And a long due one: Libertăţii from 1989 by Disparition, a deeply emotional overview of the Romanian revolution. This album is, to my knowledge, the only significant artistic account of this event. It’s in the class of “Vangelis – Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit“. Wish u were there.

Sowiesoso from Sowiesoso (1987), by Cluster. Wish u were there.

I’m Romanian, so that makes me a byzantine European, that is, inclined to chit chat at the street corner. Here’s my 2 cents:
I lived and worked in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, between 1999 and 2002. In less than six months I had a strong feeling I don’t belong to this culture. This feeling is standardly [...]