It has been more than a year since Sabacan Records shared any new music, but they are back and with this new one from Kokushimusou (the duo of Guchon and Hujiko Pro) that reminds how welcome the netlabel’s wonky releases are. “P.man” lifts samples and the start-up music from Pac-Man to create a rave-up built…
Digital High Life is one of many great little parties scattered across Tokyo, with this particular gathering being part of a constellation of get-togethers featuring DJs and performers pulling from all kinds of genre to create something fun. Digital High Life Compilation offers a nice snapshot of this event, finding creators associated with Digital High…
The ongoing “city pop” revival online tends to place an emphasis on the funk and disco-indebted tunes emerging out of Bubble era Japan. Yet every bit as central to it were genres seen as far less cool in 2019 — jazz, AOR, fusion, the stuff your dad might listen to (give that dad some credit,…
Carpainter made the leap with 2017’s Returning, showing just how sturdy his sleek mutation of U.K. garage and 2-step could be. Declare Victory serves somewhat as…well, victory lap (or maybe “victory reminder”) while also letting a few new twists into his rattling style. The bulk of this release sticks to what Carpainter has done so…
Seasunsalt is a project hitting on all of Make Believe Melodies’ favorite elements, to a point where a more paranoid version of myself would think some algorithm generated Ect to make me roll out all the words I already use too much. This is fidgety, at-times uneasy dance-pop featuring bright synth notes and off-kilter beats…