Mix Mix June 27, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mix: 77. Verão Em Calcutá Summer. There’s just something about hearing that word, about living in that season, that brings a certain urgency in me. It’s the… June 27, 2023
Album Album of the Month June 16, 2023 by Diego Olivas Michelle Hart (ミシェル·ハート): Mish (1988) I know some have posted this question to me before: “How do you pick what to share on the site?” I wish… June 16, 2023
Album Album of the Month June 13, 2023 by Diego Olivas Teresa Carpio (杜麗莎): 心己许 (Tokyo Dreaming) (1986) “I was born to sing” – so graces the words of Teresa Carpio, to the Japanese-version of her powerful pan-Asian debut, 心己许… June 13, 2023
Album Album of the Month June 9, 2023 by Diego Olivas Tomoki Kanda (神田朋樹): 「Interstellar Interlude」(2012) Sometimes, I think we’re all in need of some kind of palette cleanser. At the cusp of summer, the urge is to… June 9, 2023
Mix Mix May 30, 2023 by Diego Olivas Mix: 76. Beautiful Sunday (美しい日曜日) How’s everyone doing? If you’re like me, perhaps, things are looking up. When I was going back a week or two thinking… May 30, 2023
Album Album of the Month May 12, 2023 by Diego Olivas Minako Honda (本田 美奈子): Oversea (オーヴァーシー) (1987) While I was writing about “Korea’s Madonna”, mentally, my mind going elsewhere, as well, thinking about that other Madonna: the late, great,… May 12, 2023
Album Album April 14, 2023 by Diego Olivas Nokko (のっこ): I Will Catch U. (アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー) (1993) Much like y’all, I’m apt to “feel the room”. And my friends, it’s awfully nice outside. I’m peering outside: the sun shining,… April 14, 2023
Album 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