New Capsule: “Rainbow”

Yasutaka Nakata has been super busy over the last year and a half producing music for Perfume and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. He hasn’t had much time to devote to his project Capsule, who haven’t released any new material since 2012’s so-so Stereo Worxxx. At long last, Nakata has put together a new song for his original outfit in advance of the Asobitunes compilation out now in Japan. “Rainbow” is a little bit of a switch from what he had been doing with Capsule over the outfits last three albums – 2010’s Player didn’t give itself over completely to hard-hitting club beats, but that one featured three Ed-Banger-esque numbers lasting longer than five minutes. Nakata only became more interested in the stuff over Capsule’s next two releases…and “Rainbow” still bares traces of that interest. Yet with this one, Nakata seems more interested in exploring several forms of dance music in the space of just one track. Toshiko Koshijima sings, but she only pops up a few times to do her thing. The bulk of “Rainbow” is pure dance, from the gentle synth-pop intro to the threat of brostep, a little wub-wub spin before the song dives into a more traditional segment. From there, it’s all about small mutations and sudden shifts into new territory. It’s a dance-floor adventure, of sorts. Listen here.