In a little over a week’s time, Toyomu (mandatory “it is actually all caps, TOYOMU, if you want to know”) shares his debut EP, Zekkei, featuring all original material. This is kind of misleading — more like his first without using any samples, or at least samples he made himself — but the end result…
Look, I’m not going to pretend blogging about music at a deeply weird moment like this is worthwhile, and right now I don’t think music can be much more than pure escapism. But both acts — writing and listening — offers some very slight calm in the face of vast uncertainty (or, like, at least…
Producer Ryuei Kotoge released a new album a couple weeks back, and like his previous work it’s a wonderful experiment in texture. Daydream features songs that bring to mind sandpaper (“Layered,” with its buzzy synth work) and mist (the sparser “Rain”). I could throw adjectives at this music all day, but critically Kotoge knows how…
Tokyo’s LLLL has launched a new project entitled Chains, which will involve the release of a new song every month for the next 12 months, divided into four parts (and featuring an EP compiling three tracks at a time when the moment comes). Kicking it off is the shifty “Dance & Kill,” featuring fellow Zoom…
Here’s a pleasant one for Monday midday — producer LASTorder has a new album out on November 13, and the reflective “Painter’s Novel” offers a first glance of what to expect. The music itself is softer and more worried about backing up guest vocalists Natsuko Yanagimoto, who delivers refined vocals that wrap around the music…