Space is a critical aspect of producer MPEG-7’s latest song, “Rain Grain.” Not silence, as sound is present at all points of the song, but MPEG-7 lets skittery beats and keyboard lines hang out exposed early on, slowly letting more elements creep in to the fidgety electronic number. Eventually, the song bursts open, thumping ahead…
Many newer women rappers (but not all) in Japan today operate in a whisper-like voice, a topic most certainly worthy of an essay or two (quick aside: I mostly come back to MCpero telling me that she wishes she was a man, to rap better). Beyond thinkpiece-ready topics, it also means a lot of it…
This is as simple a track you are going to see around these parts, but done so well as to transform it into a big, gooey gumball of a song lasting for just about two minutes. Yokohama producer Estl takes parts of Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” — particularly a few notable vocal yelps from Mars…
The latest from Tokyo’s LLLL moves away from clearly identifiable vocals in favor of playing around with the human voice as instrument. “Mahou” is a rumbling number featuring the synthesizers the project has long fancies, the sort that add a sense of melancholy to the track as a whole even when everything drops out for…
Both members of KiWi shared new songs tonight, a nice reminder to anyone who enjoys the duo’s Adam’s Family EDM that both are accomplished artists in their own right. Cor!s’ “Firefly” is a sweet number doubling as a floor-filler, the lyrics considering the transience of relationships and what it takes for something to last…but backed…