The past always offers an attractive source of inspiration, but singer/songwriter Rima Kato travels back to an unlikely destination for her forthcoming album Sing-Song. She became fascinated with the works of Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, and her latest finds her offering her take on her work. “A Ring Upon Her Finger” captures a pleasant, charming…
Siblings Yu and Rima Kato comprise Family Basik, a project offering up intricate chamber pop. It’s far busier than Rima Kato’s sparse solo work, and often features lyrics with a slightly darker bend (see 2014’s A False Dawn And Posthumous Notoriety, a generally chipper collection speckled with lyrics about death). The duo have a new…
Japanese singer-songwriter Rima Kato’s new album, Faintly Lit, is out now in Japan (and will be out internationally in February…hold tight) and here’s one of the choicest cuts from it. “Life Is Warm” is mostly a sleepy, kid’s xylophone accented number that seems sweet enough, but features Kato interjecting moments of longing…delivered in direct voice…
Japanese label Flau – home to Cuushe, Cokiyu and many more fantastic artists – has welcomed another new domestic act aboard with Rima Kato. Her story sounds interesting – formerly part of a lo-fi outfit, Kato sorta vanished from the spotlight and recorded in private for a long time. She released a collection of those…