Bless your soul 99 Letters; I came down with a cold today and didn’t want to stay up late writing about music, but you guaranteed me an early bedtime because you posted this new demo track recently. The still-in-progress track, “Requiem,” is a nice little slice of driving chiptune with a nifty schizophrenic bit in…
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point. kaiju danceby gariisenab (Via Japan Probe)
South African indie-pop outfit Desmond and The Tutus‘ album Tuckshop saw release in Japan recently, and tucked away at the end of the album are a few remixes by some Japanese artists. Cubismo Grafico tackles the song “Old Girls,” while dance trio-soon-to-be-duo 80kidz get their hands on the harmonica-heavy pop of “Kiss You On The…
To take you into the weekend, meet the ambient tunes of Osaka’s Baby Loop Code. There isn’t much out there about this group, but the few songs available at MySpace are floating little gems. Save for a minor explosion of violins on “I’ll,” Baby Loop Code opts for more peaceful sonic vistas. Standout “Ecrosion” teases…
Nice article from Japanzine about the history of Japanese techno…kinda. It’s actually more of a history of Japanese electronic artists, as a few of the artists in this piece aren’t traditionally techno. Like, Perfume and 80kidz have techno influences, but they are pop and electro-dance acts respectively at the end of the day. Still, a…