Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons II: Music For Spiral (1988)
When I originally wrote my piece on Yoshio Ojima’s groundbreaking work Une Collection des Chainons I, I couldn’t think of why omitted…
December 22, 2017
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Year: 2017
113 records
Nara Leao: Dez Anos Depois (1971)
Sometime, in the winter of 1971, a young Nara Leao is being besieged by certain elements. Walking through streets and bridges with fellow…
December 19, 2017
Toshifumi Hinata: Story (1987)
I wish I had a great way to describe the beauty of Toshifumi Hinata’s music, more so, the beautiful music you’ll find…
December 15, 2017
Ayizan: Dilijans (1984)
Mystical, otherworldly, Haitian rara and vodun funk from composer Alix Pascal. Under the group Ayizan, Alix moved away from his earlier beginnings…
December 12, 2017
Takashi Kokubo: Get At The Wave (1987)
Just reading about Takashi Kokubo makes one feel decidedly less accomplished. Since the early ‘80s, Edokko Takashi has been knee-deep in the…
December 8, 2017
G. B. Beckers: Walkman (1982)
Günther Beckers music has a perfect word for it: Gesamtkunstwerk. Gesamtkunstwerk is an interdisciplinary artistic work combining various disciplines — music, painting, poetry…
December 5, 2017
Masahide Sakuma & dip in the pool: 黒いドレスの女 OST (1987)
This is such a rare album, for a truly forgotten movie. Masahide Sakuma and dip in the pool’s soundtrack for 黒いドレスの女 (otherwise…
December 1, 2017
Thomas Almqvist: The Journey (1980)
A personal favorite of mine, not because it’s his greatest work — I’d wager more people expect the late, great Swedish guitar…
November 28, 2017
Mix: 7. Only Love
I was going to write about how much I appreciate all of you, the readers, who keep visiting this blog and give…
November 22, 2017
Santiago: Walking The Voodoo Nights (1979)
Proof positive that maybe the Germans were on to something. In 1979, the independent German music critics’ association bestowed upon Santiago’s Walking…
November 17, 2017
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora 1987 (1987)
There’s something about fall that makes me play Hiroshi Yoshimura’s music much more often. On prior albums like Green, A・I・R (Air In Resort),…
November 14, 2017
Takami Hasegawa (長谷川孝水): L’Ecume Des Jours (日々の泡) (1983)
These are the kind of stories that make me smile. Truth be told, there is desperately little story out there to tell…
November 10, 2017