Always up for a mid-day pick-me-up, especially one as woozy as this. Tokyo-based producer Firedrill (aka Tony over at Datafruits) serves up an especially nice treat with “Pastel Coffee,” a synth-driven number that pops and claps forward. It keeps on its toes with constant shifts — not to mention a cavalcade of vocal samples zooming…
The Fader premiered this remix Hokkaido producer Qrion did of Skylar Spence’s “Affairs,” and it’s a good one! Qrion takes the skippy original and slows it down a bit, playing up a drama that was already present in the original (similar to what she’s done with How To Dress Well in the past). It’s a…
This month’s Music Alliance Pact post is here, featuring lots of great music from all around the world. From Japan, we put the spotlight on Boogie Idol’s recent contribution to this wonderful compilation. Listen to it…and many more…below. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download…
Producer mus.hiba has a new EP out at the end of the month, and he’s shared a taste of it with “Heya.” Still central to his music is the voice of Sekka Yufu, generated by a Vocaloid-like software called Utau, and chilliness remains the dominant atmosphere. “Heya” is on the sparse side, crackling forward, and…
Fukuoka’s Breezesquad has been playing around with 8-bit bloops for a while now, and he’s an artist who doesn’t seem content to let video game sounds be the hook alone for his original work. His new Wndrlst EP is a good reminder of his ability to make really engrossing songs from these sources, and how…