Miguel Braga: Ritual (1990)
I’ll be one of the first to admit this: intriguing album designs draw me in. Even in the age of digital artwork,…
October 25, 2022
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Antoine Illouz: Sud (1985)
Jazz. Why even bother? At least, that’s what I ask myself when I choose to share something from that realm. Of all…
August 30, 2022
Michael Atherton: Windshift (1990)
“Inspired ethnological musical exploration from an unlikely source.” — what better way to describe Michael Atherton’s Windshift? Michael Atherton might best be…
June 18, 2019
Uman: Chaleur Humaine (1992)
Uman, pronounced (YOO-mahn), was a unique group. Vacillating from many visions — world music, ambient, jazz, and many uncategorizable things — this…
March 12, 2019
Hideki Mitsumori (光森英毅): 彩 Colours (1990)
I’m at a loss what to classify the late, great Hideki Mitsumori’s 彩 Colours as. It’s obviously heavily indebted to world music…
March 8, 2019
Do’ah: World Dance (1988)
A call to worship, that’s what do’a, the original Arabic-Persian name for New Age group Do’ah means. World Dance by Do’ah slots…
March 5, 2019
Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia (1990)
Deep, deep, earth music from Tsutomu Ōhashi and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi crew. A macrosymphony composed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan, 1990,…
April 14, 2017
Apsaras: Apsaras (1984)
How do you classify a six-piece Japanese band like Apsaras? Their debut album Apsaras definitely covers a ton of bases. Let’s count all the genres…
January 18, 2017
Sylvan Grey: Recurring Dream: Music For Kantele (1989)
If one would pick up a practice as a musician, one wouldn’t normally pick up the kantele as a focus. Of Finnish…
October 31, 2016