Mecano: Ya Viene El Sol (1984)
What a shining moment. It took Mecano two albums to properly shake off being also-rans, to truly get to what made (or…
May 15, 2018
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Romie Singh: Masters (1986)
Romie Singh’s Masters is more than just one killer 12” dub plate surrounded by lord knows what. Masters is a wonderful reminder…
May 1, 2018
Kazutoki Umezu: Diva (1988)
It’s not often you stumble upon an album quite like this one. A huge debt of thanks goes out to a fellow…
April 27, 2018
Mix: 10. The Sound Fantastic (Guest Mix by Giacomo Lee)
Guest Mix by Giacomo Lee Editor’s Note: As always, it’s exciting to see what FOND/SOUND readers are listening to and where they…
March 27, 2018
Terry Day Featuring Laura Davis: Look At Me (1987)
From French record label Nato comes another wonderful batch of Jazz not Jazz. Look At Me, the debut from English multi-instrumentalist Terry Day,…
March 20, 2018
Real Fish: テナン Tenon (1985)
I might be stringing myself out there but it’s due time for me to bring up the unbridled, unheralded genius of Seiji…
March 16, 2018
Maki Asakawa: Nothing At All To Lose (1988)
There always come a point in your life when you just have to say: “fuck it”…and lead with your heart. The late…
March 9, 2018
Magical Power Mako: mAgicAl compUteR MusiC (1985)
Am I allowed to punt on this one? Literally, it’s all there — right on the album cover. Magical computer music by…
March 2, 2018
Mick Karn: Titles (1982)
It’s hard for me to separate Mick’s past from the work you’ll hear in Titles. Still impossibly underrated and unaccounted for — compared…
February 20, 2018
Gabriela: Altas Planicies (1991)
Gabriela Marrone’s Altas Planicies is the very quiet work of a true pioneer. Born of rural, Argentinian descent, but cosmopolitan via adolescent…
February 6, 2018
Mix: 8. Dreaming Of A Dream (Walearic Japan – Vol. 2)
We can affect change or be an effect of change. These ideas, proposed wonderfully in Charles Demuth’s Spring, moved me to take up a…
February 2, 2018
Yoko Ueno: Voices (1993)
What a perfect image. Even William Blake must be blushing at Masumi Hara’s otherworldly portrait for Yoko Ueno’s Voices. Feminine angels (bearing…
January 26, 2018