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Mix May 3, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mix: 75. Deep Valley (幽谷)

When I went about curating my latest mix for LYL Radio, a phrase kept guiding me forward: “atmosphere as culture”. If any…

May 3, 2023

Album of the Month April 21, 2023 by Diego Olivas Jun Kawabata (川端潤): 『Absolute Elsewhere』(1997)

As I start to look ahead, toward future travels, today I’m touching back on an album and an idea that I felt…

April 21, 2023

Album of the Month April 18, 2023 by Diego Olivas Nino Buoncore: Una Città Tra Le Mani (1988)

If y’all can count on one thing about me, it’s on this: I’m unafraid to promote adult music. Years of listening has…

April 18, 2023

Much like y’all, I’m apt to “feel the room”. And my friends, it’s awfully nice outside. I’m peering outside: the sun shining,…

April 14, 2023

Album April 11, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mélange (メランジュ): Passion To Poison (1995)

My apologies to all those readers expecting a well-researched entry about Mélange’s Passion To Poison. It appears I might fail in myriad…

April 11, 2023

It bears repeating, well, at least serve as a reminder to myself, that: music lives best outside any kind of gatekeeping. When…

April 5, 2023

How does one bridge the span between our past and an uncertain future? If you can put yourself inside the mind of…

March 24, 2023

Album of the Month March 21, 2023 by Diego Olivas Lee Jung-Sun (이정선): 9집 雨 (1990)

“Wherever I’ve been and gone, wherever I have gone, the blues are all the same…”, truer words could not exist to place…

March 21, 2023

Album of the Month March 17, 2023 by Diego Olivas Yukiyo Nakamura (中村幸代): The Arch Of The Heavens (1994)

It’s not often you recognize “genius” straight away, yet it’s not often you get to hear such precocious brilliance of the likes…

March 17, 2023

Album of the Month March 14, 2023 by Diego Olivas Ivor Cutler: Jammy Smears (1976)

“Now and again, we meet for tea. This is our universe: cups of tea. We have a beautiful cosmos, you and me.”…

March 14, 2023

Mix March 7, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mix: 73. Hymn

First of all: thank you. I can’t thank y’all enough for all the kind thoughts you’ve all sent me since my father…

March 7, 2023

Mix December 13, 2022 by Diego Olivas Mix: 72. Complicated Life

Life sure is something isn’t it? I imagine, many of you who’ve experienced a great loss in their life (or are experiencing…

December 13, 2022