Clement/Deschamps: Wolfsong Night (1994)
There’s something I truly love about Tim Clément and Kim Deschamp’s Wolfsong Night that I can’t quite pinpoint. Atmospherically, it just puts…
October 29, 2019
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Mayumi Miyata, Midori Takada: 「星雲」～サウンド・フォレスト・シリーズ (Nebula) (1987)
If we can thank the heavens for something today, it is for bringing together Mayumi Miyata and Midori Takada. Released as part…
October 18, 2019
David Friesen: Inner Voices (1987)
Here’s hoping this writeup lasts not much longer than David Friesen’s meditative Inner Voices. What exactly was David Friesen’s Inner Voices? Much…
October 15, 2019
Hiroki Miyano (宮野弘紀): D / I/ V /E /R /G /E (分岐点) (1988)
And now some jazz… *Quietly watches all my readers’ eyes glaze over*. For those who can appreciate the bigger “jazz” picture, here’s…
September 20, 2019
Zoé: Zoé (1987)
Truly no one is a prophet in their own land. Simply scroll down and look at the all Japanese superstars of boogie,…
August 23, 2019
Coati Mundi: The Former 12 Year Old Genius (1983)
Sometimes, I feel that there’s no truer saying than this one: “you can never be a prophet in your own land”. It…
August 20, 2019
Various Artists: しおのみち (Shio-No-Michi) (1991)
Forgive my roundabout way to get back to the healing music of Japan’s Awa record label. I feel like we should go…
August 16, 2019
Asiabeat: Spirit Of The People (1991)
Although the mind behind rotating Southeast Asian supergroup Asiabeat has always been gifted Malaysian percussionist (and Fulbright Scholar) Lewis Pragasam, on Spirit…
August 9, 2019
Randy Tico: Earth Dance (1990)
Don’t stop, can’t stop, the dance. Something else to fill your expanding Balearic canon: Randy Tico’s Earth Dance. Not quite jazz, world…
August 6, 2019
Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link (水口博也): Dolphin (1993)
There’s a moment in Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link’s Dolphin that never ceases to take my breath away: a minute into “The…
August 2, 2019
Ana Benegas: Poema A Dos Voces (1986)
Somehow, it’s becoming a recent recurring theme of mine to highlight outside the box music creators. Some of my favorite albums are…
July 23, 2019
Henry Kawahara (ヘンリー川原): Bamboo Garden (バンブー ガーデン) (1992)
Can I say something? I’m beginning to empathize more with the creative mindset of one Henry Kawahara than with one of Hiroshi…
July 19, 2019