schulz at the Center of theAdroit jazz guitar, prog rock fantasia, and Japanese environmental music all rest comfortably behind Leo Takami's Next Door. The follow up to the acclaimed Felis Catus & Silence, Next Door finds Takami ruminating on passages of time, seasons, consciousness. Through music, Leo contemplates daily events and finds beauty in ordinary moments. He also seems to be questioning the value of being stuck in the world, allowing his mind to wander towards