Night Hawks Interview: Burnout, Freedom and Rock

Shuichi Aoki and Chie Iwashita revisit Night Hawks’ difficult history, their unexpected return, the meaning of rock and the forty-year journey behind “Anmoku no Hibi.”

Shuichi Aoki and Chie Iwashita revisit Night Hawks’ difficult history, their unexpected return, the meaning of rock and the forty-year journey behind “Anmoku no Hibi.”

From a used synthesizer to “Save my love,” Flehmann explains how he returned to music, builds from sound and learned to write for voices.

In early 2024, OTO MAYUMI spoke to J-POP streaming about Good and Bad Shades, her love of 1990s J-rock and the producer who helped her find the right sound.