Album Album of the Month March 2, 2018 by Diego Olivas Magical Power Mako: mAgicAl compUteR MusiC (1985) Am I allowed to punt on this one? Literally, it’s all there — right on the album cover. Magical computer music by… March 2, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 27, 2018 by Diego Olivas Alquimia: “Coatlicue” Goddess Of The Earth (1992) In pre-Hispanic times, the name of Coatlicue was on the tip of every mouth found, in the sprawling Aztec empire located in present-day,… February 27, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month February 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Genji Sawai: Sowaka (1984) Is it Jazz? How many times can one ask that question. What exactly constitutes Jazz? Genji Sawai’s Sowaka stretches this idea limit.… February 23, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 20, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mick Karn: Titles (1982) It’s hard for me to separate Mick’s past from the work you’ll hear in Titles. Still impossibly underrated and unaccounted for — compared… February 20, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 16, 2018 by Diego Olivas Oscilation Circuit: Série Réflexion 1 (1984) Here’s another worthy album for the canon of Japanese minimalism, Oscilation Circuit’s Série Réflexion 1. Released in 1984, by Sound Process, ostensibly a new… February 16, 2018
Album Album February 13, 2018 by Diego Olivas Grupo Zambo: Bahia, Grupo Zambo (1976) A mix of white and black. A mix of religion and spirituality. A mix of cultures, class, and race. Brazilian Bahian musical… February 13, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month February 9, 2018 by Diego Olivas Various Artists: Demo Tape 1 (1986) Who can argue that an apple falls far from its tree after listening to Demo Tape 1? Demo Tape 1 was a compilation of… February 9, 2018
Album 音 Album February 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas Gabriela: Altas Planicies (1991) Gabriela Marrone’s Altas Planicies is the very quiet work of a true pioneer. Born of rural, Argentinian descent, but cosmopolitan via adolescent… February 6, 2018
Mix 音 Mix February 2, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix: 8. Dreaming Of A Dream (Walearic Japan – Vol. 2) We can affect change or be an effect of change. These ideas, proposed wonderfully in Charles Demuth’s Spring, moved me to take up a… February 2, 2018
Album Album January 30, 2018 by Diego Olivas Jorge Degas & Marcelo Salazar: Muxima (1987) Tread lightly, oh you who hate slap bass. Jorge Degas and Marcelo Salazar’s positively radiant Muxima has only two roles pushing all songs… January 30, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month January 26, 2018 by Diego Olivas Yoko Ueno: Voices (1993) What a perfect image. Even William Blake must be blushing at Masumi Hara’s otherworldly portrait for Yoko Ueno’s Voices. Feminine angels (bearing… January 26, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month January 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Chinatsu Kuzuu: The City In The Sea (1991) My mind races trying to describe Chinatsu Kuzuu’s music. Should I share with y’all my first impressions? First, I hear the voice… January 23, 2018