Nagoya’s House Of Tapes has been pretty busy in 2017, thus far. He’s established Sleep Jam Records, put out a tour-only album and prepping a release with his other project Swamp Sounds. Yet he still drops songs on to SoundCloud under the House Of Tapes name, such as the fluttery “Rosemary,” which is a “limited time release.” I tend to talk about how pulverizing House Of Tapes music has been, but really I’m just focused too much on the past — “Rosemary” reminds that as of late he’s on something a bit more twinkly, the song stomping forward but eventually turning into a heavy ambient track for its final stretch. Listen above.
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Pounding: Fellsius’ “Boss House”
I won’t dwell on my workload anymore, but…this extremely busy and active cut from producer Fellsius, released via Trekkie Trax, is welcome at a time when I could use all the energy I can get. The 18-year-old producer based in Tokyo loads up his take on house with as much detail as he can, from birds chirping off to people yelpin’ deeper in the mix. It adds extra juice to a bass-friendly number that already whirlwinds its way through a variety of genre, scooping up ideas from all over and recalibrating them for this heavy-hitting number. Get it here, or listen below.
New Pasocom Music Club: “DONM”
So this week is probably going to be brutal, and posting is probably going to be a bit less than usual as I try to put a lot of things to bed. But I still want to do some quick hit posts daily, even if they aren’t much more than “hey, that song above? Listen to it!” So yeah, here’s a new one from Pasocom Music Club, one of the most intriguing units going in Japan right now. Listen to it!
New Metome: “Koala”
Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.
New LLLL: “Hollow”
The obvious hook is…here is LLLL, with the latest number in his “Chains” series, “Hollow.” Yet the deeper point of interest? After a stretch featuring a wide array of vocalists from Japan and abroad, the project returns to the voice that graced the earliest LLLL releases. It’s a nice, familiar feeling, but critically not a retreat into nostalgia — LLLL has long used a variety of vocalists to occupy his shadowy pop songs, and over the past two years the group has never been defined by a single one. Yet that said…this is the voice that introduced LLLL to the Japanese music community, and hearing her sing over sparse electronics and moments of sparkling escape feels comforting. Listen above.