Watching younger electronic producers who have been kicking around Japan’s community for the last couple of years come up to something a touch bigger is always nice — especially when the music that comes out of it offers something exciting alongside the status boost. Little Dead Girl has hopped around several Tokyo events, and has…
Tomggg has been laying down playroom-appropriate electronic music for most of this decade, proving influential enough to be an early cornerstone of “kawaii bass” and inspiring many after. But nothing wrong with mixing things up either, and Tomggg welcomes a new voice into his twinkly world on “Feel Ya,” a collaboration with American artist Ehiorobo….
Homecomings’ Whale Living is a seaside stroll, the Kyoto outfit’s most reflective and generally laid-back album to date. Despite the tempo slowing down, the structure fits them well, seeing as they create short stories about everyday life and the often-melancholy emotions filling the time. “Hull Down” is a solid snapshot of the album as a…
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s Osaka producer Tomoyu with “All Hope Is Gone,” a rattling number sure to give you plenty of good vibes on Turkey Day. “Unsettling” is a word I love to roll out, and “All Hope Is Gone” delivers that feeling plenty, fueled by icy drum machine patterns and (especially) the way the voices…
Change doesn’t have to be drastic to be effective. Maison Book Girl’s “Narrow Story” changes the junior-high-band-room sound up ever so slightly, but manages enough to feel like a total pivot into a new direction. But it really isn’t — Maison Book Girl lean in on a mix of xylophone notes, tag-team vocals and all-together-now…