Ambient

OKONKOLE Y TROMPA 03 : SATOSHI YAMAMURA

This month podcast is by no other than Satoshi Yamamura, co-funder of Okonkole Y Trompa. If you've ever experience aimless walks in a city - whether you already knew it or were discovering it - then you may be familiar with that feeling triggered by happy discoveries you make unexpectedly, sunbeams giving a bright color to a…Lire la suite OKONKOLE Y TROMPA 03 : SATOSHI YAMAMURA

SAXOPHONE / COMPUTER / ITALY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEyCMKmyseA Riccardo Sinigaglia - Attraverso (Part I) From Riccardo Sinigaglia - Riflessi Released on Auf Dem Nil, 1986, Italy Italian musician and architect Riccardo Sinigaglia studied music at Milan Conservatory with its Maestro of electronic music, Angelo Paccagnini, in the 1970's. He later became a teacher at this prestigious conservatory, where he developed his own vision of that…Lire la suite SAXOPHONE / COMPUTER / ITALY

ESOTERIC GUITAR VOL.2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHlGJmZLhII Forrest Fang - Peru From Forrest Fang - Migration Released on Ominous Thud, 1986, US We never spoke about American ambient on Okonkole Y Trompa, yet. Well it's time to do it ! Forrest Fang is a Chinese American composer who emerges from the "American Cassette Culture" movement (a movement supported by the fanzine and label…Lire la suite ESOTERIC GUITAR VOL.2

DIGITAL DANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K30oJnAQtcE&feature=youtu.be Roberto Musci / Giovanni Venosta ‎– Malangaan From Roberto Musci / Giovanni Venosta ‎– Water Messages On Desert Sand Released on Recommended Records, 1987, UK When you think about 1980's ethnic samples and collages, the first names that more likely pop into your mind are Muslimgauze and African Head Charge, right ? Or maybe you…Lire la suite DIGITAL DANCE

ESOTERIC GUITAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-uPZx6O8s Albert Giménez - Java From Albert Giménez - Escapa ! Released on Filobus Records, 1983, Spain Related to the experimental / industrial band Macromassa from Barcelona, Albert Giménez is a multi-instrumentalist who began to release records under his own name during the early 1980's. On most of his songs, he explores the sounds of…Lire la suite ESOTERIC GUITAR

ACCIDENTAL RECORDINGS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Fk-U90whc Pep Llopis - Muntanyes De Granit From Pep Llopis ‎– Poiemusia La Nau Dels Argonautes Released on Grabaciones Accidentales, 1987, Spain Spanish label Grabaciones Accidentales is amongst the most popular labels for new-age ambient fans. Mainly known for Madrid's balearic super group Finis Africae, it released some of the mot sophisticated pieces of organic…Lire la suite ACCIDENTAL RECORDINGS

DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfN6WJ6w3XM&feature=youtu.be Michael Naura, Wolfgang Schlüter - Argentina From Michael Naura, Wolfgang Schlüter - Country Children Released on ECM, 1980, Germany In the Jazz galaxy, ECM - Edition of Contemporary Music - is a world of its own. With a catalog of more than 1000 albums released since 1969, it's almost impossible to describe the ECM sound;…Lire la suite DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

BIOLOGY / ITALY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBjn0pgbkD4 Elicoide - Mitochondria From Elicoide - Elicoide Released on Moon Record, 1987, Italy Mitochondria is the meeting place of a genre, a place and a period that we are really fond of, and especially when these three dimensions are tied together to give you Italian Ambient from the late 1980's. This track perfectly illustrates that…Lire la suite BIOLOGY / ITALY

WHO OWNS BRASIL ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBsKKWfT9vM Mike Herting ‎– Algodoal From Mike Herting ‎– Wem Gehört Brasilien Released on VeraBra Records, 1990, Germany When it comes to ethereal ambient, it can't get more classy than this song : Badalamenti's synth waves, discrete field recording, and a few notes of guitar... Algodoal is a hidden treasure on German jazz pianist's album…Lire la suite WHO OWNS BRASIL ?