Toshinobu Kubota (久保田利伸): Kubojah – Parallel World (1991)
You know, sometimes the hardest part is making a decision. And in my case, it’s selecting the crown jewel amongst so many…
July 7, 2023
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Viktor Lazlo: Club Désert (1989)
When writing about Viktor Lazlo, the musical alias of Sonia Dronier, my mind began to think of parallels. I kept thinking of…
July 4, 2023
Mix: 77. Verão Em Calcutá
Summer. There’s just something about hearing that word, about living in that season, that brings a certain urgency in me. It’s the…
June 27, 2023
Michelle Hart (ミシェル·ハート): Mish (1988)
I know some have posted this question to me before: “How do you pick what to share on the site?” I wish…
June 16, 2023
Teresa Carpio (杜麗莎): 心己许 (Tokyo Dreaming) (1986)
“I was born to sing” – so graces the words of Teresa Carpio, to the Japanese-version of her powerful pan-Asian debut, 心己许…
June 13, 2023
Tomoki Kanda (神田朋樹): 「Interstellar Interlude」(2012)
Sometimes, I think we’re all in need of some kind of palette cleanser. At the cusp of summer, the urge is to…
June 9, 2023
Sha’aban Yahya: Return To Jogja (1992)
You know, sometimes you’ve got to step back and realize that there’s only so much thread to pull at. It’s not ideal,…
June 6, 2023
Mix: 76. Beautiful Sunday (美しい日曜日)
How’s everyone doing? If you’re like me, perhaps, things are looking up. When I was going back a week or two thinking…
May 30, 2023
Maria Kawamura (川村 万梨阿): 「春の夢」Sanctus (1991)
You know, there’s something strangely meditative about filling out a Discogs credit list. I find it so, because you feel like you…
May 19, 2023
Yang Xiao-lin (楊小琳): 禧樂 (I Take You There) (1999)
The more I listen to Yang Xiao-lin’s 禧樂 (I Take You There), the more I’m impressed by how malleable folklore is. In…
May 16, 2023
Minako Honda (本田 美奈子): Oversea (オーヴァーシー) (1987)
While I was writing about “Korea’s Madonna”, mentally, my mind going elsewhere, as well, thinking about that other Madonna: the late, great,…
May 12, 2023
Kim Wan-sun (金元萱): 第一次接觸 (The First Touch) (1994)
To paraphrase the great Janet Jackson, “Like a moth to a flame, Burned by the fire, My love is blind, Can’t you…
May 9, 2023