Jorge Degas & Marcelo Salazar: Muxima (1987)
Tread lightly, oh you who hate slap bass. Jorge Degas and Marcelo Salazar’s positively radiant Muxima has only two roles pushing all songs…
January 30, 2018
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Kaoru Todoroki: カルビンおじさんの 私生活 (Uncle Calvin’s Private Life) (1985)
First off, I have to apologize for the lo-fi quality of this recording. Unless your name is Masaki Eguti or you are…
January 19, 2018
Re Niliu: Caravi (1988)
Tradition is such a double-edge sword. In the hands of the orthodoxy, tradition can be used as a bludgeon, meant to remind…
January 16, 2018
Martin Kolbe + Ralf Illenberger: Colouring The Leaves (1979)
The early instrumental work by German guitar duo Martin Kolbe and Ralf Illenberger is quite breathtaking. When one hears of a guitar…
January 9, 2018
Vinterhjärta: Vinterhjärta (1987)
Deeply icy, floating music from Swedish band Vinterhjärta. Playing like a soundtrack to a particularly windswept, frozen tundra Vinterhjärta’s (which translates to…
January 2, 2018
Toshifumi Hinata: Story (1987)
I wish I had a great way to describe the beauty of Toshifumi Hinata’s music, more so, the beautiful music you’ll find…
December 15, 2017
Ayizan: Dilijans (1984)
Mystical, otherworldly, Haitian rara and vodun funk from composer Alix Pascal. Under the group Ayizan, Alix moved away from his earlier beginnings…
December 12, 2017
Takashi Kokubo: Get At The Wave (1987)
Just reading about Takashi Kokubo makes one feel decidedly less accomplished. Since the early ‘80s, Edokko Takashi has been knee-deep in the…
December 8, 2017
G. B. Beckers: Walkman (1982)
Günther Beckers music has a perfect word for it: Gesamtkunstwerk. Gesamtkunstwerk is an interdisciplinary artistic work combining various disciplines — music, painting, poetry…
December 5, 2017
Thomas Almqvist: The Journey (1980)
A personal favorite of mine, not because it’s his greatest work — I’d wager more people expect the late, great Swedish guitar…
November 28, 2017
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora 1987 (1987)
There’s something about fall that makes me play Hiroshi Yoshimura’s music much more often. On prior albums like Green, A・I・R (Air In Resort),…
November 14, 2017
Rehabilual: New Child (1990)
Maybe Harry Hosuono was onto something? Mishio Ogawa, the “Trance” part of the Love, Peace, & Trance equation…and also ex-lead singer for…
November 7, 2017