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8-bit warriors YMCK join fellow Japanese group Lullatone in jumping on the iPhone app bandwagon. “YMCK Player” allows users to play a video-game-sounding keyboard and even improvise over songs already on your Apple product. The application…which will cost ya a mere 350 yen…also comes with a new YMCK jam.
Oh you can listen to their music here.
Ignore one of the worst cover images I’ve seen all year — no easy accomplishment, given the terrors of Bandcamp’s “Japan” tag — and focus on the music within AR30: Autumn Compilation, which is much much better. The electronic collective’s second comp of 2016 highlights their creative approach to beatmaking, which oftentimes runs well beyond…
Not to dwell on 2014 too much…the new calendar is out, we are all trying to forget the past 12 months happened…but Osaka producer Soleil Soleil’s Sense collection came pretty close to bum rushing our personal top-20 album list, probably existing at like, 23 or 24 for those who love specific rankings. He’s off to…
Chalk it up to years spent watching the netlabel scene or just suspecting it of any imprint whose released music from cartoon-theme-remix barons The Last Trak, but I’m genuinely surprised this new compilation of juke music from Omoide Label isn’t loaded with skittery anime samples. Rather, this collection finds a bunch of the stronger…and wonkier…producers…
Fukuoka’s Yesterday Once More crew and Trekkie Trax are going on tour, and to celebrate they have released a special compilation album featuring new music from numerous artists involved in the tour. The collection features slippery and skittery numbers from Shigge and BlackglassG, along with a more minimal contributions from TOYOMU and Andrew, along with…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-cnmcic8s”] Make Believe Melodies just spent five days in Washington D.C., watching a bunch of college football, drinking fancy beers and gorging on Swedish meatballs. The unfortunate side effect of this trip…besides a sudden ballooning of my stomach…was a lack of Internet that meant missing out on new Japanese music, most prominently this new song…
I like Passion Pit’s Manners, but I understand why a lot of people would be turned off by their everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to music. These guys didn’t waste any of their label-allotted studio time, cramming their debut with all sorts of synths, drum beats and children’s choirs. I think Passion Pit’s enthusiasm and heart-on-sleeveness saves them…