Not going to lie – footwork-maker Weezy’s new album On Nukes caught my attention from the rows of new Bandcamp releases because of the title. The general lack of socially aware music in Japan…especially on the always hot-button issue of nuclear energy/weapons, a topic that became relevant once again earlier this month following North Korea’s…
Bobcat – the presumably new (?) alias of Osaka’s Cloudy Busey, a.k.a Bob from Ice Cream Shout – recently uploaded his first new song of 2013, on the heels of a 2012 that saw him put out a lot of great material, capped off by an excellent mixtape. “I Was Fallin” is a straightforward slice…
There are several angles one could approach “Winter Valentine” from. It finds Vocaloid-favoring producer mus.hiba teaming up with Brighton-based musician and video-game-music composer Calum Bowen, and is just the latest in a wave of Japanese artists hooking up with overseas artists for various enterprises (see i-fls and, uh, mus.hiba working with Zoom Lens, or Cokiyu…
The Music Alliance Pact brings together blogs from over 30 countries, with each one sharing one artist from their respective location. This month on MAP, we’ve chosen Kyoto’s Hotel Mexico, one of the finest bands going in Japan today. Listen to their “A.I. In Dreams”…and a bunch of other good tunes…below. Click the play button…
Lot to report out of the Kansai electronic music scene this week, starting with Kyoto producer Madegg’s newly released Alone Breath To My Family EP. It’s a collection of his wonkiest productions to date – late cut “Moviesound,” in particular, is among the most off-the-wall song he’s ever put together – yet still defined by…