Exotics: Library (1983)
Faceless and nameless, but not without their charms. Library by Exotics is a fantastically twisted album that orbits between the worlds of…
February 1, 2019
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Thierry Matioszek: Matioszek (1982)
How do you portray someone who is unrepresentable? French composer, artist, and songwriter Thierry Matioszek’s Matioszek provides a distorted view of the…
January 29, 2019
Mix: 21. Healing Feeling (Awa Muse Special)
How do we get beyond the “fourth world” ideas thought of by early progenitors of it, like Eno and Jon Hassell? We…
January 25, 2019
Ken-Ichiro Isoda (磯田健一郎): ナチュラル・トリップ マジエルの星 (1990)
Someone’s going to look back at this post and wonder: “why the hell did this guy write so much about what amounts…
January 18, 2019
Kenneth Nash: A Touch Of Nash – Music From A Far Away Place (1987)
For those looking elsewhere for inspiration, you can turn your heads away from Japan, for just a moment. Let’s look back toward…
January 15, 2019
Tomoyuki Asakawa (朝川朋之): Relaxation Music Harp and Wave(1991)
This next one, for me, has been pretty special ever since I received it. It took me a while to pinpoint why…
January 11, 2019
Andrea Piazza: Tirtaganga (1989)
There’s always a lovely melodicism to Italian minimalist music. Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the works of little known Italian record label…
January 8, 2019
Criola (クリオラ): Winter Songbook (1992)
I have a confession to make: I didn’t quite “get” Criola’s Winter Songbook, for a long time. Looking back, though, this season,…
December 21, 2018
Various Artists: We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1983), Yen Records Compilation
Celebrating Christmas a bit early? Well, it seems I am (or for those stumble into this post in the future), you might…
December 18, 2018
Lyu Hongjun (劉宏軍): 大地の詩 (Songs Of The Earth) (1988)
There’s a palpable meditation hovering around Lyu Hong-Jun’s masterwork 大地の詩, otherwise known as “Songs Of The Earth” or “Earth Songs”. Recorded for pioneering…
December 14, 2018
Mix: 20. Luftsånger: A Walk With Kindred Spirits (Guest Mix by Klas Trollius)
Guest Mix by Klas Trollius Editor’s Note: I thought about what FOND/SOUND reader Klas states below: “connected to place-making (by creating a certain atmosphere,…
December 11, 2018
Mix: 19. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 4, AIR)
Illustration by Laura Gomez I usually don’t gravitate towards writing about something I didn’t include in a mix but I just have to…
December 7, 2018