I knew pop-bending genius Shugo Tokumaru would release a new album in 2010. It says so on his MySpace page, right near the top. But WHEN in 2010, and little details like the name of the album and the tracklising remained shrouded in mystery. Well, surprise surprise, I buy the newest issue of Snoozer magazine…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQs_1BGskU&hl=en_US&fs=1&] One of 2010’s better J-Pop surprises has been IMALU. Her song “そんな名前 欲しくないよ” has been one of the best singles of the year thus far, it’s mix of feel-good pop rubbing against her rather ennui-rich voice. Now she follows that number with “Uh Uh,” the title track to an upcoming film I know nothing…
Everything about Kotaro Itou screams “minimalism.” Assuming something so spare would bother to shout. His MySpace bears very little content, info about the guy barely exists and then we come to the music. Itou’s two newest releases Japan’s Moph Records are slight pieces of minimalist dance music. Yet while those first two points could drive…
A lot of shoegazey/dreamy/yr-term-of-choice gets featured around these parts. Lemon’s Chair sorta fits the bill…it’s got that hazy guitar sound that usually forces necks downwards. Yet this trio’s music pushes past the shackling “shoegaze” label thanks to it’s ambient leanings. No vocals grace Lemon’s Chair music, just waves of feedback and the simplest of beats…
Nu Clear Classmate EP Lick The Star is out now, and possibly to celebrate this two remixes of tracks off that album are available online. Good On The Dancefloor pals White Scooper tackle “Causeless Pain” and spoon out the darkness of the original. In it’s place…something resembling minimal techno which casts the once paranoid track…