Maki Asakawa: Nothing At All To Lose (1988)
There always come a point in your life when you just have to say: “fuck it”…and lead with your heart. The late…
March 9, 2018
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Ayizan: Dilijans (1984)
Mystical, otherworldly, Haitian rara and vodun funk from composer Alix Pascal. Under the group Ayizan, Alix moved away from his earlier beginnings…
December 12, 2017
Mix: 7. Only Love
I was going to write about how much I appreciate all of you, the readers, who keep visiting this blog and give…
November 22, 2017
Santiago: Walking The Voodoo Nights (1979)
Proof positive that maybe the Germans were on to something. In 1979, the independent German music critics’ association bestowed upon Santiago’s Walking…
November 17, 2017
Yukako Hayase: 薔薇のしっぽ Roses’ Tails (1989)
Where does one start with Yukako Hayase? That’s the question I asked myself when debating, for what seemed like forever, what would…
October 20, 2017
Tabo’s Project: Eyes Of A Child (1986)
Other than being a great proponent of why we need paid maternity leave in America, Tabo’s Project Eyes Of A Child is a…
October 6, 2017
The Milky Way: Summertime Love Song (1979)
Pull out your surfboard, put some sangria on ice, and really enjoy this one. A surprisingly unknown masterpiece, and a rare, rare,…
September 1, 2017
Katsutoshi Morizono: 4:17 p.m. (1985)
There’s an appeal to Katsutoshi Morizono’s 4:17 p.m. that can only be heightened, or fully appreciated, during summer, our current time of…
August 9, 2017
Mike Francis: Let’s Not Talk About It (1984)
Now this, this right here, is the promised boogie wonderland. The late Michele Francesco Puccioni’s (aka Mike Francis) 1984 debut is that…
July 21, 2017
Kenji Omura: Gaijin Heaven (1983)
Power can manifest itself in many ways. Power isn’t always in the density of something but in the lightness of it. Kenji…
July 19, 2017
Marju Kuut & Uku Kuut: Zuke (1992)
Funk can sometimes come from the unlikeliest of places. Take for example: Hollywood. Hollywood, and America’s West Coast one could argue, has…
March 6, 2017
Melon: Do You Like Japan? (1982)
assively influenced by American R&B, Do You Like Japan? holds that rare thing for us as listeners: it’s a question posed in the title. Was…
February 10, 2017