Not to dwell on 2014 too much…the new calendar is out, we are all trying to forget the past 12 months happened…but Osaka producer Soleil Soleil’s Sense collection came pretty close to bum rushing our personal top-20 album list, probably existing at like, 23 or 24 for those who love specific rankings. He’s off to…
One of my resolutions for 2015 is to keep an eye on Suiyoubi No Campanella, a rapper who I totally zoned over in 2014 despite her releasing a bunch of good songs. I didn’t listen to any of them before someone suggested her “Momotaro” for The Singles Jukebox in December…and I was floored. What Suiyoubi…
Here’s another album to get excited for in 2015 — DJ Obake, a producer who in recent years has become best known for being the production half of the J-pop duo Her Ghost Friend, will release his new album H on January 8 via American imprint Zoom Lens. The first taste of that one can…
Producer Yasutaka Nakata is going to have a busy first quarter in 2015, highlighted by a new album from his Capsule project. In advance of Wave Runner’s February 18 release, a “Mega-Mix Movie” has been released, featuring snippets of the songs on the duo’s latest full-length. The preview confirms that Nakata and vocalist Toshiko Koshijima…
Always worth interrupting a writing hiatus to mention that Tokyo’s i-fls has a new album out online. And this one takes on special meaning as it is the Garageband-leaning producers first full-length since the first half of 2014, which feels like quite the vacation for an artist who used to get new music out at…