Terese De Sio: Sindarella Suite (1988)
There’s something I really admire about Naples’ own Teresa De Sio’s way of thinking. When I went around digging through interviews to…
January 14, 2020
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Tag: sophisti-pop
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Yuki Saito (斉藤 由貴): Love (1991)
I have a confession to make. I have a distinct aversion to “girl” singers. I like my male singers to sound like…
January 10, 2020
Andy Davis: Clevedon Pier (1989)
The changing of decades always seem to introduce truly amazing albums that fall through the cracks. Be it because they are caught…
January 7, 2020
Kip Hanrahan: Days And Nights Of Blue Luck Inverted (1987)
American Clavé. What a name. Kip Hanrahan is one of those musicians that deserves, mightily, to be a large household name, but…
November 19, 2019
Mix 23. Stronger Than Pride
I always found it odd that a musical style tailor made for our generation is both a) little-known (outside of Anglophile circles)…
March 22, 2019
KEDGE: Complete Samples (1988)
And now for some early magic from notable J-Pop producer and songwriter Keiichi Tomita aka Tomita Lab. Complete Samples by KEDGE, for…
March 15, 2019
Paradigm Shift: The Rain Child And The River King (1986)
Seems like the perfect time to sneak this one through ye olde FOND/SOUND blog. Led by Makoto Matsushita, proud creator of one…
July 20, 2018
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin: Up From The Dark (1986)
I think the right phrase for this one is: “all my Christmases came at once”. Never before had I thought I’d be…
May 8, 2018
南佳孝, 観, 太田建: 882 Studio (1985)
These are the kinds of records that just mean the world to me. They’re the ones so full of potential, yet profoundly…
October 24, 2017
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
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