I stayed at THE RITZ-CARLTON OSAKA till today. In the first night, some grate noises awoke me. It sounded like groan. It was three and half in the morning. It was long and repeated. I was a little bit frightened in the dark, I didn't think it came from other room but from the inward of the wall. I called a room clerk and she came to my room immediately. She arranged for a room to be changed. I could appreciate her rapidity and kindness. Another clerk said that it was caused by the earthquake-resistant construction of this hotel. So, It was just the groan of this hotel.

　急用で年末に大阪に赴き、数日リッツ・カールトンに宿を取った。ここは大阪市内ではもっとも快適に滞在できるホテルであると思うが、今回は外出が重なって、あまり部屋にいることが出来なかった。朝食で摂ったクロワッサンがなかなか良い味だった。 　

I bought Sylvie Guillem's new DVD and Jocelyn Pook's new CD at TOWER RECORDS,SHIBUYA this evening.
It's been two years since I kept Jocelyn Pook's name in mind. When I saw her name at first, there was on the credit title of "EYES WIDE SHUT ". I was greatly impressed by the beauty of her music in this film. And I got her CD "Flood". Her music reminded me of the words like "exoticism", "paganism" and "medievalism".
I think her music's drone was derived from the European authentic
music. The mixture of European drone and Hindu percussion or Middle Eastern psalm or reversely recording vocal was so stimulative. Strange, it was not unfitting but beautiful. When I listend to "Hell, Fire And Damnation"(from "UNTOLD THINGS"), I felt the tear coming.
"Flood" and her new CD "UNTOLD THINGS"(I suppose this title is brilliant) have never released through Japanese company. Why? I can say with certainty, Japanese likes the music like this.

　ジョスリン・プークの新しいCD"UNTOLD THINGS"を渋谷のタワーレコードで買った。この人は映画「アイズ　ワイド　シャット」の一部の音楽（大邸宅の秘密パーティーのシーンに流れるものなど）を作曲した人物として知ったが、あとでニック・ケイヴやディス・モートル・コイル、坂本龍一らのレコーディングでストリングスのアレンジや演奏を担当していたことを人から教えられた。前作"Flood"もそうだったが、インドの打楽器が刻むリズムにヨーロッパ中世を想起させるストリングスの響きが乗るところなどがとても面白く、聴いていて気持ちがよい。ジャケットのデザインも前作、新作ともにとても美しい。
　音楽はそれほど似ていないのに、なぜかケイト・ブッシュを思い出した。あの人はいまどうしているんだろう。