Viktor Lazlo: Club Désert (1989)
When writing about Viktor Lazlo, the musical alias of Sonia Dronier, my mind began to think of parallels. I kept thinking of…
July 4, 2023
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Sha’aban Yahya: Return To Jogja (1992)
You know, sometimes you’ve got to step back and realize that there’s only so much thread to pull at. It’s not ideal,…
June 6, 2023
Kim Wan-sun (金元萱): 第一次接觸 (The First Touch) (1994)
To paraphrase the great Janet Jackson, “Like a moth to a flame, Burned by the fire, My love is blind, Can’t you…
May 9, 2023
Nokko (のっこ): I Will Catch U. (アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー) (1993)
Much like y’all, I’m apt to “feel the room”. And my friends, it’s awfully nice outside. I’m peering outside: the sun shining,…
April 14, 2023
Mélange (メランジュ): Passion To Poison (1995)
My apologies to all those readers expecting a well-researched entry about Mélange’s Passion To Poison. It appears I might fail in myriad…
April 11, 2023
Kazuo Uehara (上原和夫 ): ストレス解消の音楽 (Bright Spring) (1990)
How does one bridge the span between our past and an uncertain future? If you can put yourself inside the mind of…
March 24, 2023
Annie Whitehead: Mix Up (1985)
If you can imagine, imagine what it is to be a woman. For those already identifying as one, venture onwards. Then, compound…
November 29, 2022
Toshiro Mitsutomi (みつとみ俊郎): Stand By Satie (スタンド・バイ・サティ) (1988)
Stand By Satie? It’s pretty hard not to, when a whole slew of musicians – in all styles and genres – have…
November 4, 2022
Joe Hisaishi (久石譲): Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi 『あの夏, いちばん静かな海』(1991)
Fall is something else, isn’t it? As beautiful as the season is – simply one look outside can affirm this – there’s…
October 28, 2022
새바람이 오는 그늘 (The Shade With New Wind): 1집 (1st Album)(1990)
Charming, breezy, and wonderfully multi-layered, those are a few of the many adjectives one can use to describe the sole work by…
September 27, 2022
Antoine Illouz: Sud (1985)
Jazz. Why even bother? At least, that’s what I ask myself when I choose to share something from that realm. Of all…
August 30, 2022
Nik Tyndall: Horizonte (1986)
I’ve got to come clean: I’m one of those people that loves to wake up early. I feel that the hours of…
August 23, 2022