With Native Rapper, it isn’t just about what he’s rapping about — the Kyoto artist’s songs seem just as interested in pushing the sounds of words, pitching and slowing them down and turning his voice into Play-Doh. Newest song “Motor Pool” thrives on this, Native Rapper gleefully manipulating his voice over a relatively laid-back beat,…
Sapporo producer Parkgolf is up to…something. He’s written “coming soon” in the description for latest song “Crush On,” which is in and of itself plenty to keep fans of the lightspeed artist content before whatever is next…makes itself clear. “Crush On” is loaded up with pitch-shifted vocals, the beat approaching juke territory but never quite…
After a year that has seen the wide-spread release of an album and a stint in Los Angeles, DYGL look to close out 2016 with a new single. “Waste Of Time” is a shambling rock number, delivered in English and featuring a slightly tipsy vibe that seems to look back at the past, both lyrically…
One of our most anticipated albums of the fall is now out, and it delivers. In The Blue Shirt’s Sensation Of Blueness is a display of sliced-up vocal gymnastics, bite-size bits of singing tumbling over itself at a quick pace, but backed up by soft woodwind sounds and relatively pillowy beats on cuts such as…
Earlier this year, producer Jun Kamoda released an EP called The Clay via New York party/imprint Mister Saturday Night. For a while, it was only clips…so I passed over writing about it. Well, turns out you can now hear the whole thing, so go do that. But Kamoda also has a new song ahead of…