Controlled Karaoke: Ultraman Meets “Thriller,” Acid Trip Ensues
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.
(Via Japan Probe)
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.
(Via Japan Probe)
We’re still enjoying the holidays here at Make Believe Melodies this week, but if we find anything neat to pass along we will post it up. Like this! Remember at the very start of the year when Lady Gaga wasn’t the second coming of Madonna and didn’t dress up in a sea of mini-Kermits? Back…
Busy month ahead for Nobuyuki Sakuma…his group, Jesse Ruins, will release their new album later in November, though before that his industrial-leaning solo project Cold Name has a new cassette out via Solitude Solutions on November 11. Here’s a peak at, with “Neuron,” a crushing, stuttering number. If Jesse Ruins has always been about making…
Singer Lovely Summer Chan and producer Yoshino Yoshikawa have made for a great team over the last few years, the two collaborating on various songs and an EP for Maltine Records. They’ve gathered some of the highlights from this partnership…along with a few fresh cuts…and released an album of material called Yoshi Yoshi, Summer. The…
Coke Machine Glow recently posted a review of Tokyo’s Meso Meso’s latest release Spoon, and having never heard of this solo-artist before I’ve been listening to the tracks on her MySpace nearly on loop. Meso Meso’s music sounds well suited for the winter, her songs not unfolding as much as they drift along at a…
The most upbeat song about hikikomori since the golden days of Dempagumi.inc, for sure, and just an all around great bit of electro-pop courtesy of The Hair Kid, a producer originally from the New York area currently residing in Hyogo Prefecture. “Hikikomori” is a Yasutaka-Nakata-indebted number, featuring big burbling bass and electronically manipulated vocals courtesy…
Ominous is the word that comes to the front of my noggin when listening to “Yatagarasu,” the slowly unfolding track from Tokyo producer Lisachris. The music I’ve heard from her before…and seen her play at a couple of live shows…has leaned closer to trap with a heavy mix of American hip-hop touches (and verses). That…