Ken Tanabe’s music is about going through it and getting to the other side of it – in slightly better shape than you were before. If that’s only for a moment, then it’s about capturing that moment and diving into it.

Structurally, Ken Tanabe’s music is what happened when a post-punk songwriter/guitarist and self-taught funk drummer got his hands on an underpriced second-hand groovebox and started singing along with it, thereby going solo. 

Combine all of that with a deepening appreciation for analog electronic sounds and a most-of-a-lifetime affection for the emotion in science fiction. What you get are thoughtful packages of indie synth-pop songs, meant to be helpful and carried with you.