Man, let’s not even get into my productivity on this rainy Tokyo Monday…no greater feeling than spending a day researching something for a story your on deadline for only to realize “wait, this is the worst direction to take it” before starting over completely way too late in the day. Thankfully, Kyoto’s Native Rapper dropped…
Nagoya trio Sweesweesweets follows a line of synth-loving electro-pop acts with a healthy use of vocal affects, now vanished — not just the wave of artists who emerged after Perfume blew up, but also smaller acts such as Root Thumm and Erectricmole. “Frill” is a swirl of twinkling synthesizer and electrified vocals, everything mixing together…
Strangely enough, it now sounds strange hearing Broken Haze’s bright electronic tunes without a voice on top of it. Blame it on the weird glory of “Limo,” which forced AAA’s designated rapper to move at lightspeed, but somehow that one has made an instrumental like “Highway Star” sound like a sudden left turn…despite this being…
Last October, Tokyo producer Chocoholic released “Choco Love” via English label Hex Mania, a number that starts with the familiar sound of Mario before turning into an appropriately sweet direction. Existing in the same tightly packed universe as future bass artists such as Wave Racer, the song overloads on squiggly synths and sudden tempo changes,…
Not to bore you with my life, but gahhhh what a busy week. It’s the sort of seven-day stretch where producer Yoshino Yoshikawa’s ever-chipper music would be oh so welcome and…hey, he just released a new song, “Abandoned Theme Park!” Despite a title that sounds creepy, like those abandoned Six Flags parks, Yoshikawa conjures up…