Kishi Bashi - Sonderlust (10th Anniversary) (CD) Gilberto

Kishi Bashi - Sonderlust (10th Anniversary) (CD) GilbertoCOMPACT DISC (CD) A decade ago, Kishi Bashi found himself creatively and emotionally depleted after years of touring behind his acclaimed albums 151a and Lighght. The orchestral exuberance that once defined his sound had begun to fade, leading him to question his artistic purpose. Out of that exhaustion came Sonderlust (2016), a deeply personal reinvention marked by vulnerability, analog warmth, and spiritual honesty. Stepping away from ornate violin

and if I like the sound

with touches of psychedelia

no words better capture the music's approach

Tradewinds

packaged with a blue metallic ink outer sleeve and full color sleeve

I think it's just important to step back from what you normally do

Ornette Coleman's debut album Something Else

9 Little Things

it begins with an existential crisis

The quartet's Latin American roots seep in throughout the LP's silky psychedelic flourishes but especially on single "Maria

including an alternate take of "Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes"

executed in July and September 1968