Album 音 Album August 16, 2017 by Diego Olivas Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh: Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh (1986) Hard to describe what’s going on in Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh. The closest analog I could think of would be what… August 16, 2017
Album 音 Album August 11, 2017 by Diego Olivas Kunio Muramatsu: Green Water (1983) I so had another post in mind for today, but Kunio Muramatsu’s Green Water spoke to me and said: “hold that powder… August 11, 2017
Album 音 Album August 9, 2017 by Diego Olivas Katsutoshi Morizono: 4:17 p.m. (1985) There’s an appeal to Katsutoshi Morizono’s 4:17 p.m. that can only be heightened, or fully appreciated, during summer, our current time of… August 9, 2017
Album 音 Album of the Month August 4, 2017 by Diego Olivas Hajime Mizoguchi: Halfinch Dessert (1986) These are the things that surprise sometimes. I went into researching some background story behind Hajime Mizoguchi’s deeply affecting Halfinch Dessert and… August 4, 2017
Album 音 Album August 2, 2017 by Diego Olivas Alain Chamfort: Amour, Année Zéro I almost hate myself for sharing this. It’s like eating a slice of sublime dark chocolate cake, followed by a full… August 2, 2017
Album 音 Album July 28, 2017 by Diego Olivas Motohiko Hamase: #Notes Of Forestry (1988) What’s with Japanese session bass players? Yoshio Suzuki, Tsugutoshi Goto, Hirobumi Suzuki, etc. and now Motohiko Hamase, all at one point or… July 28, 2017
Album 音 Album July 26, 2017 by Diego Olivas Ritmia: Forse Il Mare (1986) Nothing makes one cringe more than when someone tries to “modernize” traditional music. The issue isn’t with modernization but with trying to… July 26, 2017
Album 音 Album July 21, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mike Francis: Let’s Not Talk About It (1984) Now this, this right here, is the promised boogie wonderland. The late Michele Francesco Puccioni’s (aka Mike Francis) 1984 debut is that… July 21, 2017
Album 音 Album July 19, 2017 by Diego Olivas Kenji Omura: Gaijin Heaven (1983) Power can manifest itself in many ways. Power isn’t always in the density of something but in the lightness of it. Kenji… July 19, 2017
Mix Mix July 14, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mix: 5. Trás-os-Montes When conceiving my latest mix all I could think about was the works of master Impressionist painters. Where other painters try to… July 14, 2017
Album Album of the Month July 11, 2017 by Diego Olivas African Head Charge: Songs of Praise (1990) We might not all be able to know the way to get on that righteous path but there are signals that could… July 11, 2017
Album 音 Album July 7, 2017 by Diego Olivas Takashi Toyoda: Big Bang (1985) Takashi Toyoda’s Big Bang promises in the back cover “total spiritual stability and stress relief” through 40-odd minutes of Japanese New Age… July 7, 2017