Syun (旬): Landscapes (1994)
Sometimes certain albums force you to ponder just how the heck that certain something was created. Syun’s Landscapes speaks of using fractal…
November 15, 2019
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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
Clement/Deschamps: Wolfsong Night (1994)
There’s something I truly love about Tim Clément and Kim Deschamp’s Wolfsong Night that I can’t quite pinpoint. Atmospherically, it just puts…
October 29, 2019
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
Daniel Goldberg: Out Of Africa (Swarovski Lounge Vol. 1) (2004)
Ok, I’ll faint ignorance on this one but is it enough for me to pass up this opportunity? No. For all of…
August 27, 2019
Various Artists: しおのみち (Shio-No-Michi) (1991)
Forgive my roundabout way to get back to the healing music of Japan’s Awa record label. I feel like we should go…
August 16, 2019
Júlio Pereira: Miradouro (1987)
This might sound like yet that same old story: Noted folkloric or jazz muso discovers drum machines, synths, and samplers, proceeds to…
August 13, 2019
Asiabeat: Spirit Of The People (1991)
Although the mind behind rotating Southeast Asian supergroup Asiabeat has always been gifted Malaysian percussionist (and Fulbright Scholar) Lewis Pragasam, on Spirit…
August 9, 2019
Randy Tico: Earth Dance (1990)
Don’t stop, can’t stop, the dance. Something else to fill your expanding Balearic canon: Randy Tico’s Earth Dance. Not quite jazz, world…
August 6, 2019
Steve Kindler and Teja Bell: Dolphin Smiles (1987)
I’ve stopped commenting about album covers but I really should pick that thread again. Just look at Andrew Annenberg’s glorious artwork for…
July 30, 2019
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
Henry Kawahara (ヘンリー川原): Bamboo Garden (バンブー ガーデン) (1992)
Can I say something? I’m beginning to empathize more with the creative mindset of one Henry Kawahara than with one of Hiroshi…
July 19, 2019