FOND/SOUND

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 October 28, 2022 by Diego Olivas Joe Hisaishi (久石譲): Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi 『あの夏, いちばん静かな海』(1991)

Fall is something else, isn’t it? As beautiful as the season is – simply one look outside can affirm this – there’s…

October 28, 2022

Album

Album of the Month October 7, 2022 by Diego Olivas Anna Banana (アンナ・バナナ): 大きな絵 (Big Picture) (1991)

She didn’t have to do this, yet, nevertheless, she persisted. That’s the refrain bopping in my head as I go through Anna…

October 7, 2022

Mix

Mix September 20, 2022 by Diego Olivas Mix: 69. Seaside In The Twilight

Once again I’m ending back at the beginning. Nothing quite occupies my headspace than preparing one last “summer” mix to share. And…

September 20, 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

Album

Album of the Month July 1, 2022 by Diego Olivas Keishi Urata (浦田恵司): 世界の果て (Final Frontier) (1989)

Talk about worlds within worlds. Isn’t that the essence of Keishi Urata’s 世界の果て (Final Frontier)? It’s about combining electronically-imagined sound atmospheres with…

July 1, 2022

Album 音

Album of the Month September 24, 2021 by Diego Olivas Various Artists: Lover’s Hawaii (ラバーズ・ハワイ) (1995)

I almost hate to share this compilation dubbed Lover’s Hawaii not because I’m not eternally grateful for Francis, sometime Fond/Sound guest contributor,…

September 24, 2021

Mix