So I guess everyone wants to put their compilation albums out there this week. Alongside FOGPAK’s recent international collab-fest, the fifth installment of Calmlamp’s PixaPhonica series has arrived, featuring even more great Japanese electronic producers. Unlike the latest FOGPAK, which leans toward the more energetic, PixaPhonica prefers to take everything a little easier. See Hideo…
The folks behind the FOGPAK compilations – albums packed with electronic music from primarily Japan – have always had a bit of a global eye. Non-Japan-based producers like bo en have popped up on previous installments, and for number nine in the series, FOGPAK has teamed up with Texas-based electronic-music blog SVNSET W^VES for a…
I’ve become a city person, another individual scrambling from bed to train to work to cafe (to work more, wi-fi according) to maybe the gym to home where maybe I can watch TV and then sleep and do it again. It is a life with many rewards, but one of constant movement and little space…
Kobe’s Kaz Okamoto has taken some chopped up vocals…and turned them into an explosion of sound. “Color” jumps all over the place, centered around the skittery female vocals, diving into brief brostep and trap interludes, but never getting sucked down into being a boring banger. It is way too anxious to explore all sonic corners….
After previewing the title track last week, ultra-pop purveyor Yoshino Yoshikawa’s new EP is available for download via Zoom Lens. Besides the lovely “Yumetatsu Glider,” it also features the easy-going “Last Summer” and a “Future Forecast Mix” of “Lovely Rainy Day” that adds a nice hop to an otherwise breezy EP. Oh, and rounding it…