Diego Olivas
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I don’t know about you but for me certain albums are colored by memory. Whenever I put on Ricardo Fabini’s Cidade De Cristal it brings me back to a certain difficult time I had to go through. On those days where I felt a bit aimless, a bit withdrawn, all over the place – yet…
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Looking back, it feels like my relationship with Endy goes back more than recently. Trolling through my Discogs orders I see that my oldest purchase from the man behind Groove Bunny Records was in 2017 – a copy of Mich Live’s Message From Heart which y’all finally got a chance to listen to in 2019.…
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It’s late summer again. Like before, I’m drawn to music that evokes feelings found at the corners of each such season. And in today’s case, it’s that pull of the sea (or a life aquatic) that reminds us that life keeps moving, as much as we keep exiting, stage left. It’s something you hear in…
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It’s not entirely lost on me how improbable this conversation is. I say this because nearly half a decade ago, in 2018, when I originally wrote about, Ken-ichiro Isoda, the person I’m speaking to today, I never realistically thought he’d be the one to bring me back, full-circle, on the heel’s of SRRD’s reissue of…
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Some artists make whole careers out of reinventing themselves. The best ones, you name it from the late David Bowie, to Joni Mitchell or Tom Waits, always leave you guessing just what they’re going to do next. The ones that try too hard, which shall remain nameless, always leave you wondering why they just can’t…
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Find your space in the pocket. If ever there was a phrase that I’ve been trying to hammer home lately, on the blog, it’s that. It’s about exploring the work of musicians who moved things around, found ways to pick at frayed threads and bind them together, to build their own work. China’s Säju is…
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For any musicians out there: aren’t those perfect, creative, moments the ones you find yourself while playing “in the pocket”? It’s when the groove that swung one way comes together on a beat (and whatever you’re doing is the exactly the right thing to be done). I say this because it reminds me of Suzy…
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First off: a huge thank you for Sara Mautone for cluing me in to this album. I say this, because when you listen to Nina Catarina’s Acordei Com Preguiça I think you’re getting to hear something special. What I believe you’re hearing is part of that ongoing Brazilian musical evolution, influenced by the proximity, culture,…
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Many moons ago, someone interviewed me and asked me (to paraphrase them), “What makes you pick what you share on the site?”Now, if I remember correctly, I think I answered: “most of the time, it’s great music tied to a great story.” It’s with this in mind that today let’s do things a little differently.…
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Timing. Isn’t that what life’s all about? If you’re there at the right moment, it all works out. If you’re there late, you’re at someone else’s fate. If you’re there too early, all that effort might not be for naught. If you’re speaking about Japan’s Kusu Kusu (and their album, 世界が一番幸せな日 (Sekai Ga Ichiban Shiawase…
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