FOND/SOUND

Album of the Month November 22, 2019 by Diego Olivas Shiho Yabuki (矢吹紫帆): New Meditation (1990)

Let’s hope this post posits something with clarity. You see, yours truly, has been mightily under the weather this week and propping…

November 22, 2019

Album of the Month September 20, 2019 by Diego Olivas Hiroki Miyano (宮野弘紀): D / I/ V /E /R /G /E (分岐点) (1988)

And now some jazz… *Quietly watches all my readers’ eyes glaze over*. For those who can appreciate the bigger “jazz” picture, here’s…

September 20, 2019

We all have our palette cleansers. For me, musically, it’s “acoustic” music. I know I have a large readership that appreciates the…

September 17, 2019

We’re back in the thick of it. Divining that perfect balance of nature and melody, Satoshi Sumitani now joins us in this…

August 30, 2019

Album of the Month August 2, 2019 by Diego Olivas Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link (水口博也): Dolphin (1993)

There’s a moment in Hiroya Minakuchi + Missing Link’s Dolphin that never ceases to take my breath away: a minute into “The…

August 2, 2019

Someone’s going to look back at this post and wonder: “why the hell did this guy write so much about what amounts…

January 18, 2019

Album of the Month January 11, 2019 by Diego Olivas Tomoyuki Asakawa (朝川朋之): Relaxation Music Harp and Wave(1991)

This next one, for me, has been pretty special ever since I received it. It took me a while to pinpoint why…

January 11, 2019

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

Illustration by Laura Gomez By fits and starts I struggled, for some reason, to create this latest mix for NTS. I had so…

November 6, 2018

Illustration by Laura Gomez I think, no undertaking is ever as enriching if isn’t done with a purpose in mind. For myself,…

September 7, 2018

Review March 30, 2018 by Diego Olivas Fumio Miyashita: Tenkawa Isuzu (1986)

You always begin with a blank canvas. Then, you fill it with as many colors and shapes you need. Ending with a…

March 30, 2018

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