Mix Mix May 3, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mix: 75. Deep Valley (幽谷) When I went about curating my latest mix for LYL Radio, a phrase kept guiding me forward: “atmosphere as culture”. If any… May 3, 2023
Album Album of the Month April 21, 2023 by Diego Olivas Jun Kawabata (川端潤): 『Absolute Elsewhere』(1997) As I start to look ahead, toward future travels, today I’m touching back on an album and an idea that I felt… April 21, 2023
Album Album March 24, 2023 by Diego Olivas Kazuo Uehara (上原和夫 ): ストレス解消の音楽 (Bright Spring) (1990) How does one bridge the span between our past and an uncertain future? If you can put yourself inside the mind of… March 24, 2023
Album Album of the Month March 17, 2023 by Diego Olivas Yukiyo Nakamura (中村幸代): The Arch Of The Heavens (1994) It’s not often you recognize “genius” straight away, yet it’s not often you get to hear such precocious brilliance of the likes… March 17, 2023
Album Album of the Month November 23, 2022 by Diego Olivas Carioca (カリオカ): Pale Moon (ペール・ムーン) (1984) Who knows where the time goes? Because, apparently, lately it’s me. Through some fated collusion of circumstance and consequence, both personal and… November 23, 2022
Album Album November 4, 2022 by Diego Olivas Toshiro Mitsutomi (みつとみ俊郎): Stand By Satie (スタンド・バイ・サティ) (1988) Stand By Satie? It’s pretty hard not to, when a whole slew of musicians – in all styles and genres – have… November 4, 2022
Album Album of the Month October 25, 2022 by Diego Olivas Miguel Braga: Ritual (1990) I’ll be one of the first to admit this: intriguing album designs draw me in. Even in the age of digital artwork,… October 25, 2022
Album Album of the Month October 4, 2022 by Diego Olivas 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
Album Album of the Month September 2, 2022 by Diego Olivas 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
Album 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
Album Album August 23, 2022 by Diego Olivas Nik Tyndall: Horizonte (1986) I’ve got to come clean: I’m one of those people that loves to wake up early. I feel that the hours of… August 23, 2022
Album Album August 19, 2022 by Diego Olivas Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木 茂): くじらの海 (Living Whales) (1991) 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