Eiko Ishibashi: “I don’t believe that music can solve anything. But I can’t ignore the world when I’m making music.”

In her thoughtful conversation with Kaput Magazine, Eiko Ishibashi shares how making music in today’s world means listening closely—not just to sounds, but to everything around her. Though she doubts that music alone can fix anything, she also knows it can't exist in a vacuum. From intimate collaborations to film scores, Ishibashi explores how emotion, politics, and memory all find their way into her compositions.