One of the early highlights of 2018 in Japanese music has been Oyubi’s My Fingers album, released by Omoide Label near the start of March. The producer now offers what I’m sounds like a palette cleanser of sorts after the at-times abrasive My Fingers, offering another side to the artist. Oyubi still sticks to juke…
Tokyo duo ELLEH recently jumped up to a English label — Rare Cut Records — and offered up the third part in their Anthems series last Friday. It starts off with the strongest moment, the previously shared “Everything You Ever Needed,” which still wows with its dizzying climax. While that lead off teases catharsis, the…
Busy weekend as usual — electronic artists love dropping new tracks on days off, huh? — so let’s dive in to a few highlights. Osaka juke creator Hiroki Yamamura ventures into more elastic and funky territory with “Mimosa,” his latest. The familiar skittery beats come through clearly, as is the persistent energy that defines his…
Producer and roman-numerals-aficionado T4CKY created one of 2017’s more promising debuts in the form of XIX. Now they continue flashing their potential with two new songs. “I” is the one that is more readily available to all, as it is up on SoundCloud (and you can hear it above). It’s a touch more restrained, opening…
Let’s call it spring cleaning, if you will. Kyoto-based singer/songwriter There Is A Fox’s album After Image has been out for a whole month now, but today feels like the right day to write about it, with the weather feeling warm and pleasant (and, uhhhh, I remembered I made a note to write about it…but…