Izumi Kobayashi: Coconuts High (1981)
What is it today? Over here, in the U.S. it’s the Friday just before Memorial Day, a long holiday weekend. Yes, it’s…
May 25, 2018
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Imagination: Shake It (1980)
From Germany, via the intriguing mind of Düsseldorf-native, multi-instrumentalist Uwe Ziß, comes this unlikely marriage of AOR, balearic, post-disco, funk, R&B, Krautrock,…
April 24, 2018
Mix: 7. Only Love
I was going to write about how much I appreciate all of you, the readers, who keep visiting this blog and give…
November 22, 2017
Santiago: Walking The Voodoo Nights (1979)
Proof positive that maybe the Germans were on to something. In 1979, the independent German music critics’ association bestowed upon Santiago’s Walking…
November 17, 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
The Milky Way: Summertime Love Song (1979)
Pull out your surfboard, put some sangria on ice, and really enjoy this one. A surprisingly unknown masterpiece, and a rare, rare,…
September 1, 2017
Kunio Muramatsu: Green Water (1983)
I so had another post in mind for today, but Kunio Muramatsu’s Green Water spoke to me and said: “hold that powder…
August 11, 2017
Katsutoshi Morizono: 4:17 p.m. (1985)
There’s an appeal to Katsutoshi Morizono’s 4:17 p.m. that can only be heightened, or fully appreciated, during summer, our current time of…
August 9, 2017
Mike Francis: Let’s Not Talk About It (1984)
Now this, this right here, is the promised boogie wonderland. The late Michele Francesco Puccioni’s (aka Mike Francis) 1984 debut is that…
July 21, 2017
Kenji Omura: Gaijin Heaven (1983)
Power can manifest itself in many ways. Power isn’t always in the density of something but in the lightness of it. Kenji…
July 19, 2017
Sonia Rosa: Samba Amour (1979)
Heady, windswept, gauzy saudade that could only come from someone like Sonia Angelica De Carvalho Rosa, are things that don’t quite reveal themselves when you hear Samba…
May 16, 2017
Marju Kuut & Uku Kuut: Zuke (1992)
Funk can sometimes come from the unlikeliest of places. Take for example: Hollywood. Hollywood, and America’s West Coast one could argue, has…
March 6, 2017