Yukihiro Fukutomi (福富幸宏): POST ( ポスト) (1993)
Listening to Yukihiro Fukutomi’s music takes me back to a different time. It reminds me of the first time I encountered Japanese…
April 19, 2024
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Leila White (レイラ・ホワイト): Endless Dream (エンドレス・ドリーム) (1995)
I have a belief: whenever history fails you, find some poetry. I say this because, unfortunately for us, there is little oral…
March 15, 2024
Ikko (川井郁子): #2 (ニ) (1995)
We all make decisions on what we share with others. Sometimes what we hide might run the gamut of what we feel…
December 15, 2023
Mellyana: Beatify (1992)
It seems one of the ongoing mantras for this blog is: “Spring where your seeds grow roots.” A perfect example of this…
December 12, 2023
Nina Catarina: Acordei Com Preguiça (1994)
First off: a huge thank you for Sara Mautone for cluing me in to this album. I say this, because when you…
August 15, 2023
Anna Banana (アンナ・バナナ): 大きな絵 (Big Picture) (1991)
She didn’t have to do this, yet, nevertheless, she persisted. That’s the refrain bopping in my head as I go through Anna…
October 7, 2022
Yasué: Cosmic Pandora (1997)
Forgive me for burying the lede but I have to go back to Yassue. For all of those that thought Yassue’s story…
July 30, 2021
Miss A, Yasuko Agawa (阿川泰子): Dancing Lovers’ Nite (1989)
If it’s comfort week for me, it’s more music comfort for y’all. And it doesn’t get any more comfortable than Yasuko Agawa’s…
February 5, 2021
Konk: Jams (1988)
It’s not normal for me to phone it in but these aren’t normal times. Yours truly, in case anyone’s wondering, has been…
February 2, 2021
Michiru Akiyoshi (秋吉みちる): Mangetsu (1991)
More fierce humans to support: Monday Michiru Akiyoshi-Mariano. Where does one start with the wildfly prolific career of Monday? How about the…
December 11, 2020
Hugh Masekela: Techno-Bush (1984)
Rioting, looting, civil disobedience, and protest — nothing is born out nothing, all are born from a vacuum. When those we exploit…
June 2, 2020
EPO: Fire & Snow (1991)
Next, in my continuing series of the redemptive power of house music, I take a look at EPO’s Fire & Snow. I’m…
April 3, 2020