New DJ Obake: “What Is 80’s?”
The answer – cheese-tastic keyboard and synths dug out of a Miami Vice episode. So basically, it’s a great stab at Reagan-decade goof-dance. DJ Obake takes these things down just as fast as they go up, so listen now.
The answer – cheese-tastic keyboard and synths dug out of a Miami Vice episode. So basically, it’s a great stab at Reagan-decade goof-dance. DJ Obake takes these things down just as fast as they go up, so listen now.
Whereas most mash-up artists come off as dudes holding up old pictures screaming “remember this????,” Second Royal’s Halfby comes off as a dude who invited all your cool memories for a really sweet house party full of dancey tracks and Four-Loko-fueled hijinks. The Kyoto producer has a new album, Leaders Of The New School, out…
Aquarious is a real emotional rollercoaster, achieving both giddy moments and some real melancholy with no words. Chalk up another winner for Local Visions, though this one is less about a new angle on nostalgia (though also…kinda?) and more about their ability to pinpoint young electronic artists and give them a platform to shine. Kobe’s…
Long after the Earth is a rotted desert wasteland and most living beings have been wiped out, Hideki Kaji will probably still be around to play charming indie-pop built for summer days spent lounging around soccer fields. He’s approaching 20 years of doing this, and he’s still going strong, having recently shared the lazy-day “Heroes,”…
Initially, this sounds like a weird mix. Lo-fi beach pop outfit Friends tackling American punk rockers The Suicide Machines? Could this just be a weird tribute to Jack Kevorkian? Think about it, though, and it makes sense – despite the analog fuzz, Friends has always been about pop pleasure. And “Leap Of Faith” might be…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4JI5f7nWQg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Cosmic Home solely shine because of their singing. It isn’t that the duo lack good beats or a great music video – the rinky-dink electronics do their job despite sounding a bit too Wii start-up menu, and the five-minute clip certainly charms. Yet those two elements of “まばたき” pail in comparison to Cosmic Home’s…
The structure of most of the songs on Jesse Ruin’s 2014 Heartless, in theory, lend themselves well to remix work. Many of the duo’s track were jittery, disruptive creations full of vocal skitters and suddenly jarring noises…they are a few creative tweaks away from being transformed into something more lively. Whether that’s actually a good…