Hoshina Anniversary Remixes 99 Letters

ByPatrick St. Michel

Tokyo electro-guy Hoshina Anniversary does his remix thing on a track from spazzy chiptuner 99 Letters. “Incratible (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)” scales back the usual madness found in chiptune, favoring instead to transform the song into an 8-bit-braised club track. Hoshina Anniversary stretches it out for more than five minutes, making subtle changes here and there while making sure the man beat hangs around for the whole ride.

[soundcloud width=”100%” height=”80″ params=”g=wi&player_type=waveform” url=”http://soundcloud.com/99-letters/incratible-hoshina-anniversary-remix”]Incratible (Hoshina Anniversary Remix) by 99 LETTERS

Similar Posts

  • New Atlas Young: “Transfixing”

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Another day, another hazy bit of bedroom pop leaking out of the CUZ ME PAIN family, this time from Atlas Young. “Transfixing” hits all the pleasure points that makes Young’s music enjoyable…rainbow-bright music flowing over heavily obscured vocals, all resulting in something best described as “encompassing.” Nothing really drastically different on this go from Atlas…

  • Pitch Shifted: Winona Hyper’s “Promise”

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    この曲は日本のインディペンデント音楽としては決して珍しいものではないでしょう。TaquwamiやSeihoのような素晴らしいアーティスト達を皮切りに、ヴォーカルのサンプルをピッチシフトするプロデューサーは2012年に多く存在し、活躍していましたから。でもWinona Hyperの”Promise”に至っては別件として捉えてほしいです。ヴォーカルのサンプリングを決して多くは使わずに、抜けが良く、かつ曇った音世界を表現しています。この”Promise”で最も特徴的なのは遅められたり速められたりするボーカルサンプルだというのは否定出来ませんが、本当に大事なのはそれ以外で何が起こっているか。Winona Hyperが奏でる美しいシンセはTaquwamiのBlurrywonder EPを彷彿とさせつつも、このグループが足す独特な輝かしさを持つ音が、この曲を愛すべき心地の良い曲にしています。このような作曲法もまだまだ追求すべき点が多いと認識させてくれました。試聴は以下から。

  • New Sappy: “Spider”

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Sappy can’t settle on any one sound, and they are probably better off for it. Their just-released second album Altima finds the group zipping from mainstream baiting bits of bright-eyed balladry (“Starfall”) to sun-dappled indie-pop (“She See“). Their best mode, though, comes when they get a bit more dramatic on “Spider.” Those opening guitar chugs…

  • Ethereal Clanging: Toi Higuchi’s “4h10mn”

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Tokyo-based producer Toi Higuchi strikes a lovely balance between ethereal electronica and clattering beat music on “4h10mn,” shared online this past weekend. Opting for one extreme or the other — a barely-there ambient track, or just a beat — probably wouldn’t have ended up all that compelling (no shortage of either floating around online), but…