Sapporo seems to be having a moment right now. Electronic artists from that northern city have been getting more and more exposure as of late, names like Ninja Drinks Wine and Jealousguy popping up on electronic-leaning comps regularly over the past year. Osaka’s INNIT held a special event in the city recently, and producer PARKGOLF remixed a song for American artist spazzkid. New collective Pipe Dream, then, comes at the perfect moment. It’s stated goal is to bring together and share electronic music from Sapporo, and they’ve released their first compilation album doing just that. It features some of the names that have become regulars on online releases – PARKGOLF, naturally, shows up with the skittery “Granita,” anchored by a vocal sample that goes “just like me baby,” except more hiccup like. Jealousguy and Ninja Drinks Wine also do what they do best. Yet some less known names also show up, and showcase some intriguing material. Water Field gives us the appropriately shimmering “Crystal Night,” while Buddhahouse offers some restraint to an often busy collection with “Aquarium.” The best cut belongs to DJ YEN, though, because his 8-bit-featuring beat features a real singer, Naoka Toyama, an addition that makes “Raining” more fleshed out. Get the thing here, or listen below.
