FOND/SOUND

Album of the Month June 5, 2018 by Diego Olivas Larry Levan Featuring Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gwen Guthrie, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson: Padlock (Special Mixes) (1983)

Life is something special, isn’t it? That’s something you can palpably feel in the music of Larry Levan. When he introduced music…

June 5, 2018

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Mix May 9, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix: 11. Many Songs About Love

“Why are there so many songs about love?” that’s the heavy question posited by one Terry Day in “Luv, Luv, Luv”. As…

May 9, 2018

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Album May 1, 2018 by Diego Olivas Romie Singh: Masters (1986)

Romie Singh’s Masters is more than just one killer 12” dub plate surrounded by lord knows what. Masters is a wonderful reminder…

May 1, 2018

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Album April 24, 2018 by Diego Olivas Imagination: Shake It (1980)

From Germany, via the intriguing mind of Düsseldorf-native, multi-instrumentalist Uwe Ziß, comes this unlikely marriage of AOR, balearic, post-disco, funk, R&B, Krautrock,…

April 24, 2018

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Album of the Month April 13, 2018 by Diego Olivas Subliminal Calm: Subliminal Calm (1992)

Whenever I put on Subliminal Calm’s first and only release I immediately think of spring. Featuring a sublime mix of country, dub,…

April 13, 2018

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Album March 20, 2018 by Diego Olivas Terry Day Featuring Laura Davis: Look At Me (1987)

From French record label Nato comes another wonderful batch of Jazz not Jazz. Look At Me, the debut from English multi-instrumentalist Terry Day,…

March 20, 2018

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Mix March 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix 9. Panorama Heaven (Walearic Japan – Vol. 1)

The dream continues…coming in next, but arguably first in its conception, is my mix for Radio Jiro on NTS. In this mix I’ll…

March 6, 2018

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Mix February 2, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mix: 8. Dreaming Of A Dream (Walearic Japan – Vol. 2)

We can affect change or be an effect of change. These ideas, proposed wonderfully in Charles Demuth’s Spring, moved me to take up a…

February 2, 2018

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Album August 9, 2017 by Diego Olivas 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

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Album August 2, 2017 by Diego Olivas Alain Chamfort: Amour, Année Zéro

I almost hate myself for sharing this. It’s like eating a slice of sublime dark chocolate cake, followed by a full…

August 2, 2017

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Album of the Month July 11, 2017 by Diego Olivas African Head Charge: Songs of Praise (1990)

We might not all be able to know the way to get on that righteous path but there are signals that could…

July 11, 2017

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Album May 10, 2017 by Diego Olivas Sly and Robbie: Language Barrier (1985)

I’m looking at the liner notes to Sly & Robbie’s Language Barrier right now. Performances by Afrika Bambaataa, Bernie Worrell, Mikey Chung, Manu Dibango,…

May 10, 2017

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