New Boris Video: “H.M.A. – Heavy Metal Addict
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Critical to Yoshino Yoshikawa’s music has always been the depth he brings to his music. His songs feature depth and a lot of clever details that push them out from an internet-centered scene that sometimes does the immediate, overwhelming vibe too much. “Mirage,” the first number to emerge from his forthcoming album Event Horizon via…
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東京のプロデューサーTaquwamiは様々な挑戦をしてきました。激しい曲や繊細な曲、サンプル重視の曲や貝殻を耳に当てているような幻想的な曲、Occult Youの活動を除いても、彼の手がけた楽曲は大変バラエティーに富んでいます。新曲”All My Life”ではそんなTaquwamiの得意なサンプリングやエレクトロ・サウンドが輝きつつも、新たな挑戦も随所にちりばめられています。今年リリースされたBlurrywonder EPはR&BをTaquwami流のシンセの渦に巻き込んだようなサウンドだったのですが、今回の”All My Life”はより正統派なR&Bに。曲の前半を埋め尽くしているミニマルなビートはまるでUsherの”Climax”のよう。空気感に影響されてなのか、ボーカルサンプルはいつもよりもつぶやきがちで暗い印象に聴こえてきます。後半ではいつものスタイルが展開されていくのですが、”All My Life”はTaquwamiの新たな一面を確かに確認できる曲になっています。試聴はこちらから。
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