Album 音 Album July 31, 2018 by Diego Olivas Lino Capra Vaccina: L’Attesa (1992) In a not-so-recent interview with Vice Italy, Lino Capra Vaccina laments that out of his recently reissued work we’re missing most of… July 31, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month July 17, 2018 by Diego Olivas Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages On Desert Sand (1987) It would be easy to supplant whatever I stated in my post for Nuno Canavarro’s Plux Quba and simply transport it here.… July 17, 2018
Album Album of the Month June 29, 2018 by Diego Olivas Hideo Yamaki: Shadow Run (1993) And now, joining Genji Sawai in the next round of jazz not jazz, is the immensely talented drummer Hideo Yamaki. In essence,… June 29, 2018
Album Album of the Month May 15, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mecano: Ya Viene El Sol (1984) What a shining moment. It took Mecano two albums to properly shake off being also-rans, to truly get to what made (or… May 15, 2018
Album 音 Album May 1, 2018 by Diego Olivas Romie Singh: Masters (1986) Romie Singh’s Masters is more than just one killer 12” dub plate surrounded by lord knows what. Masters is a wonderful reminder… May 1, 2018
Album Album April 27, 2018 by Diego Olivas Kazutoki Umezu: Diva (1988) It’s not often you stumble upon an album quite like this one. A huge debt of thanks goes out to a fellow… April 27, 2018
Album Album April 17, 2018 by Diego Olivas Judith Ravitz Participagao: A Banda Do Zé Pretinho – Bolerio (1983) Perhaps Yehudit Ravit’s story can explain the appeal of Brazilian music to the Israeli citizenry. Not to go into deep into cultural… April 17, 2018
Album Album of the Month April 13, 2018 by Diego Olivas Subliminal Calm: Subliminal Calm (1992) Whenever I put on Subliminal Calm’s first and only release I immediately think of spring. Featuring a sublime mix of country, dub,… April 13, 2018
Album Album April 10, 2018 by Diego Olivas André Geraissati: DADGAD (1988) Well, this one’s a tough ‘un to describe. Meditative, elegiac, and at points quite melancholic, André Geraissati’s DADGAD is another instrumental, guitar album that… April 10, 2018
Album 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 23, 2018 by Diego Olivas Sonoko: La Débutante (1987) Donovan’s A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, Paul McCartney’s Ram, Kate Bush’s The Dreaming, or Clifford T. Ward’s Mantle Pieces,… March 23, 2018