Michel Legrand: Brian’s Song (Themes & Variations) (1972)
ho knows what’s going on in the air? Something in it is stirring me to share this wonderful compilation of music brimming…
February 15, 2017
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Virna Lindt: Shiver (1984)
t’s impossible to know how much to believe of Swedish journalist, model, linguist, literary agent, interpreter, and musician Virna Lindt’s backstory. Before…
February 13, 2017
Melon: Do You Like Japan? (1982)
assively influenced by American R&B, Do You Like Japan? holds that rare thing for us as listeners: it’s a question posed in the title. Was…
February 10, 2017
Various Artists: Yen Manifold Vol. 1 (1983)
he first year of Yen Record’s existence surely must have felt like a fruitful one for its famous YMO founders Haruomi Hosono and…
February 8, 2017
Mind Over Matter: Music For Paradise (1987)
traight from Duisburg, Germany comes the impressive debut from Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock (otherwise known as Cosmic Hoffmann) on Klaus Schulze’s wonderful Innovative Communication record…
February 6, 2017
Orquesta de las Nubes: Manual de Usuario (1987)
rquesta de las Nubes, The Cloud Orchestra, isn’t really an orchestra, that we know for sure. What it is is a trio of…
February 3, 2017
Mario Acquaviva: Mario Acquaviva EP (1983)
ven in the dead of the winter, this sunlit EP of Italian Pop can break through any forecast. One of my favorite…
February 1, 2017
Beto Guedes: Amor De Índio (1978)
here’s always a tinge of nostalgia I feel when I play any album by a Clube Da Esquina alum. Once you hear that Minas Gerais sound, it’s…
January 30, 2017
Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus: Love Thy Neighbour (1979)
The definitive version of the definitive Nyabinghi album, that’s what you’ll find here today. Filled with religious fervor unheard –and in such dosage– on…
January 27, 2017
Matia Bazar: Tango (1983)
ot every album reveals itself instantly. It took me a while to recognize how fascinating Tango by Matia Bazar really was. Imagine, for…
January 25, 2017
Naoki Asai: アバ・ハイジ (Aber Heidschi) (1988)
A perfect album for our alternate reality, filled with alternative facts. In a perfect world there would be lines upon lines of information…
January 23, 2017
Joe Hisaishi: 吉祥天女 Kichijoutennyo/Kisshō Tennyo (1984)
Now here’s someone’s backstory I can’t even begin to try to tackle. To be brief: pioneering Japanese composer and musician/violinist Joe Hisaishi…
January 20, 2017