FOND/SOUND

What exactly gives life to any inanimate object? Is it the way it looks? Is it the way we interact with it?…

April 15, 2022

Album of the Month April 12, 2022 by Diego Olivas Liu Xing (刘星): 無所事 (To Do Nothing) (1992)

You know, sometimes the struggle is simply trying to quantify how unique something is. I’ve been listening to Liu Xing’s 無所事 (To…

April 12, 2022

“Now, we’re all under stress. What music do you need to get rid of it? You can find it with this.” –…

April 8, 2022

Album of the Month January 18, 2022 by Diego Olivas Javier Zuazu: Cuaderno De Invierno (1991)

Brace yourselves, let’s see how far I can take this review of Javier Zuazu’s Cuaderno De Invierno (or A Winter Journal). What…

January 18, 2022

Be honest. How many of you know someone (or are friends or acquaintances) with a certain somebody that in the way they…

January 14, 2022

I think, if I’m going to try to “sell” something to you, I should try to to sell it to myself first.…

January 11, 2022

Album of the Month December 24, 2021 by Diego Olivas 4℃: Christmas Suite (1992)

Don’t ask me why but it seems that jewelry companies always find a way to leverage their buying power to commission others…

December 24, 2021

Album of the Month December 21, 2021 by Diego Olivas Erquiaga / Brasel / Nash: A Time For Joy (Reflections In Guitar) (1985)

I imagine, much like me, many of you have a peculiar relationship with Christmas (and winter holidays, in general). Yes, this time…

December 21, 2021

I hate to say this but this review might be one of the lighter ones. Not because of the album itself –…

December 17, 2021

Album December 14, 2021 by Diego Olivas Jesús Auñon: 13 Cuerdas (1992)

Recently, while dabbling in the world of wine reviews, I’ve been ruminating on a term that I believe would be well-adapted for…

December 14, 2021

Album November 23, 2021 by Diego Olivas Jin De-Zhe (金得哲): Those Were The Dreams (半梦) (1996)

How many intersectional studies can one make? Yes, all of them, it seems for Jin De-zhe. It’s not often you get to…

November 23, 2021

Album of the Month November 19, 2021 by Diego Olivas Yuriko Nakamura (中村由利子): Wind And Reflections (風の鏡) (1987)

It is my hope that more than a few of you out there can truly appreciate the brilliance of pianist Yuriko Nakamura’s…

November 19, 2021

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