Astrel K The Foreign Department 2024-05-24 “Marusa no Onna”

“Marusa no Onna”

A masterpiece of Japanese ambient/new age music

‘Shark Move’ and the infamous ‘Giant Step’

Rudolf Serkin himself not only stood behind this particular recording of Schubert’s “Trout” but also took over the piano part

Astrel K The Foreign Department 2024-05-24 “Marusa no Onna”The Foreign Department is the second album by Astrel K, the solo project of Stockholm based British ex pat, Rhys Edwards. Those already familiar with Edwards work will likely know him for fronting the cultishly great Ulrika Spacek, and given he operates as the principal songwriter in both projects, much of the same hallmarks of his cathartic, elliptical songwriting are present in Astrel K. Nonetheless, The Foreign Department feels like a rubicon