FOND/SOUND

about

FOND/SOUND is run by Diego Olivas, based in Lake Forest, Illinois. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. What is FOND/SOUND? It’s my attempt to uncover and share music that has never gotten its just due. For me, it’s the revolutionary, new world music ready to have a special place in your own world. Rather than leave this music in the dustbin of history (most of it out of print and never released in any digital format), let’s revive and sample what we’ve missed. At the end of the day, it’s my hope that with this new bit of communication we will be able to support these same artists and get their name out there, in our own way. What does this blog try to focus on? At the moment it’s new musical styles like: “fourth world”, Balearic, New Age, African, Brazilian, ambient, and J-pop music, with room for much more… User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.