Osaka producer Mountain has been releasing more and more material via international labels as of late, and now comes an EP released from Dutch company Celsius Recordings. The Teleportation EP features three numbers from the young producer, each zeroing in on their drum ‘n’ bass backbone. Yet the high points come from the moments of…
It’s all a summer stroll until things get blurry. Tokyo’s Cairophenomenons start off crafting a warm-weather indie-pop jaunt on latest song “Water,” with interlocking guitar melodies and a pleasant bounce that evokes a band like Deerhunter (or compatriots Hotel Mexico, at least on more straightforward numbers). It’s pleasant and downright cheery from the right angle….
Producer MPEG-7 has previously caught our attention for more emotionally wrenching electronic numbers. Typically built around synthesizer swirls and samples, it’s a formula that can result in emotionally rich music…but also sometimes drift a bit too much towards lifeless beat making. “Nama-Mono” buzzsaws away from both sides to show off a different side of MPEG-7….
The proliferation of crackly, loop-centric beat tapes seemingly designed to soundtrack anime girl homework sessions has made me hesitant of anything merging sample-centric repetition with drum-machine-generated boom bap. Leave it to an artist closer to Japan’s footwork scene to upend those expectations. Sauceman’s Tori gathers 10 tracks that often rely on a scant amount of…
If all weeks could start with a springy new album courtesy of Foodman, life would probably be easier all around. Well, until that glorious future arrives, savor Mondays like this. The ever-wonky producer put out a new collection with London-based label Plastic Bags titled Pokopoko, which features six songs sporting that same title. Tracks here…