Lots of good releases over the weekend, here’s a round-up of the highlights! — Yunomi has his sound — jacked-out dance music colliding with pastel cuteness — and he isn’t deviating from it anytime soon. And while I’m sure cheery bass drops aren’t going to charm forever, he still manages to turn Happy Kuru Kuru’s…
I’m always up for electronic tracks that, to some degree, constrict the listener tightly. Karen Felixx’s “Mad Edge” does just that, the techno number leaning close to the House Of Tapes approach where, despite a present melody and nice beat, the whole song gets turned into a crusher. Distortion and moments where the volume is…
Wasabi Tapes have been at the forefront of Japanese artists exploring and embracing the wonder of sound, from the high-definition collage blitz of DJWWWW and Toiret Status to the hypnotic affects of pachinko. Their latest offering comes from a project called Nikkei — aiming for my journalistic side — and finds them more directly approaching…
You can find plenty of Japanese electronic music full of chimes and other cuddlier musical elements, and a lot of it is very good, but something about the wave of “kawaii bass” that leaves me wanting a bit more is in terms of ambition. Very few of these songs push themselves to go further out…
The Pats Pats are a Tokyo duo who have been kicking around for a few years, releasing catchy indie-pop skippers with a garage-rock vibe. Still, for me at least, the recently shared “Make Up!” from their first album The Pats Pats (out today), is the one that has been stuck in my head the most…