Album 音 Album February 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas 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 音 Mix February 2, 2018 by Diego Olivas 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
Album 音 Album of the Month January 26, 2018 by Diego Olivas 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
Album 音 Album of the Month January 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Chinatsu Kuzuu: The City In The Sea (1991) My mind races trying to describe Chinatsu Kuzuu’s music. Should I share with y’all my first impressions? First, I hear the voice… January 23, 2018
Album Album of the Month November 10, 2017 by Diego Olivas Takami Hasegawa (長谷川孝水): L’Ecume Des Jours (日々の泡) (1983) These are the kind of stories that make me smile. Truth be told, there is desperately little story out there to tell… November 10, 2017
Album Album of the Month October 31, 2017 by Diego Olivas Tuca: Dracula, I Love You (1974) Periodically, I like to dive into my old “A Track, A Day” blog archives for music I’ve written about before but I… October 31, 2017
Album Album of the Month October 27, 2017 by Diego Olivas Fashion: Fabrique (1982) One of the ultimate statements in sleaze. Some Discog commenter put it better than I ever would: “If cocaine were music, this… October 27, 2017
Album Album of the Month October 20, 2017 by Diego Olivas Yukako Hayase: 薔薇のしっぽ Roses’ Tails (1989) Where does one start with Yukako Hayase? That’s the question I asked myself when debating, for what seemed like forever, what would… October 20, 2017
Album Album of the Month September 29, 2017 by Diego Olivas 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
Album 音 Album of the Month September 22, 2017 by Diego Olivas 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
Album 音 Album September 20, 2017 by Diego Olivas Tom Jobim: Matita Perê (1973) Lightness, sweetness, and melancholia those are things that define Tom Jobim’s career. You don’t need me to regurgitate a whole Wikipedia page… September 20, 2017
Album 音 Album of the Month September 8, 2017 by Diego Olivas 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