Kan Sano has been a go-to producer, live backing musician and collaborator in the Japanese music ecosystem for well over a decade. Yet, according to him, it¡¯s only on his latest album, ¡°Mojacat,¡± that he really started trusting others creatively.
¡°I¡¯ve always been something of a perfectionist, and I¡¯ve wanted to build all the sounds myself,¡± Sano, 42, says over a video call from his home studio, which is crammed with records. ¡°When you make things by yourself, there¡¯s a limit to what one person can imagine. If you bring in other people¡¯s ideas, you can do things you never could have imagined on your own. I feel like I¡¯ve only recently started to really understand how fun that can be.¡±
¡°Mojacat,¡± Sano¡¯s first solo album in four years, embraces that mindset by featuring? an assortment of guests ranging from J-pop staples such as the singer Ua to rising band luv. There¡¯s still plenty of space for Sano to showcase his own approach to funk (¡°Romantics in A Flat Major¡±) and internet-inspired beat music (¡°OK [is not OK]¡±), but overall he¡¯s letting other perspectives in.
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