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Kansai producers doing things. Metome has been having a busy January, having released the fantastic Objet album (this year’s early frontrunner for album of the year…note, it has been eight days into the year). Before that, though, he released a song called “Paper Moon” as part of an EP called Phreatic Surface released through Canadian…
New Magical Mistakes: “Later On”
Magical MistakesのEverything Uncertainが今週発売されました。Day Tripper Recordsからリリースされたフル・アルバムとしては最新作です。もし家から出たくないのであれば…Day Tripperのサイトからも購入可能です。新曲”Later On”のビデオも上から見れます。Magical MistakesはDay Tripperのアーティストの中でも突出した個性があり、本作ではそこがさらに強調されています。”Later On”は、パキパキした質感のアコースティック・ギターやトライバルな楽器が、エレクトロ要素と共鳴し、オリエンタルな雰囲気の強い楽曲になっています。これから関西のシーンをリードしていく存在になり得る独自性が見られます。でもビデオは…昆虫が苦手な人は【閲覧注意】です。
Happy To Have You: Dustin Wong And Takako Minekawa’s “Party On A Floating Cake”
Dustin Wong – formerly of frantic Baltimore outfit Ponytail and also Ecstatic Sunshine, and currently operating as a solo artist signed to American label Thrill Jockey – recently moved to Tokyo. Which means…he’s fair game for us at Make Believe Melodies! His first bit of new material since relocating in Japan’s capital comes as part…
Maltine Running This: Carpainter And Yoshino Yoshikawa
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New Post Modern Team: Nite Life Lounge EP
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More Than Ordinary: Passepied’s “Toriyanse”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hey, look nobody is perfect. Below is some text that originally appeared on the Make Believe Tumblr yesterday, as that’s where I first heard an mp3 version of this song. The video, though, came out today and, coupled with the fact there is not much else to cover, I’m going to repost what…
New Elen Never Sleeps: “Slow (Neu)”
“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.
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New Aoi Yagawa (Produced By Tomggg): “On The Line”
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Drifting To Naivety: Acoustic Soft Parade
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New Foodman: “Kusa”
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New Nyankobrq: Black Cat
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