Mix: 55. Ticket To Rio
Regardez-moi dance un samba. It’s me, again, with another look at our relationship with Brazil. In the past, I took the time…
July 13, 2021
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Author: Diego Olivas
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mar-pa (マーパ): finale (フィナーレ) (1988)
The Universe. It’s not often one turns on an instrument and gets presented with such a thing. Yet, the [Universe] was the…
July 2, 2021
Francesco Paladino: Eroi A Rio (1991)
With the recent passing of the late, great Jon Hassell, I think it’s important to break down something worthwhile he’d be proud…
June 29, 2021
Moshiri & Akira Sakata (モシリ+坂田明): Kamuychikap (God’s Bird) (第１集 カムイ チカ) (1991)
What is a protest song? Hopefully, as our musical tastes have evolved, one can recognize how the best protest songs are those…
June 25, 2021
Zhou Zhi-yong (周志勇): The Great Yellow River (大黄河) (2000)
It doesn’t escape me that we restart our journey through the world of Chinese “New World” music right where the cradle of…
June 22, 2021
Mix: 54. Floating Free
Here’s the space where I place profound thoughts on whatever latest mix I’ve done for you. Normally, that’s the case. However, today…
June 15, 2021
Yassue (ヤッシュー): A Fine Day (J-Wave “Singin’ Clock” Presents) (1993)
Trigger warning: “Good morning. It’s 5 o’clock, from the J-WAVE Singin’ Clock…” J-WAVE 時報コレクション My apologies to all of you who’ve grown…
May 28, 2021
Tats Lau (劉以達): 秋月 (Music From Autumn Moon) (1994)
Don’t you just love albums that immediately hook you in? From the get-go 秋月 (Music From Autumn Moon) by Tats Lau Yee-Tat…
May 25, 2021
Mix: 53. Thoughts Of Zen (Ambient, New Age, & Environmental Music Of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China: 1986-2000)
It is with great fanfare that I readily admit that much which I don’t know: I admit, that much like you, I’m…
May 18, 2021
Shakuyaku Trio (芍薬トリオ): Shakuyaku Jidai (芍薬時代) (1988)
Let’s have a conversation about elegance. What is elegant? The textbook definition of this term seems to strike at two different ideas.…
May 7, 2021
Yuan Jung-Ping (袁中平): 南風旅程 (South Wind Journey) (1989)
This post wouldn’t be possible without the good ear/find of Christopher Morris and the special vision of Yuan Jung-Ping. It seems appropriate…
May 4, 2021
Hidetaro Honjoh (本條秀太郎): 散華 (Sange) (1990)
Trying to find a nexus point for anything can seem like a fool’s errand at times. Usually, the lines of history get…
April 30, 2021