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New Taquwami: “T Eyes”
Tokyo producer Taquwami just uploaded a new track to the Internet, which means I must accept not going to bed early to post it. I’m OK with this. “T Eyes” features the same vocal-chopping technique that dotted last year’s great Blurrywonder, but whereas that album especially emphasized the skittering, here the chopped singing is balanced…
Home And Away: Metoronori’s Mawari
To some extent, Shibuya-based music maker Metoronori’s Mawari reminds me of fellow Japanese artist i-fls. Both are painfully DIY, recording simple electronic tracks on their own, both artists defined by chintzy keyboard and synth sounds. Their music also evokes youth gone by, mostly via the simplistic sound they lean on. Yet one thing separates the…
New Fraqsea: “Sparrow”
September is offering up a lot of meditative, dreamy music for folks to get blanketed by. The highlight would probably be a resurgent Mazzy Star releasing a new album next week, but fans of hazy music could also turn to artists like Keep Shelly In Athens or Pure Bathing Culture (OK, it came out in…
Canoooopy Teams Up With Sima Kim: “Tragicomical Sandstorm”
Here’s a nice bit of international cooperation. Japanese producer Canoooopy has teamed up with South Korean music maker Sima Kim for the moody “Tragicomical Sandstorm.” The track starts out subdued enough – just some finger-snapping percussion, some barely there voices and wisps of synths going by. Yet what seems like a just-drifting-by work suddenly blooms…
New Les Glass Glacé: “Sixpence Might Change Your Whole World”
大阪のインディーポップ・トリオ、Les Glass Glacéが、繊細かつ軽快な2曲をネットで公開しました。個人的にはハイライトな、”Sixpence Might Change Your Whole World”では、”ex-boyfriend couldn’t understand/ sixpence might change your whole world”という可愛らしい歌詞にそぐう、淡くポップなシンセを堪能できます。暖かい雰囲気は、曲の流れに沿ってさらにアップビートに。一方で、”Cute And Reliable”はどちらかというと取っ付きにくい印象。よりミニマルでスローなこの曲では、”he’s a really nice guy/let’s go see him”という歌詞のように少し現実的すぎるかも。でもリラックスしたこの曲に始まり、”Sixpence”が次に来ると考えると納得です。視聴は以下から。
New Homecomings: “Sunday”
Man, these four sure have grown in over a year. Back in 2012, they were just another indie-pop band in a very crowded field. Now, they are one of the few to break through and land on a decently known indie label (Second Royal) and their music has gotten tighter and better. They have a…
New Cuushe Music Video: “Do You Know The Way To Sleep”
Flau’s Cuushe has a new video for her song “Do You Know The Way To Sleep” off of this year’s Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream, and it matches up well with the slow-motion feel of the song. The clip slows down found footage of ballerinas to emphasize the beauty and weirdness (that neck on the one dancer jutting out) of their movements. Watch above.
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In general, the lamest aspect of Vocaloid music culture in Japan is how it seems like few creating music using the singing-synthesizer program actually try to do something out of the ordinary with it. I mean, this is a voice you can do whatever you want, but the bulk of songs popping up online sound…
Always On: Forever Shoegaze3
Genres of music never vanish completely, they just go to the shadows until someone makes them “cool” again. So, it isn’t like shoegaze turned into vapor until Diiv came along and got all swirly in the U.S. That said, shoegaze thrives in Japan, maybe not at a hugely mainstream level, but step down to the…
New De De Mouse: “be yourself”
On last year’s Dream You Up, producer De De Mouse embraced modern music and gave into the pleasures of pop like he teleported back to 2007. His latest release be yourself only builds on that ecstatic release, layering synths and vocal slices on top of one another to create a full-length that doesn’t feature any…
Founding Member Of 80kidz, Mayu, Will Leave The Group At The End Of 2009
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Wan The Track: 7mm’s Dog Compilation
This one isn’t just for fans of dogs — or “doggos,” as the kids call them. Put out by Ayamati-Records and 7mm, this compilation reels in people who are prone to clicking anything with canines on it — so, me — and then hits them with a set of diverse, always energetic dance music, often…
Good Matchup: Waiai’s “Hohoemi” Featuring Puni Puni Denki
This one’s just simple — sound producer and artist Waiai teams up with fellow electronic creator Puni Puni Denki for a bouncy dance number that’s pure summer breeze. The pair lay down a nice groove borrowing from funk and boasting a bit of a New Jack Swing to it, and the whole thing gets lifted…