Singer G. Rina appeared on one of the highlight songs from Kobe producer Tofubeat’s Lost Decade album last year, the slow-burning “No.1.” She’s just released a new EP, available on iTunes, and first song “Utsusemi” continues the trend of her finding good producers to help her sound even stronger. She worked with Kosmo Kat (recently…
Y T A M manages to set a very specific scene with “Torch Crystal,” or at least she’s managed to make a song that lends itself well to conjuring up landscapes. This song is a slow builder, opening with a faint, glassy beat. Her voice comes in next, singing quickly before the beat finishes up….
Producer Oven Toast Jam gets a lot out of what are, oftentimes, extremely out-there sounds. His latest EP,
In which Foodman – who has spent the last few years pushing music, including but not limited to juke, to its sonic edges – finally shoves it all over the edge. Doguu, released via Sound Of Romances, is his best collection so far in 2014, and it achieves that by getting as scatterbrained as possible….
So much going on recently that it seems necessary to catch up on some of the things that have buzzed by in recent days (and because all of the albums that just arrived online deserve more time to grow). So, here’s some new stuff out of Japan: – Hokkaido producer Parkgolf reworked “Tonight Tonight” by…