I’ve been thinking a lot about samples recently — mainly, the dilemma that so many artists stir up in me when they create songs that are just slightly edited versions of obscure tracks. On the one hand, it seems lazy and obscures the original. On the other…this has always been part of dance music, and…
Ami Kawai is half of Tokyo band She Talks Silence, and she also has a solo project under the name Prince Graves. Her first full-length album, Half Awakening, comes out on May 24, and ahead of it she has shared the hypnotic “Secret Valley.” It’s a lithe number, centered around repeated words and small electronic…
Wasabi Tapes just keeps on bringing the textural bliss. The label’s latest release comes from Woopheadclrms, and it is 20 tracks of frantic, tactical noise, featuring rushing water mixed with sudden synth twists (“Bonfire”) and instructional voices clashing with bell chimes (“Misonikomi”). Kamechiyo sounds a bit more anarchist than other sound explorers like Toiret Status…
Since helping launch Beta Pack a while back, producer Broken Haze has embraced a piston-pounding, all around aggressive sound that seemingly draws inspiration from the world of cars. The Nizmo EP is the latest exploration of this HD-like approach to hard-hitting dance, featuring four new songs full of trunk-rattling beats and shiny synthesizer notes. Opener…
Ahead of a few opening gigs with Liima, Noah has shared a new song called “Back.” The usual adjectives apply — sparse, delicate, fragile, etc etc. — but what stands out is the ability for the song to simply stand on its own. Noah’s work to this point has mostly been centered around EPs and…