Diskotopia’s latest compilation feels a bit chillier than previous offerings from the Tokyo label, with more moments of unease cropping up alongside the usual body-moving flow. These aren’t new moods for anyone associated with the collective, but DSK F/W 2018-2019 Free Compilation comes off as more fitting for the coldest stretch of the years than…
Tokyo label Diskotopia has been releasing free compilations near the end of the year since 2014, and they have thus far been very strong collections gathering producers from and near their universe together. The Fall/Winter 2016-2017 Free Compilation continues that quality tradition, featuring co-founders A Taut Line and BD1982…and their joint project Greeen Linez, whose…
Greeen Linez — featuring Tokyo-based artist Matt Lyne (head honcho at Diskotopia and recording solo as A Taut Line) teaming up with Chris Greenberg of Hong Kong In The 60s — have a new album out on the horizon, and in advance of that they’ve shared a new song called “Findings” via Boiler Room. It…
Greeen Linez – Windswept from Diskotopia on Vimeo. Here’s another one for the ever-growing pile of “albums I really wish I had more time to write about” – dance duo Greeen Linez, whose 2012 Things That Fade was a stellar debut album taking cues from City Pop without ever feeling like a stuffy museum, are…
Over the past year, I’ve gotten a little burned out on found-footage videos. They were charming for a while, but now just feel like forced nostalgia. This attitude, though, clashes with what I think about Greeen Linez’ new song and video “Hibiscus Pacific.” Though the video below relies on VHS-quality footage of old Japanese advertisements…