Enji - UlaanFormat : LP Label : Squama Catalog # : SQM017 Genre : Jazz Ambient Enji begins her third album with a stark reminder of her own humanity. I am Ulaan, she utters plainly in her native language of Mongolian, referring to a nickname affectionately given to her by her family. I have to remember who I am, she says, explaining her choice of a spoken monologue. It empowers me. Throughout Ulaan, Enji continues to find new ways to bring out those affirming

casually traversing their own annexed corridor between smooth jazz

While some know him for “The Coffee Cola Song” (with an infectious riff on the one-note bamboo flute reminiscent of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man”)

here again sweet vocals nicely blend with uptempo Rhodes part

Catalog # : RH-STORE JPN 11

California

where he soon became an in-demand player for his distinct and authentic sound

Once he’d completed his studies in 1973

but in fact uses the studio very shrewdly

"Mound" takes us on a beautiful descent into the darkest depths of "calf"

A very obscure deepfunk spin with that splash of modern sound that was so appreciated at the time (I can't actually remember whether it was Ian or Keb that first played this)

Feels good all over

That depth is not about therapeutic self-reflection