Endeavour (民藝復興): 極樂 (Elysium) (1992)
There’s a reason that art can transcend time, space, and vocabulary. It does so because it can speak to something innate born…
October 4, 2022
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Masahide Sakuma (佐久間正英): In A Garden (創造の庭で)
Six years. Has it really been that long? Yes, it has been nearly six years since I first wrote about the late,…
September 30, 2022
새바람이 오는 그늘 (The Shade With New Wind): 1집 (1st Album)(1990)
Charming, breezy, and wonderfully multi-layered, those are a few of the many adjectives one can use to describe the sole work by…
September 27, 2022
Yuki Takao (高尾有紀): 水の迷宮 / The Water Labyrinth (1991)
Forgive me if I’m repeating myself, but if I haven’t said it bears I’m saying it now: sometimes I (just like each…
September 2, 2022
Antoine Illouz: Sud (1985)
Jazz. Why even bother? At least, that’s what I ask myself when I choose to share something from that realm. Of all…
August 30, 2022
Koono: Senegal (1989)
Warning: today’s post might be mercifully concise. Not so recently, while scouring through my digital album collection, I spotted this interesting release…
August 9, 2022
Catherine Le Forestier: Music Of Aziza (1980)
You know, sometimes I’m as much of a wanderer as you are. There are stories I’d love to really tell but (try…
August 2, 2022
Santi Vega: Isla Mujeres (1992)
Traveling. That’s all I can think about now. I won’t bore you with too much autobiography but life has been quite stressful…
July 26, 2022
Keishi Urata (浦田恵司): 世界の果て (Final Frontier) (1989)
Talk about worlds within worlds. Isn’t that the essence of Keishi Urata’s 世界の果て (Final Frontier)? It’s about combining electronically-imagined sound atmospheres with…
July 1, 2022
Vital Lima: Vital (1990)
Once again I turn towards an old love of mine, the music of Brazil. Where else can one get that special emotion…
June 28, 2022
Amahoro (アマホロ): Flowering Of The Spirit (いのちの花) (1995)
As I fish my increasingly puzzled brain, trying to suss out words for Amahoro’s Flowering Of The Spirit (いのちの花), I go back…
May 13, 2022
Chen Yang (陳揚): 現代四季 (Modern Four Seasons) (1987)
With flowers blooming and all sorts of greenery coming to life, I think now would be the time to introduce you to…
May 10, 2022