Rubaja and Hernandez: High Plateaux (1987)
Here’s another leftfield one from the Windham Hill label. A high mixture of Latin American rhythms, warm digital synthesis, and exploratory brass…
May 21, 2019
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Mix: 24. Sueño Con Mexico
For this mix for LYL Radio I was feeling more than a tinge of nostalgia. Somehow, one day, hearing the plaintive tones…
April 19, 2019
Brian Slawson: Distant Drums (1988)
It’s not often you encounter the work of a percussionist who is as wildly as inventive as one can be, yet can…
April 9, 2019
KEDGE: Complete Samples (1988)
And now for some early magic from notable J-Pop producer and songwriter Keiichi Tomita aka Tomita Lab. Complete Samples by KEDGE, for…
March 15, 2019
Uman: Chaleur Humaine (1992)
Uman, pronounced (YOO-mahn), was a unique group. Vacillating from many visions — world music, ambient, jazz, and many uncategorizable things — this…
March 12, 2019
Hideki Mitsumori (光森英毅): 彩 Colours (1990)
I’m at a loss what to classify the late, great Hideki Mitsumori’s 彩 Colours as. It’s obviously heavily indebted to world music…
March 8, 2019
Do’ah: World Dance (1988)
A call to worship, that’s what do’a, the original Arabic-Persian name for New Age group Do’ah means. World Dance by Do’ah slots…
March 5, 2019
Jang Pil-Soon (장필순): Suddenly/In My Little Heart (어느새 / 내작은 가슴속에) (1989)
Heretofore, I bear witness that someone is going to come along and school me on my knowledge of K-Pop (and possibly Jang…
February 15, 2019
Exotics: Library (1983)
Faceless and nameless, but not without their charms. Library by Exotics is a fantastically twisted album that orbits between the worlds of…
February 1, 2019
Kenneth Nash: A Touch Of Nash – Music From A Far Away Place (1987)
For those looking elsewhere for inspiration, you can turn your heads away from Japan, for just a moment. Let’s look back toward…
January 15, 2019
Andrea Piazza: Tirtaganga (1989)
There’s always a lovely melodicism to Italian minimalist music. Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the works of little known Italian record label…
January 8, 2019
Mix: 20. Luftsånger: A Walk With Kindred Spirits (Guest Mix by Klas Trollius)
Guest Mix by Klas Trollius Editor’s Note: I thought about what FOND/SOUND reader Klas states below: “connected to place-making (by creating a certain atmosphere,…
December 11, 2018