Yon Seok Won (연석원): 空 (Space & Silence) (1992)
Color me “stumped”. My apologies to Chris, who graciously shared Yon Seok-Won’s 空 (Space & Silence) with me. I did my best…
August 3, 2021
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Jakino’s 7th World: Ocean Alpha (1987)
Sometimes half the battle choosing what to share on this blog is figuring out how to describe music that has trouble defining…
August 4, 2020
Gabriel Yacoub: Elementary Level Of Faith (1987)
If one can remember anything of French-Lebanese musician Gabriel Yacoub, it’s of the time he fronted progressive folk group Malicorne. Under Malicorne,…
June 4, 2019
Koichi Inamoto (稲本耕一): Message From Min-Yō クラリネットでちょっと気どって日本民謡 (1986)
Coming in clear, not just a message from Min’yō but one of other beautiful Japanese folk traditions from the Muromachi period and…
May 31, 2019
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
Interview: Hiltzik & Greenwald
Normally, here’s the space where I begin to wax poetically about an album I wish others would take the time to discover.…
May 10, 2019
Mix. 18: Poems Of Five Mountains
That intersection between organic and inorganic has been something I’ve been chewing on lately. What makes something one or the other? I’d…
December 4, 2018
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora 1987 (1987)
There’s something about fall that makes me play Hiroshi Yoshimura’s music much more often. On prior albums like Green, A・I・R (Air In Resort),…
November 14, 2017
New Child: Rehabilual (1990)
Maybe Harry Hosuono was onto something? Mishio Ogawa, the “Trance” part of the Love, Peace, & Trance equation…and also ex-lead singer for…
November 7, 2017
Masayuki Sakamoto: Psyche (1987)
One name stuck out to me when listening to Japanese label Shi Zen’s wonderful Windham Hill-like compilation Shizen Collection ’87, it was…
October 11, 2017
Morgan Fisher: Look At Life (1984)
I’m truly thankful I live in a world where circumstances led Londoner Morgan Fisher to visit Japan, fall in love with country,…
June 13, 2017
José “Zeca” Afonso: Galinhas Do Mato (1985)
I always hate to say never, but I’ll wager that you’ll never find another giant of fado music quite like José “Zeca”…
June 2, 2017