Mix Mix October 3, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mix: 6. Eastern Jungle It took two guiding lights to shepherd me through this mix I created for Mexico City’s brilliant Mitamine cultural curation blog. First, I knew… October 3, 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 Album September 15, 2017 by Diego Olivas Joan Bibiloni: For A Future Smile (1988) Six years after our first introduction to Joan Bibiloni, via his fantastic debut (Joana Lluna), the world had moved under him. For… September 15, 2017
Album 音 Album of the Month September 1, 2017 by Diego Olivas The Milky Way: Summertime Love Song (1979) Pull out your surfboard, put some sangria on ice, and really enjoy this one. A surprisingly unknown masterpiece, and a rare, rare,… September 1, 2017
Album 音 Album August 25, 2017 by Diego Olivas Regrets: Agathe (1985) Entirely slept-on, to the point that it still boggles my mind how with all the recent reissues and rediscoveries of artists like… August 25, 2017
Album Album August 18, 2017 by Diego Olivas Joachim Witt: Moonlight Nights (1985) If anyone knows me, they’d know this album forms a perfect storm of what I dig about music. I love it when… August 18, 2017
Album 音 Album August 16, 2017 by Diego Olivas Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh: Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh (1986) Hard to describe what’s going on in Triangulus and Björn J:son Lindh. The closest analog I could think of would be what… August 16, 2017
Album 音 Album August 9, 2017 by Diego Olivas Katsutoshi Morizono: 4:17 p.m. (1985) There’s an appeal to Katsutoshi Morizono’s 4:17 p.m. that can only be heightened, or fully appreciated, during summer, our current time of… August 9, 2017
Album 音 Album August 2, 2017 by Diego Olivas Alain Chamfort: Amour, Année Zéro I almost hate myself for sharing this. It’s like eating a slice of sublime dark chocolate cake, followed by a full… August 2, 2017
Album 音 Album July 26, 2017 by Diego Olivas Ritmia: Forse Il Mare (1986) Nothing makes one cringe more than when someone tries to “modernize” traditional music. The issue isn’t with modernization but with trying to… July 26, 2017
Album 音 Album July 21, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mike Francis: Let’s Not Talk About It (1984) Now this, this right here, is the promised boogie wonderland. The late Michele Francesco Puccioni’s (aka Mike Francis) 1984 debut is that… July 21, 2017