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
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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
Ryokyu Endo: Song Of Pure Land (1994)
So very lovely. Forgive me if some of you are expecting something more experimental, electronic, or whatever else now. Me, I just…
November 16, 2018
R. Carlos Nakai with Wind Travelin’ Band, Shonosuke Ohkura, Oki Kano: Island Of Bows (1994)
Streams of understanding, via spiritual land bridges, or how a Navajo-Ute found a musical connection with Japanese sonorities/tradition. Somehow, I feel a…
November 8, 2018
Michiko Akao: Yokobue (1983)
I’m afraid people might get the wrong impression when they listen to the opening track from Michiko Akao’s Yokobue. What’s there to…
October 26, 2018
Ric Kaestner: Music For Massage II (1987)
Trying to revisit something I wrote about and remember quite vividly, at the time I wrote it, presents two opportunities: the first…
October 23, 2018
Milky Way: Quarter Diary (1989)
Oh, the joys and pains of promoting private press records. First of all, a huge debt of gratitude is extended to one…
October 19, 2018
Jo Lemaire + Flouze: Pigmy World (1981)
An album that was born to be loved but remains surprisingly unfound, is the worst kind of album to introduce a band…
October 16, 2018
Mix. 16: Pari Shōkōgun – Japanese French Pop Music 1981-1992
For my first show with French broadcaster LYL Radio I felt obliged to engage in a bit of navel-gazing. I began by…
October 9, 2018
Mix: 14. Otoño de Nuevo – Argentinian Fusion From the ’80s and ’90s. (Guest Mix by Chris J. Morris)
Guest Mix by Chris J. Morris Editor’s Note: For those who’ve ventured to the FOND/SOUND Facebook group our guest for today’s mix, Chris…
September 28, 2018
Slagerij Van Kampen: A Long Walk On A Short Pier (1989)
Those drums! Slagerij Van Kampen’s A Long Walk On A Short Pier is a must have for those who appreciate purely percussive…
September 18, 2018
Mushi & Lakansyel: Koté Ou (1983)
There’s something special about Haitian zouk music, if you look in the right place. Mushi & Lakansyel’s Koté Ou, much like the…
August 21, 2018