The debut set from Chiba’s Yuigot features a lot of familiar sounds — both in a literal dude-is-sampling-Super-Mario way and a more big-picture style, wherein the two original tracks on Pop Avenue feature a lot of hallmarks of, well, a certain sort of sound found frequently on SoundCloud. Parts of it seem a bit superfluous,…
A few new songs appeared online over the weekend, from a pair of rising producers in Japan, so let’s make a little space for them, shall we? – As mentioned before, Madegg is set to drop an album, New, in early November. He’s shared a song from that collection recently called “Dragon,” which you can…
The end of the year is fast approaching (!!!), so let’s take a moment to appreciate all that Fukuoka’s Yesterday Once More label did in 2015. They’ve been one of the consistently solid electronic imprints over the past 12 months, with some really stellar works put out. One of those was Shigge’s SunLimeJuice, and now…
Few better ways to start a new week than with a fresh track from Avec Avec, especially one as easygoing as “Silkroad.” The Osaka producer has long made the most of space in his music, but “Silkroad” is especially spacious, every detail allowed room to whirr off. It grows in intensity as it progresses, but…
The first six albums on the best-selling page for “Japan” on Bandcamp feature zero Japanese artists, at the time I’m writing this. At least that’s how it seems — this Atlanta metal band’s latest is being released by a Japanese label, so that at least makes sense, and I’ll err on the side of caution…