Kaito Nakamura: Invisible Diary
Invisible Diary, released in March 2025, is the latest release from drummer Kaito Nakamura. On this sixty-three minute, nine-track album, Nakamura plays with his regular quartet of Riko Sasaki on saxophone, Otohito Fuse on piano, and Riku Takahashi on bass, and adds guitarist Ippei Kato on six songs. The trio of pianist Fuse, bassist Takahashi, and drummer Nakamura also played on Fuse’s album debut Isolated from last year. This album is a follow-up to Nakamura’s first album Blaque Dawn from 2022. In contrast to his debut record, Invisible Diary is entirely self-produced by Nakamura and released on his own label, a move that allowed him the freedom to imagine and direct the project entirely as he saw fit. Although Nakamura does not give away too many details, the songs on this release are meant to tell one conceptual story, and the listener is invited to form their own interpretations. The songs are all original compositions by drummer Nakamura. ...