Various Artists: Ten Plants (1998)
When I think of summer, when I think of the vibrancy of this season, I think of albums like the Ten Plants…
June 13, 2024
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Master Mind (マスターマインド): Odyssey (オデッセイ) (1995)
While this blog may seem like it looks backward, it is actually in service of looking forward. I firmly believe that exploring…
June 6, 2024
Yow Okazaki (岡崎葉): Damage (ダメージ) (1995)
If you’re like me, sometimes all it takes is one listen to feel that a certain album or artist should have made…
May 30, 2024
HARIYO (ハリヨ): Hariyo Remixe’s (1994)
Trance Nature Sounds. I feel like anything I say about Hariyo Remixe’s might not do justice to the music as clearly as…
May 23, 2024
Jimi Chen (陳世興): Discovering Arts Behind The Mountains 發現後山的藝術 (1994)
The chirp of crickets, a babbling brook, the melodies of a songbird, certain things trigger a sense of new life or of…
May 8, 2024
Martin Destrée: Entre Chien Et Loup (1990)
If you can, allow me one more diversion for the year. In my last post, I finally found words to describe what…
April 12, 2024
Max Meazza: Nightime Call (1986)
As a writer, I try to remain as objective as possible and not inject too much of myself into what I review.…
April 5, 2024
Miguel Bosé: XXX (1987)
As I write this post, my mind goes back to the ideas posited in Claire Dederer’s new book, “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma”.…
April 2, 2024
hyym: 魂の門～ダンテ「神曲」より (Tamashii no Mon ~ Dante “Shinkyoku” Yori) (1992)
First off: a huge tip of my hat to fellow F/S blog reader, Victor Hsu Jui-Ting, for cluing me to today’s album…
February 23, 2024
Diethelm & Famulari: Diethelm/Famulari (1984)
No joke, I too sometimes feel puzzled as you might be with what gets shared on this blog. On a regular day,…
February 20, 2024
Forest (森林): Neutral Point (中性点)(1991)
Often, if possible, I make an effort to read original liner notes to any of the albums I share. I do so…
February 6, 2024
Silvia Iriondo: Silvia Iriondo (1990)
Few artists have done quite as much to advance the idea of a “nuevo canción” quite like Argentina’s Silvia Iriondo. Yet, perhaps,…
January 30, 2024