Album Album of the Month November 19, 2019 by Diego Olivas Kip Hanrahan: Days And Nights Of Blue Luck Inverted (1987) American Clavé. What a name. Kip Hanrahan is one of those musicians that deserves, mightily, to be a large household name, but… November 19, 2019
Album Album November 12, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mark Nauseef: Wun-Wun (1984) Is it jazz? That’s a repetitive refrain that I’ve been proposing lately to this blog. Native New Yorker, Mark Nauseef’s Wun-Wun is… November 12, 2019
Album 音 Album October 22, 2019 by Diego Olivas Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro (1988) Can you ever have too much gamelan? Not with Lou. Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro isn’t exactly what you expect. Known for… October 22, 2019
Mix Mix June 14, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mix: 27. Ruas Y Cidades (Minas Gerais Special: 1973-1990) Cover Photography by @krstnshtlv As a writer, one always has floating on one’s head drafts of things to cover. For various years… June 14, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month December 14, 2018 by Diego Olivas Lyu Hongjun (劉宏軍): 大地の詩 (Songs Of The Earth) (1988) There’s a palpable meditation hovering around Lyu Hong-Jun’s masterwork 大地の詩, otherwise known as “Songs Of The Earth” or “Earth Songs”. Recorded for pioneering… December 14, 2018
Mix 音 Mix December 7, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix: 19. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 4, AIR) Illustration by Laura Gomez I usually don’t gravitate towards writing about something I didn’t include in a mix but I just have to… December 7, 2018
Album 音 Album May 8, 2018 by Diego Olivas Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin: Up From The Dark (1986) I think the right phrase for this one is: “all my Christmases came at once”. Never before had I thought I’d be… May 8, 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