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Controlled Karaoke: Jim O’Rourke Sings Enka

ByPatrick St. Michel January 18, 2011

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The audio seems kinda weird and doesn’t always match up with the video…but whatever, here’s Jim O’Rourke singing an Enka song.

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Weekend Roundup: Nite Body, Negative Headphone, Niisuu And Figure
ByPatrick St. Michel January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

Some quick hits, while I deal with waking up at 5:30 in the morning to watch American sports (go terribly wrong, at least for the author’s preferred team at time of writing): — Nite Body shared two new songs over the weekend, both of them nocturnal delights. Whereas earlier works courtesy of the producer worked…

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New Moscow Club: “Daisy Miller Pt. 2”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 7, 2011

Less of a sequel and rather more of the same thing shot at a different angle and on more blockbuster-friendly film, Moscow Club’s “Daisy Miller Pt. 2” emerges from the ether of “Pt. 1” no longer in a dream state but ready to get stuff done. The tempo quickens, the guitars get the haze scraped…

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DJWWWW Teams Up With Mukqs For Split
ByPatrick St. Michel August 2, 2016August 4, 2016

Here’s a nice moment of worlds colliding, facilitated through a third party (label Phinery). DJWWWW is one of the higher ups at the always absorbing Wasabi Tapes, and on Split he’s sharing space with Mukqs, the project of Max Allison, co-founder of Chicago’s Hausu Mountain (helpful article here). Fittingly, when the two come together, a…

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New Shinichiro Yokota And Pleasure Cruiser Featuring Ayako Higa: “Rainforest”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 25, 2018

Taking us into the working week is this dreamy collaboration between long-running house producer Shinichiro Yokota and England-based (but formerly in Japan) Pleasure Cruiser. It’s a nice escape from the drudgery ahead, or at least that’s how I’m expecting all those electronic chirps and the gauze wrapping around the whole song to feel come the…

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New The Let’s Go’s: “Rock N’ Roll Star”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 18, 2011

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0vJzNQZws8″] What’s the best way of dealing with life’s annoyances? Like the “bottomless fires” option on the menu at whatever America-chain exists in your neighborhood, those roadblocks just keep coming. And you can’t get out of them – EVERY item on the menu comes with them, even the salads. Errrrr, maybe you get the metaphor….

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Music Alliance Pact October 2014
ByPatrick St. Michel October 15, 2014April 15, 2016

It’s here, the October edition of the Music Alliance Pact! Hopefully you know the drill by now but if not…more than 30 blogs from around the world, sharing songs from their representative country. For Japan, the spotlight falls on The Somedays and their lovely digi-glazed “Remember Me.” Listen to it…and more…below. Click the play button…

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