Sheila Chandra: Quiet! (1984)
It still boggles my mind that Quiet! was in fact crafted by the same artist who sang in the proto-Asian Underground hit “Ever So Lonely“.…
April 24, 2017
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Mio Fou: Mio Fou (1984)
Just look at that album cover. Mio Fou’s self-titled debut has an album cover that has fascinated me to no end. You see,…
April 21, 2017
Ric Kaestner: Music For Massage (1982)
What a lovely hour of music. What’s else is there to say about Ric Kaestner’s criminally unknown Music For Massage? “an hour of soothing music…
April 19, 2017
Yas Kaz: Shinran/Path To Purity (1987)
Originally recorded to soundtrack Rentarō Mikuni’s Jury Prize-winning Cannes film festival “Shinran: Path to Purity”, Yas Kaz’s own Shinran/Path To Purity does well to exist…
April 17, 2017
Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia (1990)
Deep, deep, earth music from Tsutomu Ōhashi and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi crew. A macrosymphony composed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan, 1990,…
April 14, 2017
Hiroki Okano: 19871990 (1991)
Hiroki Okano’s debut 19871990 is startling in more ways than one. A trailblazing stew of new form Japanese ambient and new age minimal music…
April 10, 2017
Michael Karoli & Polly Eltes: Deluge (1984)
Even for me, what I’m going to write next seems something out of a fever dream. Polly Eltes, elite, English model/actress seen…
April 7, 2017
Flávio Venturini: Nascente (1981)
There are few albums that just put me in a special place. Flávio Venturini’s Nascente is one of them. When it’s on,…
April 4, 2017
Koharu Kisaragi: 都会の生活 Tokai No Seikatsu (1986)
Koharu, Koharu, wherefore are thou Koharu? That’s the big question rolling around in my head. Koharu Kisaragi’s 都会の生活 Tokai No Seikatsu (which translates to: Urban Life) isn’t…
March 31, 2017
Urban Dance: Urban Dance (1985)
Even for Haruomi Hosono, Urban Dance is a rare bird. Let me step back. After listening to Friends of Earth and Love,…
March 29, 2017
Yoshio Suzuki: Touch of Rain (1986)
Yoshio Suzuki writes in a way that breaks up my style of writing. You see, I have a ritual I go through…
March 27, 2017
Mix: 3. What Do You Do When It’s Spring?
In a way, rebirth is exactly what my third mix is about. Taking cues from various feelings springtime evokes, I wanted to compile a set…
March 20, 2017