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
Review Review July 27, 2018 by Diego Olivas Seigen Ono: The Green Chinese Table (1988) This one is a bit special. Last we heard from Seigen, he was introducing us to his very jazz-influenced take on Japanese… July 27, 2018
Album 音 Album April 3, 2018 by Diego Olivas Shadowfax: The Dreams Of Children (1984) Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with Shadowfax’s The Dreams Of… April 3, 2018
Album Album of the Month January 5, 2018 by Diego Olivas Killing Time: Irene (1988) It is with great joy that I’ve decided to share Killing Time’s Irene. Undoubtedly one of the toughest groups to describe on… January 5, 2018
Album 音 Album February 22, 2017 by Diego Olivas Takami – 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ [Tenshi Kou] (1983) We’re in the wilderness now. If nothing puts you there, Takami’s 天使行 Y. De Noir Ⅱ will. Playing out like a modern Japanese update… February 22, 2017
Album 音 Album February 6, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mind Over Matter: Music For Paradise (1987) traight from Duisburg, Germany comes the impressive debut from Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock (otherwise known as Cosmic Hoffmann) on Klaus Schulze’s wonderful Innovative Communication record… February 6, 2017
Album 音 Album February 3, 2017 by Diego Olivas Orquesta de las Nubes: Manual de Usuario (1987) rquesta de las Nubes, The Cloud Orchestra, isn’t really an orchestra, that we know for sure. What it is is a trio of… February 3, 2017
Album 音 Album December 21, 2016 by Diego Olivas Interior: Design (1987) What happens when a Japanese minimalist band gets signed to the American New Age juggernaut that is Windham Hill? Led by Daisuke… December 21, 2016
Album 音 Album of the Month March 11, 2015 by Diego Olivas Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (1991) Belatedly, it appears that the best is yet to come. Truly no other month can be as trying, and as most worthy… March 11, 2015
Review 音 Review March 6, 2015 by Diego Olivas Talk Talk: I Believe In You (1988) Talk Talk – 1988 Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. In 1988, Tim Pope and Mark Hollis set out to create a… March 6, 2015
Review Review January 26, 2015 by Diego Olivas Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Air á Danser (1981) Now, this is the right time to bring Simon Jeffes’s Penguin Cafe Orchestra back again. Back in 1976, no one was quite… January 26, 2015
Review 音 Review January 23, 2015 by Diego Olivas The Durutti Column: Never Known (1981) The Durutti Column – 1980 Now we’re rounding out to the present. We’re heading into the realm where English folk music goes… January 23, 2015