Slowは元々MOSCOW CLUBのC８６コンピレーションに収録されていた楽曲でしたが＜＞今回の再編集を経て（なのでタイトルに新しいを表すNUEとついています）オリジナルよりもクリアーになっています。氷山を彷彿とさせる様な壮大な冷たい空気感のギターとドラムスは彼の歌う歌詞”but you slow down/slow down/slow down,” と重なってゆっくりと流れていきます。オリジナルバージョンも良曲でしたがこのバージョンによってさらに洗練されたと言えると思います。
Azusa Suga, who already released one of the year’s best albums with his solo project Shortcake Collage Tape’s Spirited Summer, returns in time for the spring with a new EP titled Satellite Lovers from his indie-pop band For Tracy Hyde. In advance, he’s posted a new video for the song “Another Sunny Daze,” which appears…
The biggest twist to this is the central vocal sample (and the title of the song) comes from “Blurred Lines.” Kobe’s Tofubeats manages to take a track that is (still!) pretty burned into the minds of contemporary music fans/people who just walk by stores prone to playing the biggest summer hits and flip it into…
As of late, websites Tiny Mix Tapes and the Fader have been making a big deal about Japanese juke and footwork music. Both have profiled Japanese artists operating withing that scene, Tiny Mix Tapes going as far as to review a Paisley Parks’ album. One name that comes up sometimes is FOODMAN,who has been one…
現在大阪で多くの素晴らしい音が誕生しています。今年の夏にも、現在の関西の音を象徴するといっても過言ではない、２つのコンピレーション・アルバムがリリースされました。最新のは”Yellow Print (Side-A)”で、”puredogma”からリリースされています。このアルバムを既に紹介しているブログ、Simon Saysによると、”puredogma”は、Solei Soleiいわく、”レーベルとかでは無くてこれを通してクリエイティブな事をやろう”というアイディアだそうです。Solei Soleiの”Olympic” は、ロンドンというよりはイビザのような雰囲気で、Outdoorminer(Cloudy Buseyの別プロジェクト)の “Love Has Them”は、現代版９０年代アシッド・ハウスのようです。Okaryu、watervehicleとchiccamagicaも参加していて、魅力的なトラックで溢れています。ダウンロードはこちらから。視聴は以下から。 Yellow Print (Side-A) by V.A. 大阪のDay Tripperも、アメリカのレーベルAstro Nauticoとタッグして、”7 By 7″をリリースしました。このプロジェクトではAstro Nautico所属のメンバー７人が黒澤明の七人の侍をサンプリングし、日本人のメンバー７人も同様に、ジョン・スタージェスの荒野の七人をサンプリングしています。お互いのカルチャーを分かち合うという意味で面白いコンセプトだな、と思ったのですが…それだけではありませんでした。楽曲の出来映えも素晴らしく、映画の台詞もふんだんに聴こえてきます…もちろん二カ国から。ダウンロードはこちらから。視聴は以下から。 7 by 7 – Astro Nautico x Day Tripper by Astro Nautico
宅録ミュージシャンのトクマルシューゴが、2010年の作品”Port Entropy”に続くシングル、”Decorate”をリリースしました。今までの楽しいおもちゃ箱のような曲以上を望んでいる人にとっては期待はずれかもしれませんね。今回も、遊び心に満ちた曲に仕上がっています。ベル、木管楽器とアコースティックギターが曲の多くを占め、目覚まし時計のような茶目っ気のある音も面白いです。彼のスタイルは全く損なわれていないです。視聴は上から。シングルを購入すれば、トクマルシューゴによる、かつてMTVで大ヒットしたバグルスの、”ラジオ・スターの悲劇”のカバーも聴けます。シングルカットがどうなっているかは知りませんが、ライブバージョンは以下から視聴できます。
Over the past week, prominent Tokyo netlabel Maltine Records has released two excellent (and free!) releases worth more than the 30-some seconds they take to download. First came the imprint’s 117th release – Carpainter’s hyper-colorful Double Rainbow EP. Maltine describe this one as sounding “future,” and they are certainly onto something – the four songs…
“Slow” originally appeared on Moscow Club’s C86 compilation back in the spring, but has now been touched up a bit (hence the “Neu” in the title) and sounds a lot crisper than Elen Never Sleeps’ original version. Well, it sounds as crisp as something so hazy can sound – the song title is almost an understatement, because “Slow” practically crawls, the guitars and drums sounding glacial. It’s all intentional, though, a decision meant to match up with Elen Never Sleeps repeated cries of “but you slow down/slow down/slow down,” delivered in a dejected-but-pretty voice that this project has gotten so good at utilizing. The original version was good, but this slightly fleshed-out version shows what can happen when an artist spends time perfecting their creations. Listen below.
Think of the Juke Shiyouya series as a pleasant come down from the grittier Atomic Bomb Compilation. Whereas the latter uses juke music as a way to warn about the dangers of nuclear power and weapons — often by taking a darker, at times doomsday-ready tone — Omoide Label’s ongoing collections simply gathers tracks from…
A dozen compilations strong now, the Fogpak series still manages to be the best introduction to young electronic producers in Japan (and, as of late, beyond). Fogpak #12 starts off especially hot, kicking off with the sad stylings of Inazawa’s Yasuha’s “Missing You,” which mines similar sonic techniques as Seiho and Parkgolf (Fogpak alums, natch)…
Simply embracing self-provided descriptions of music or, really, any art without any personal reflection on it is usually a fools game. But man…Bojou Tracks description of themselves really nails it, and is as good as you could ask for. “Bojou Tracks is a label for sensitive hearts,” and the compilation Bojou In Da Tracks delivers…
Young producer Maidable has teamed up with New York label Rubik Records for a two-song set of skittery, energetic cuts. Maidable turns to drum ‘n’ bass on each number, surrounding drums breaks with synth notes and bits of singing on uptempo opener “Chilly Dawn,” while keeping things a bit more spacious — but still pretty…
A new label…whether they be net-centric or capable of producing physical object…isn’t a particularly newsworthy development. Imprints start up all the time, so Kyoto outfit Neo-Mo-De Records initially look like yet another bunch of people with wi-fi and musical ambitions, even if they are planning an event in Yokohama this January. Yet Neo-Mo-De demands attention…
The Stuck In Summer project has been playing around with this style – chopped up vocals rippling over one another, wrapped up in hazy-dazy synth. It can sometimes be a bit too suffocating…dreams shouldn’t always sound so busy…yet “Too Late” offers a piece of how good the approach can be. Critically, this song unfolds at…