POCKET MUSIC

His first album made with a computer. As if in reaction to it, the appearance of a nostalgic string section and acoustic guitar only increases, until the keyboard’s small and warm sound wins out. This is Yamashita the maker of pop: even if digital technology is unavoidable, he clearly declares his own view of music and his attitude toward it. His particular character is all over the record. At 2, a transparent afternoon; at 5, a stormy night; at 10, a day of drifting haze. Whenever memory calls, the wind answers with a rush.