Osaka producer Nite Body erased almost all of their previous digital footprint, meaning the handful of EPs the smooth, tropical-tinged track maker have vanished from the web forever (for now). Thankfully, Nite Body as a whole isn’t gone, with the shimmering aqua-ambient of “Waters Of Rauresia” coming at just the right time to eliminate any…
The electronic pop unit Learning And Science veer between retro and contemporary across the four songs on their debut EP Learning And Science EP 01. From the opening bleeps of “Dagasiya,” the pair establish a throwback technopop vibe, one indebted to the late ’70s/early ’80s vibe of Yellow Magic Orchestra and the many synth-powered outfits…
Space has always played a central — if not obvious — role in the music Osaka’s Metome builds up. Even at his most frantic on Objet, it was the moments of air between the pitch-shifted samples and bass slaps that made everything connect all the harder. In recent months, Metome has been exploring that space…
An overload of “kawaii” imagery always sets off alarm bells in my head. That can be unfair, but sometimes an overload of anime girl characters on a netlabel’s homepage or artwork makes me think the music is going to be pretty derivative, another producer trying to be Tomggg and not hitting the mark. The Commune310…
In general, the lamest aspect of Vocaloid music culture in Japan is how it seems like few creating music using the singing-synthesizer program actually try to do something out of the ordinary with it. I mean, this is a voice you can do whatever you want, but the bulk of songs popping up online sound…