Album Album of the Month March 21, 2023 by Diego Olivas Lee Jung-Sun (이정선): 9집 雨 (1990) “Wherever I’ve been and gone, wherever I have gone, the blues are all the same…”, truer words could not exist to place… March 21, 2023
Album Album of the Month March 14, 2023 by Diego Olivas Ivor Cutler: Jammy Smears (1976) “Now and again, we meet for tea. This is our universe: cups of tea. We have a beautiful cosmos, you and me.”… March 14, 2023
Album Album of the Month November 1, 2022 by Diego Olivas Kim Doo Soo (김두수): 보헤미안 (Bohemian) (1991) Here’s something that not many are afraid to admit: a lot of us hate to be lost in the wilderness. It’s its… November 1, 2022
Album 音 Album January 11, 2022 by Diego Olivas Chen Ming-chang (陳明章) and Christine C.C. Hsu (許景淳): 戀戀風塵 (水晶) (Dust In The Wind OST) (1986) I think, if I’m going to try to “sell” something to you, I should try to to sell it to myself first.… January 11, 2022
Album Album of the Month March 20, 2020 by Diego Olivas Various Artists: しおのみち ニの巻 (Shio-No-Michi) Vol.2 For those that don’t believe we can there’s a way to engage with the outside world while stuck inside one’s inner space,… March 20, 2020
Mix 音 Mix November 8, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mix: 33. Harvest Home Once again, we’re back in England for another journey. If you can entertain me just one more time, I’ll share with you… November 8, 2019
Album 音 Album October 1, 2019 by Diego Olivas Dagobert Böhm: Acoustic Moods (1987) One of my favorite things to see on an album are liner notes listing guitar tunings used within. As a musician myself,… October 1, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month July 23, 2019 by Diego Olivas Ana Benegas: Poema A Dos Voces (1986) Somehow, it’s becoming a recent recurring theme of mine to highlight outside the box music creators. Some of my favorite albums are… July 23, 2019
Album 音 Album June 18, 2019 by Diego Olivas Michael Atherton: Windshift (1990) “Inspired ethnological musical exploration from an unlikely source.” — what better way to describe Michael Atherton’s Windshift? Michael Atherton might best be… June 18, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month March 29, 2019 by Diego Olivas Takio Ito & Takio Band: TAKIO-ソーラン節 (1988) One hasn’t lived until they’ve experienced the force of nature that is Takio Ito’s voice. If you’ve encountered the soul stirring vocal… March 29, 2019
Mix 音 Mix November 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix: 17. JAPANESE AMBIENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW AGE & HEALING MUSIC 1980-1993 (VOL. 3, FIRE) Illustration by Laura Gomez By fits and starts I struggled, for some reason, to create this latest mix for NTS. I had so… November 6, 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