Kyoko Furuya: 冷たい水 (1982)
Here’s another album I’ve been holding off forever, waiting just for the right time of the year to share it. Kyoko Furuya’s…
June 15, 2018
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Urszula Dudziak: Ulla (1982)
Someone, somewhere, (maybe a massive Polish Jazz aficionado), is absolutely, positively going to hate me for doing this: but I have to…
June 12, 2018
POiSON GiRL FRiEND: Melting Moment (1992)
I’m still venturing to think that 1992 must have been a very special time for Japan. If you caught my post about…
June 8, 2018
Larry Levan Featuring Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gwen Guthrie, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson: Padlock (Special Mixes) (1983)
Life is something special, isn’t it? That’s something you can palpably feel in the music of Larry Levan. When he introduced music…
June 5, 2018
Mebae Miyahara: Portfolio (1986)
Now, I finally feel that we’re ready for an album like Mebae Miyahara’s Port･fo･lio. But first a huge thanks to Giacomo Lee…
May 18, 2018
Mecano: Ya Viene El Sol (1984)
What a shining moment. It took Mecano two albums to properly shake off being also-rans, to truly get to what made (or…
May 15, 2018
Jean-Michel Gascuel: La Vie Continue (1984)
Holding fast to some heartfelt theory, I do believe the best musicians aren’t always, exactly “musicians” themselves. Joining us today in our…
April 20, 2018
Subliminal Calm: Subliminal Calm (1992)
Whenever I put on Subliminal Calm’s first and only release I immediately think of spring. Featuring a sublime mix of country, dub,…
April 13, 2018
Gonzalez Mikami and Titi Matsumura / Sound Process Design Kazumasa Kawashima: Tramart Sound Collection Vol. 1: Music As Interior (1983)
When we last left off discovering the “comfiest music” on earth (all self-appointed, of course), Gontiti was gently surprising me both at…
April 6, 2018
Sonoko: La Débutante (1987)
Donovan’s A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, Paul McCartney’s Ram, Kate Bush’s The Dreaming, or Clifford T. Ward’s Mantle Pieces,…
March 23, 2018
Real Fish: テナン Tenon (1985)
I might be stringing myself out there but it’s due time for me to bring up the unbridled, unheralded genius of Seiji…
March 16, 2018
Ossian: Księga Chmur – Tom 1 (1979)
Disclaimer: If I’m wrong on Ossian, please let me be wrong spectacularly. Usually, I do my due diligence and keep some note…
March 13, 2018