Masayuki Sakamoto: Psyche (1987)
One name stuck out to me when listening to Japanese label Shi Zen’s wonderful Windham Hill-like compilation Shizen Collection ’87, it was…
October 11, 2017
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Edson Natale: Nina Maika (1990)
These are the kinds of albums that really live with you. Sao Paolo native, Edson Natale’s name may be the lead on…
September 29, 2017
Mitar Subotić, Goran Vejvoda: The Dreambird (1986)
Some music you discover, and some simply grabs you instantly. For me, the music of Suba, the brilliant Serbian musician Mitar Subotić,…
September 27, 2017
Steve Hiett: Down On The Road By The Beach (1983)
You can always hear music in Steve Hiett’s photography. You can definitely hear the music on the cover of his solo debut,…
September 22, 2017
Joan Bibiloni: For A Future Smile (1988)
Six years after our first introduction to Joan Bibiloni, via his fantastic debut (Joana Lluna), the world had moved under him. For…
September 15, 2017
Almir Sater: Instrumental (1988)
Something so simple as an album of 10-string viola caipira instrumentals shouldn’t sound so impressive, but leave it to Campo Grande native…
September 13, 2017
Chris Mosdell: Equasian (1982)
Simply phenomenal. That’s a great word to describe Chris Modell’s debut: Equasian. Phenomenally hard to describe. It’s an album released exclusively in…
September 8, 2017
David Mingyue Liang: Dialogue With The Ocean (1986)
Dr. David Mingyue Liang’s Dialogue With The Ocean merges deep ethnomusicologist study with floating, electronic minimalism for a watery kind of meditative…
September 6, 2017
Water Melon Group: Cool Music (1984)
It almost seems like I really shouldn’t have to write that much about the Water Melon Group. If you don’t know the…
August 30, 2017
Paolo Modugno: Le Bala Et La Mouche (1994)
Man, what a world to we live in. Just this year Italy’s Archeo Recordings reissued Paolo Modugno’s intriguing debut Brise D’Automne. Once…
August 23, 2017
Joachim Witt: Moonlight Nights (1985)
If anyone knows me, they’d know this album forms a perfect storm of what I dig about music. I love it when…
August 18, 2017
Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh: Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh (1986)
Hard to describe what’s going on in Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh. The closest analog I could think of would be what…
August 16, 2017