FOND/SOUND

Album of the Month August 26, 2022 by Diego Olivas Mitsuhiro (光氷櫓): 霞と霧 / Haze × Fog (1995)

You know, sometimes as I choose to share a bit of music, what strikes me to do might be things that might…

August 26, 2022

We’re still sailing along aren’t we? Hopefully, aiming towards more easy-going, yet surprisingly deep waters. It’s all to reveal sights and sounds,…

August 19, 2022

Blue. What does the color “blue” sound like? I don’t believe that’s a question I (or others) easily answer. Barriers to sensation,…

July 29, 2022

Album of the Month May 13, 2022 by Diego Olivas 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

Album of the Month May 6, 2022 by Diego Olivas Shinsuke Honda (本多信介): 渓流 (Keiryū) (1985)

A wiser person than me once said: serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint or he that plants trees, loves others beside himself.…

May 6, 2022

“Now, we’re all under stress. What music do you need to get rid of it? You can find it with this.” –…

April 8, 2022

I hate to say this but this review might be one of the lighter ones. Not because of the album itself –…

December 17, 2021

Would you mind if I share something simply for no other reason than: it’s beautiful? From the packaging to the music, I…

October 22, 2021

Mix September 14, 2021 by Diego Olivas Mix: 56. Shinsuke Honda – Special (本多信介)

It’s time to count my blessings. The first one, of course, is that I have this platform to share what I think…

September 14, 2021

How many of you love being outdoors? Even if it’s just me, I can completely empathize with the mindset being explored by…

August 20, 2021

Album of the Month July 2, 2021 by Diego Olivas mar-pa (マーパ): finale (フィナーレ) (1988)

The Universe. It’s not often one turns on an instrument and gets presented with such a thing. Yet, the [Universe] was the…

July 2, 2021

Trigger warning: “Good morning. It’s 5 o’clock, from the J-WAVE Singin’ Clock…” J-WAVE 時報コレクション My apologies to all of you who’ve grown…

May 28, 2021

Tag: healing music