Mix. 18: Poems Of Five Mountains
That intersection between organic and inorganic has been something I’ve been chewing on lately. What makes something one or the other? I’d…
December 4, 2018
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Ryokyu Endo: Song Of Pure Land (1994)
So very lovely. Forgive me if some of you are expecting something more experimental, electronic, or whatever else now. Me, I just…
November 16, 2018
Windsor Riley: The Move Of Life (1988)
“Endlessly moving, always alive” no better words can describe this album than Windsor Riley’s own. There’s no way around it, The Move Of…
November 13, 2018
R. Carlos Nakai with Wind Travelin’ Band, Shonosuke Ohkura, Oki Kano: Island Of Bows (1994)
Streams of understanding, via spiritual land bridges, or how a Navajo-Ute found a musical connection with Japanese sonorities/tradition. Somehow, I feel a…
November 8, 2018
Mix: 17. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 3, FIRE)
Illustration by Laura Gomez By fits and starts I struggled, for some reason, to create this latest mix for NTS. I had so…
November 6, 2018
Michiko Akao: Yokobue (1983)
I’m afraid people might get the wrong impression when they listen to the opening track from Michiko Akao’s Yokobue. What’s there to…
October 26, 2018
Ric Kaestner: Music For Massage II (1987)
Trying to revisit something I wrote about and remember quite vividly, at the time I wrote it, presents two opportunities: the first…
October 23, 2018
Milky Way: Quarter Diary (1989)
Oh, the joys and pains of promoting private press records. First of all, a huge debt of gratitude is extended to one…
October 19, 2018
Jo Lemaire + Flouze: Pigmy World (1981)
An album that was born to be loved but remains surprisingly unfound, is the worst kind of album to introduce a band…
October 16, 2018
Tôsha Suihô: 四季の笛 (Die Vier Jahreszeiten In Kyoto) (1983)
Certain albums linger in your mind for certain reasons. Tôsha Suihô’s 四季の笛 (Die Vier Jahreszeiten In Kyoto) or Four Seasons In Kyoto is one that…
October 12, 2018
Mix. 16: Pari Shōkōgun – Japanese French Pop Music 1981-1992
For my first show with French broadcaster LYL Radio I felt obliged to engage in a bit of navel-gazing. I began by…
October 9, 2018
Mix: 15. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 2, EARTH)
Illustration by Laura Gomez What is “earth”? This element we can use all our senses to comprehend, means more than just that. For…
October 5, 2018