Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons I: Music For Spiral (1988)
Some music is really hard to describe. Not because it’s indescribable, but because the vast amount of background info required to contextualize…
November 4, 2016
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Year: 2016
43 records
Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina 2 (1978)
At least for me, some of the most interesting albums are the ones released by artists long after their much more lauded…
November 2, 2016
Sylvan Grey: Recurring Dream: Music For Kantele (1989)
If one would pick up a practice as a musician, one wouldn’t normally pick up the kantele as a focus. Of Finnish…
October 31, 2016
Toshifumi Hinata: Sarah’s Crime (1985)
My apologies to David Lynch fans, but when I imagine what the music of Twin Peaks should be, I imagine something more…
October 28, 2016
Happy End: Happy End (1983)
What’s there to say about an unheralded classic? The origin story is already there for the taking: in 1972, fresh of recording their…
October 26, 2016
Virginia Astley: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (1983)
NOTE: Today, I’m digging back into the A-Track, A-Day archives for a gorgeous piece of autumnal music, Virginia Astley’s From Gardens Where…
October 24, 2016
Frank Fischer: Gone with the Wind (1989)
Pictures rarely lie, right? Take a look at the album cover to Frank Fischer’s Gone with the Wind. What does it bring to…
October 21, 2016
Ernest Hood: Neighborhoods (1975)
It bears repeating: nostalgia is a powerful thing. When used for nefarious purposes, we get horrible people like Donald Trump trading on delusionary…
October 19, 2016
John Klemmer: Barefoot Ballet (1976)
There’s smooth jazz, then there’s: Smooth Jazz. Chicago-native, and Art Institute alumnus, John Klemmer, thankfully, belongs to that of the latter…
October 17, 2016
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Green (1986)
Recorded by Hiroshi Yoshimura at his private studio, Hiroh 806, using Yamaha DX7, TX7, and FB01 synthesizers, a Roland MSQ-700 sequencer and…
October 14, 2016
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Soundscape 1: Surround (1986)
It’s easy to get away with music that sounds like something. Vast store shelves are littered with “albums” proclaiming exactly what you’ll…
October 12, 2016
Hiroshi Yoshimura: A・I・R (Air In Resort) (1984)
Hiroshi Yoshimura was commissioned in 1984 by Japanese multi-national personal care company Shiseido to create something that might be entirely out of…
October 10, 2016