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Controlled Karaoke: Ultraman Meets “Thriller,” Acid Trip Ensues

ByPatrick St. Michel December 7, 2009

Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.

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(Via Japan Probe)

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Digi Twee: The Someday’s “Remember Me”
ByPatrick St. Michel September 28, 2014

It’s a simple addition, but one that makes “Remember Me” far more, uhhh, memorable than a lot of other indie-pop-leaning numbers coming out of Japan over the last few years. Osaka’s The Somedays give the song all the hallmarks of a typically twee number – a slouching rhythm designed for melancholy walks near bodies of…

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Breezesquad Remixes Little Boots’ “Shake”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 7, 2012June 17, 2012

In theory, this shouldn’t be noteworthy – Japanese producer takes track from British pop star, replaces the club-friendly elements with 8-bit noises while keeping the sticky sweet chorus intact. That’s what Fukuoka’s Breezesquad did with Little Boots’ “Shake,” removing nearly everything from the original save for the vocal track, and sticking that inside an NES….

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New Universe Nekoko Featuring Tsvaci: “Online Love”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 17, 2016

Shoegaze-leaning outfit Universe Nekoko (formerly written as Uchu Nekoko because we love our Japanese words at Make Believe Melodies) recently teamed up with singer-songwriter Tsvaci for an achingly sweet song called “Online Love.” “Down In The DM” this isn’t — whatever musings about tech-guided romance this song ponders on aren’t really clear, as it is…

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EeL Preps New Single, “Fuwafuwa Pink Jellyfishes Floating In The Sky”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 23, 2011

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELjxLMsplDA”] Let’s take this introductory paragraph to remember how hyper-pop artist EeL’s earlier-this-year album For Common People landed with a technicolor thud. That full length turned her formerly charming restlessness into predictable chore, the wacky kid in the class realizing everyone else expects him to act that way now and thus always acting “wacky.” For…

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New Mecanika: Newtone
ByPatrick St. Michel May 10, 2018

Here’s a nice case of a circle coming together. The past two years have made it clear that a new generation of artists are coming up in Japan’s electronic underground, and that they appear to have spent at least some time digging into Maltine Record’s catalog (not to mention tofubeat’s work). So Mecanika putting out…

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Swift Season: Tororoudon’s “Summer Stream”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 12, 2016

Sometimes, you just need music that propels you forward. Producer Tororoudon’s “Summer Stream” excels at that particular point, featuring a persistent beat and several layers of high-noon-bright synthesizers, all whirling together alongside some piano notes to form an instrumental cut that just skips ahead all joyful like. Maybe its the constant shifts, from electro-bouncer to…

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