Album 音 Album of the Month March 9, 2018 by Diego Olivas Maki Asakawa: Nothing At All To Lose (1988) There always come a point in your life when you just have to say: “fuck it”…and lead with your heart. The late… March 9, 2018
Album Album of the Month March 2, 2018 by Diego Olivas Magical Power Mako: mAgicAl compUteR MusiC (1985) Am I allowed to punt on this one? Literally, it’s all there — right on the album cover. Magical computer music by… March 2, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 27, 2018 by Diego Olivas Alquimia: “Coatlicue” Goddess Of The Earth (1992) In pre-Hispanic times, the name of Coatlicue was on the tip of every mouth found, in the sprawling Aztec empire located in present-day,… February 27, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month February 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Genji Sawai: Sowaka (1984) Is it Jazz? How many times can one ask that question. What exactly constitutes Jazz? Genji Sawai’s Sowaka stretches this idea limit.… February 23, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 20, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mick Karn: Titles (1982) It’s hard for me to separate Mick’s past from the work you’ll hear in Titles. Still impossibly underrated and unaccounted for — compared… February 20, 2018
Album Album of the Month February 16, 2018 by Diego Olivas Oscilation Circuit: Série Réflexion 1 (1984) Here’s another worthy album for the canon of Japanese minimalism, Oscilation Circuit’s Série Réflexion 1. Released in 1984, by Sound Process, ostensibly a new… February 16, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month February 9, 2018 by Diego Olivas Various Artists: Demo Tape 1 (1986) Who can argue that an apple falls far from its tree after listening to Demo Tape 1? Demo Tape 1 was a compilation of… February 9, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month January 26, 2018 by Diego Olivas Yoko Ueno: Voices (1993) What a perfect image. Even William Blake must be blushing at Masumi Hara’s otherworldly portrait for Yoko Ueno’s Voices. Feminine angels (bearing… January 26, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month January 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Chinatsu Kuzuu: The City In The Sea (1991) My mind races trying to describe Chinatsu Kuzuu’s music. Should I share with y’all my first impressions? First, I hear the voice… January 23, 2018
Album Album of the Month January 12, 2018 by Diego Olivas Gontiti (ゴンチチ): Legacy Of Madam Q (1987) I hate to say it but Osaka guitar duo Gontiti (pronounced Gon-Chi-Chi) really nailed it when they called themselves the creators of… January 12, 2018
Album Album of the Month January 5, 2018 by Diego Olivas Killing Time: Irene (1988) It is with great joy that I’ve decided to share Killing Time’s Irene. Undoubtedly one of the toughest groups to describe on… January 5, 2018
Album Album of the Month December 22, 2017 by Diego Olivas Yoshio Ojima: Une Collection Des Chainons II: Music For Spiral (1988) When I originally wrote my piece on Yoshio Ojima’s groundbreaking work Une Collection des Chainons I, I couldn’t think of why omitted… December 22, 2017