kazaizen’s Sky Fish Fly feels less like a traditional album and more like a living organism—constantly mutating, shifting shape, and inviting listeners deeper into its curious, kaleidoscopic world. Jonny Kasai’s genre-defying project has always thrived on exploration, but here, that instinct is sharpened into something remarkably cohesive despite its eclectic sprawl.

Clocking in at a concise 35 minutes, the album wastes no time in establishing its sonic language. Tracks like “Nanoo Nanoo” and “Make It Love” revel in groove-driven psychedelia, their rhythms looping hypnotically while layers of instrumentation ebb and flow around them. There’s a looseness to the compositions, but never at the expense of intention.

A sense of temporal dislocation runs throughout. “What Is” plays like a memory half-remembered, its 70s soul influences filtered through tape-warp textures and collage-like production. Meanwhile, “What’s the Meaning – Self” channels city-pop shimmer, but destabilises it with unexpected shifts and playful melodic detours.

The record’s second half leans into more expansive, exploratory terrain. “State of Mind” edges into shoegaze, constructing dense sonic walls from unconventional sources, while “Beyond the Stars” and “Somewhere Somethings Waiting” stretch into cosmic soul and progressive synth-jazz respectively. Each track feels like a new corridor branching off an already labyrinthine structure.

What makes Sky Fish Fly resonate is its ethos. Kasai’s process—starting from fragments and allowing songs to evolve organically—results in music that feels alive, searching. It’s an album about perspective shifts, about embracing the unknown. In that sense, its genre ambiguity isn’t just aesthetic—it’s philosophical.

“With Sky Fish Fly, kazaizen invites listeners on a journey through sound that’s playful, introspective, and utterly fearless,” says music publicist Danielle Holian, Decent Music PR. “Jonny Kasai blends psychedelic soul, shoegaze, jazz, and city pop into a universe where every track feels alive, like flipping through a cosmic radio dial at midnight. It’s music that’s lo-fi, immersive, and impossible to categorise, but impossible to forget.”

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