Kazaizen, the ever-evolving project of Saint Paul multi-instrumentalist Jonny Kasai, returns with Sky Fish Fly, a 13-track album that feels like stepping into a world where genres blur and imagination takes over. It is not an album that follows rules. Instead, it moves freely, pulling from psychedelic rock, alternative soul, and experimental pop to create something that feels both familiar and entirely new.
Across its 35-minute run, the project shifts between hazy, dreamlike moments and grooves that pull you right back into focus. Songs like Nanoo Nanoo, Make It Love, and What’s the Meaning – Self swirl with colour, blending jazz touches, soulful textures, and city pop influences into something that feels loose but intentional. There is a sense of motion throughout, like everything is constantly evolving just beneath the surface.
Elsewhere, What Is carries a warm, vintage soul energy, almost like a forgotten track rediscovered and given new life. State of Mind leans into layered, immersive sound, building a wall of texture that feels both heavy and hypnotic. Tracks like Beyond the Stars and Somewhere Somethings Waiting open things up even further, bringing in spacey soul and progressive, jazz-driven ideas that expand the album’s palette.
Then there is Mr. Musk, which adds a playful, almost surreal twist to the journey, reminding you that this project does not take itself too seriously. That balance between depth and unpredictability is part of what makes the album so engaging.
What stands out most is how naturally everything flows. Kasai’s process feels organic, as if each song grows from a small idea into something fully formed without ever losing its raw energy. It sits somewhere between structure and freedom, where melody and experimentation meet without competing.
At its heart, kazaizen is about shifting perspective, using sound to create atmosphere and feeling rather than just structure. Sky Fish Fly captures that idea perfectly. It is immersive, curious, and full of life, the kind of album that keeps revealing new details the more time you spend with it.
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