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Electronic Weekend: New tofubeats, Obutsudan-Sumino And OKLobby

ByPatrick St. Michel January 17, 2014

Three songs to take you into the weekend (oh thank goodness it is here!). Let’s get into it:

– Kobe’s tofubeats had a really busy 2013, and he appears to not be slowing down as the calendar turned over. “CHNGEYRHRT” though finds him stepping away from the nearly all-original sounds that dotted his music last year in favor of a sample workout. The song finds tofubeats working primarily with sampled sounds to create a smooth little bit of funk. Listen below.

– Fellow Kansai producer Obutsudan-Sumino has a wormier new track up today in the form of “Atama Danpen.” It’s a maximalist whirrlygig, somewhat similar to Animal Collective in construction (wildness, more like it) but more all over the place than that. Features some chipmunked-up vocals along with throbbing electronics pushing everything forward. Listen below.

– Last, a short little…sketch?…from not-Kansai producer OKLobby. Short but nice.

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New Seiho: “Double Bed”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 13, 2014

Seiho just wrapped up a tour of Japan with LuckyMe artist Obey City, and in support of that tour/because why not take the opportunity to do so the pair released a four-track album called Shochu Sounds. You should get the whole thing over here, but for now let’s focus specifically on the Osaka producer’s “Double…

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New Miii: Everything Happens To You
ByPatrick St. Michel February 4, 2014

Drop-loving producer Miii has been teasing new tracks online for the last few weeks, and now they all come together on Maltine Record’s 128th release, Everything Happens To You. His aggressive sound is intact, but he’s pushing his songs to new lengths…the first two tracks here clock in at over seven minutes. Yet they all…

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New Talking City 1994 (right?): “We Can Ride The Boogie”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 21, 2014

Cool journalistic work on display: I googled “Talking City 1994 SoundCloud” and this song came up! Boom, hire me New York Times. The Osaka outfit (probably, or at least someone associated with them) is responsible for “We Can Ride The Boogie,” which dips into one of the pop music’s finest tracks…Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You”…to…

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Down The Internet Hole: Cool Japan Remixes tofubeat’s First Album, John Gastro Remixes The Cool Japan Remix Of tofubeats
ByPatrick St. Michel October 5, 2014

So this is some twisty Internet magic ahead, so let’s take it one step at a time. – This week, Kobe’s tofubeats release First Album, via major-label Unborde (of Warner Brothers Japan). I reviewed that one over at Wondering Sound – it’s great, and one of the better albums capturing the allure of the Internet…

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Glowing Corners: Sakasa’s Coin Bender EP
ByPatrick St. Michel January 31, 2013

Tokyo might be an urban labyrinth, but the Kansai region of Japan hides just as many nooks. Most tend to define this part of western Japan by the cities of Osaka and Kyoto, both of which have seen a boom in electronic music over the past two years. Right near those two, though, sits Nara,…

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New POP-OFFICE: “End Of The Summer”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 21, 2013

I mean, not quite yet…we still got a few weeks to go. But whatever, willing to overlook that because this is a new song from excellent Nagoya outfit POP-OFFICE, who I haven’t heard much from in quite a while. “End Of The Summer” opens with something this outfit has been known for since they debuted…

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