Album Album February 20, 2024 by Diego Olivas Diethelm & Famulari: Diethelm/Famulari (1984) No joke, I too sometimes feel puzzled as you might be with what gets shared on this blog. On a regular day,… February 20, 2024
Interview Interview January 26, 2024 by Diego Olivas Interview: Makihiko Araki (荒木真樹彦) One thing I love about conducting interviews is that these kinds of conversations always lead to new discoveries. It’s rare that I… January 26, 2024
Album Album of the Month January 23, 2024 by Diego Olivas Bebeto Alves: Danço Só – E Fico Assim Mais Oriental Me Invento Toda Manhã (1988) The more one explores music, the more one discovers how open borders create the most interesting ideas and those living at the… January 23, 2024
Album Album of the Month January 19, 2024 by Diego Olivas Aki Yashiro (八代亜紀): MOOD (ムード) (2001) Sometimes, it feels like all it takes is a blink to miss something important. I say this because just weeks ago, on… January 19, 2024
Album Album of the Month January 16, 2024 by Diego Olivas Summer Lei (雷光夏): 我是雷光夏 (I Am Lei Guangxia) (1995) Doesn’t it feel like sometimes all we need is a little push? When I hear Summer Lei’s debut, 我我是雷光夏 (I Am Lei… January 16, 2024
Mix Mix January 9, 2024 by Diego Olivas Mix: 82. POiSON GiRL FRiEND (Guest Mix + Interview ) Tue, May 10, 2022, 10:46 AM – so many things seem improbable, but looking at this time stamp, this is one of those… January 9, 2024
Album Album of the Month December 15, 2023 by Diego Olivas Ikko (川井郁子): #2 (ニ) (1995) We all make decisions on what we share with others. Sometimes what we hide might run the gamut of what we feel… December 15, 2023
Album Album December 8, 2023 by Diego Olivas Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎良美): 月夜にGOOD LUCK (月夜にグッド・ラック) (1989) Vibe with me for just a bit longer. As you can surmise, lately, I’ve been touching on a more universal kind of… December 8, 2023
Album Album December 5, 2023 by Diego Olivas Tadashi Namba Featuring Rie Miyazawa • Takeshi Itoh: Tokyo Elevator Girl (東京エレベーターガール) (1992) When I wrote about Rie Miyazawa, I knew I’d have to come back to share another interesting side trip she’d take. In… December 5, 2023
Album Album of the Month December 1, 2023 by Diego Olivas Rie Miyazawa (宮沢りえ): Chepop (チポップ) (1990) Do you know who I don’t envy? Pop stars. Out of all the careers or aspirations one can hold in the music… December 1, 2023
Album Album November 28, 2023 by Diego Olivas Clémentine (クレモンティーヌ): Long Courrier (ロン・コリエ) (1993) Out of all the things I remember about my time in Japan, funny enough, one thing I can’t seem to forget is… November 28, 2023
Album Album of the Month November 21, 2023 by Diego Olivas Jean-Louis Murat: Cheyenne Autumn (1989) As the year begins to draw to a close, my mind goes back to some of the people we lost this year.… November 21, 2023