Los Angeles’ Meishi Smile is one of Make Believe Melodies’ favorite artists who technically falls outside our area of coverage (though when Maltine Records released a collection from him, we broke the rules because…why not?), and you should definitely get a copy of his album Lust, out this week via Attack The Music (it’s a great album, buy it!). And this album contains two remixes of Meishi Smile’s music courtesy Japanese artists…which means no guilt in covering it! The first comes from frantic chiptuner Gigandect, last seen teaming up with a member of Tokyo Girls’ Style for a wonderful little song called “Kawaii Rave.” His remix of “Honey” is relatively straightforward – in the sense that he’s transformed the original into a much more maximalist 8-bit number. Listen below.
Also tackling “Honey” is Yoshino Yoshikawa, who puts a little bit more of a dance-floor focus (though without abandoning all of those emotions surging through the original). Listen below.
Last (which I noticed before I finalized this post), a remix from mus.hiba! Listen below.