Today’s Latin Project: Today’s Latin Project (1983)
A leftfield reimagining of vaunted Afro-Cuban jazz classics, in a new school “futuristic” Japanese Pop style, shouldn’t sound so interesting as it…
June 28, 2019
Archive · 全記録
Year: 2019
85 records
Riccardo Giagni: Kaunis Maa (1988)
Somehow, I’m stumbling on a theme. This is the second start of the week where I share the utterly brilliant work of…
June 25, 2019
Yoshitaka Azuma (東祥高): Asian Wind (1981)
Guest post by Giacomo Lee. The first thing that strikes you about Asian Wind is its sleeve. The striking pink and upside-down…
June 21, 2019
Michael Atherton: Windshift (1990)
“Inspired ethnological musical exploration from an unlikely source.” — what better way to describe Michael Atherton’s Windshift? Michael Atherton might best be…
June 18, 2019
Mix: 27. Ruas Y Cidades (Minas Gerais Special: 1973-1990)
Cover Photography by @krstnshtlv As a writer, one always has floating on one’s head drafts of things to cover. For various years…
June 14, 2019
Yuki Nakayamate (なかやまて由希): Octopussy (オクトパシー) (1982)
My apologies to my less than trusty Google Translation app, but there are only a few things I can describe as legibly…
June 7, 2019
Gabriel Yacoub: Elementary Level Of Faith (1987)
If one can remember anything of French-Lebanese musician Gabriel Yacoub, it’s of the time he fronted progressive folk group Malicorne. Under Malicorne,…
June 4, 2019
Koichi Inamoto (稲本耕一): Message From Min-Yō クラリネットでちょっと気どって日本民謡 (1986)
Coming in clear, not just a message from Min’yō but one of other beautiful Japanese folk traditions from the Muromachi period and…
May 31, 2019
Rubaja and Hernandez: High Plateaux (1987)
Here’s another leftfield one from the Windham Hill label. A high mixture of Latin American rhythms, warm digital synthesis, and exploratory brass…
May 21, 2019
Mix: 26. New Age East & West 1979-1993 (Guest Mix by shouldbeasleep)
If you’ve followed this blog you’re probably wondering: “Where the hell has he been?” Well, I’ve been taking a break to rediscover…
May 17, 2019
Interview: Hiltzik & Greenwald
Normally, here’s the space where I begin to wax poetically about an album I wish others would take the time to discover.…
May 10, 2019
Mix: 24. Sueño Con Mexico
For this mix for LYL Radio I was feeling more than a tinge of nostalgia. Somehow, one day, hearing the plaintive tones…
April 19, 2019