FOND/SOUND

Disclaimer: you’re not going to hear any music on Jun Kawabata’s Mind Migration (Voyage To The Whale). What you’re hearing on this…

August 1, 2019

Album July 31, 2019 by Diego Olivas Inoue · Akira / Acoustic Meeting (井上鑑): Dolphin (1991)

This is not entirely the way I wanted to introduce everyone to Akira Inoue but I can’t help myself and share Dolphin.…

July 31, 2019

Album July 26, 2019 by Diego Olivas Hajime Mizoguchi (溝口肇): A Pretty Dance (1987)

As long as there is summer and people still want to hear/read about another Hajime Mizoguchi album, I’ll be more than happy…

July 26, 2019

Can I say something? I’m beginning to empathize more with the creative mindset of one Henry Kawahara than with one of Hiroshi…

July 19, 2019

Mix July 12, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mix: 28. Back In The Pool

Sometimes the best ideas come to you on-the-fly. Truth be told, I completely forgot about this month’s mix for LYL Radio. For…

July 12, 2019

Album of the Month July 5, 2019 by Diego Olivas Toshiyuki Honda (本多俊之): Saxophone Music (1986)

I think that just about does it. If you had on your bingo card Toshiyuki Honda to complete the Japanese “saxophonist goes…

July 5, 2019

Album of the Month June 28, 2019 by Diego Olivas Today’s Latin Project: Today’s Latin Project (1983)

A leftfield reimagining of vaunted Afro-Cuban jazz classics, in a new school “futuristic” Japanese Pop style, shouldn’t sound so interesting as it…

June 28, 2019

Album June 21, 2019 by Giacomo Lee Yoshitaka Azuma (東祥高): Asian Wind (1981)

Guest post by Giacomo Lee. The first thing that strikes you about Asian Wind is its sleeve. The striking pink and upside-down…

June 21, 2019

My apologies to my less than trusty Google Translation app, but there are only a few things I can describe as legibly…

June 7, 2019

Coming in clear, not just a message from Min’yō but one of other beautiful Japanese folk traditions from the Muromachi period and…

May 31, 2019

Album of the Month April 12, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mich Live: Message From Heart (1986)

When we last left now Dr. Mitsuru Sawamura, it was 1989 and he had released a wonderful unclassifiable bit of Japanese New…

April 12, 2019

Album of the Month April 5, 2019 by Diego Olivas Everything Play: Everything Play (1992)

As winter gives way to springtime, I thought it would be nice to revisit our Japanese post-New Age friends at Everything Play.…

April 5, 2019

Tag: japan