FOND/SOUND

Album of the Month April 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas Gonzalez Mikami and Titi Matsumura / Sound Process Design Kazumasa Kawashima: Tramart Sound Collection Vol. 1: Music As Interior (1983)

When we last left off discovering the “comfiest music” on earth (all self-appointed, of course), Gontiti was gently surprising me both at…

April 6, 2018

Review

Review March 30, 2018 by Diego Olivas Fumio Miyashita: Tenkawa Isuzu (1986)

You always begin with a blank canvas. Then, you fill it with as many colors and shapes you need. Ending with a…

March 30, 2018

Album

Album of the Month March 16, 2018 by Diego Olivas 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

Album

Album of the Month February 27, 2018 by Diego Olivas Alquimia: “Coatlicue” Goddess Of The Earth (1992)

In pre-Hispanic times, the name of Coatlicue was on the tip of every mouth found, in the sprawling Aztec empire located in present-day,…

February 27, 2018

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

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Album May 3, 2017 by Diego Olivas Koji Ueno: Music For Silent Movies (1985)

Music For Silent Movies, it’s all there in the title. Koji Ueno, one half of Japanese duo Guernica (the other half being…

May 3, 2017

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Album March 1, 2017 by Diego Olivas Frugivores: New Age Songs (1987)

ere’s another fascinating release from the CODA label. I say fascinating because Frugivores’ New Age Songs vacillates between a thin line of taste. As you…

March 1, 2017

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Album February 22, 2017 by Diego Olivas Takami – 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ [Tenshi Kou] (1983)

We’re in the wilderness now. If nothing puts you there, Takami’s 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ will. Playing out like a modern Japanese update…

February 22, 2017

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Album January 13, 2017 by Diego Olivas Eliseo Parra y MOSAICO: Homenaje A Agapito Marazuela (1984)

imply, phenomenal, a landmark release of Spanish music. The more I hear Eliseo Parra y MOSAICO’s Homenaje A Agapito Marazuela, the more…

January 13, 2017

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