Producer Buddhahouse is the latest to get in on the summery atmosphere. He shared two new songs last night, highlighted by the tropical delight of “Mango!” It is less “tropical house” and more closer to a sweltering dance number bringing to mind older Halfby, full of tiki-drink synth notes and breezy percussion. Yet Buddhahouse adds…
The word “uneasy” gets wheeled out a lot around these digital parts, and the project that first really got Make Believe Melodies to plunk that one down on WordPress was She Talks Silence. We named the then-solo-project’s debut Noise And Novels as our album of the year in our first year of full publishing, and…
Always nice to see two familiar names join together. Producer Dubb Parade has long been one of the most consistent producers juggling juke, house and techno in Japan in recent years, while netlabel Omoide Label has been a pretty reliable place for underground dance music. They team up for Sigh, a three track set starting…
The group QQIQ always have worked in somewhat secretive ways. Sure, they posted all of their songs to YouTube, so it wasn’t that mysterious, but they rarely shared any pictures of themselves, and the only way to get their albums was to follow a special online ordering process. And the music could carry that same…
Zoom Lens recently released Metempsychosis, a special collaboration with Fakku, which is part compilation and part art book. Would highly recommend getting it, as it includes a lot of great tracks from familiar names (Meishi Smile’s “Angel’s Egg,” The Blinda Butcher’s “Lotus Eaters” and more), plus LLLL’s “If You Say You Love Me Then Die…