Considering that end-of-the-year content starts appearing in late November now, it seems like now might be an OK time to start sorta thinking back on 2014…despite the fact that 1. this blog’s top two picks for an album of the year list came out this month and 2. Homecomings still have a release out on…
OK, now this is more like the House Of Tapes I remember. The Nagoya producer recently released a short EP that found him moving towards more vaporous, beat-removed sounds and it sounded like a welcome diversion from his usual suffocating bang-bang. “Strange Mercury” returns to that, though, and is strong reminder that House Of Tapes…
First off – and this ties in a bit – here’s a shameless plug for the intro to Japanese netlabels I wrote for Pitchfork. Chances are if you read this blog semi-regularly, you’ve been exposed to music from most of those digital imprints…but check it out! One label featured is Trekkie Trax, a burgeoning collective…
A quick check in from Tokyo’s White Wear, one of the artists falling under the CUZ ME PAIN umbrella. And it is a brief check in with “A Witness,” a just-over two minutes featuring a distorted vocal sample, some clattering and a general atmosphere of unease. Listen above.
Tokyo outfit LLLL released one of our favorite albums of 2014 with Paradice, released via American label Zoom Lens. Now, that imprint is planning to release a new remix album of Paradice on December 16 called Paradice: Revisited By Friends And Lovers. And Make Believe Melodies is excited to announce that we will be premiering…