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Randes Vouz: “Queen Anne”
No nonsense here – here’s a Japanese outfit out of Sapporo that provides info but not too much information about themselves. They put on a party every once in awhile, and have a few songs online that came out prior to “Queen Anne.” But man oh man, “Queen Anne.” This is direct, bouncy pop, no…
New Eadonmm: “Alder”
INNITやIdleMoments等のイベントが象徴しているように、大阪のビート・シーンは非常に大盛況。Magical Mistakesの渦巻くようなサウンドや、Seihoの実験的なビートは、とてもユニークなのと同時にグルーブ感もあります。でも、”Alder”はそのような曲がブラックホールに吸い込まれたかのような印象。IdleMomentsをオーガナイズするEadonmmによるこのトラックは、極めてテンポを抑えた、スローな楽曲。ゆったりと始まり、アンビエントな空気感を堪能しているその時に、ピークを迎えます。シンセサイザーによる壁のようなレイヤーが左右にパンし、異なるテンポのボーカルが、それぞれ違うピッチで奇妙なデュエットを奏でます。ダンスフロアには不向きかもしれませんが、それ以上に、独特な音世界を堪能する事が可能。試聴は以下から。
New Carpainter: “Heat Up”
Datafruits, an online radio station and a label, has a new compilation out featuring several good electronic artists worth your time. You can get that compilation by clicking the photo above. Still, the name that jumped out at me was Japanese beatmaker Carpainter, responsible for one of the year’s best EPs (Ryan Hemsworth approved!) in…
New Tricot: “Ochansensu-Su”
There are a handful of bands in Japan right now that have been hyped up in the last few years that are capable of good music but seem jussssssssssst short of being something really special. andymori was close, but chose the easy money rehashing indie-pop 101. Kinoco Hotel has the look and live show, but…
New Perfume: “Magic Of Love”
This year saw a first from techno-pop trio Perfume – a dud. “Mirai No Museum,” a song written for a Doraemon movie, was greeted with mostly shrugs and “ehhhhh, hope the next one is better” from the group’s usually rabid fanbase. It did alright sales wise, but failed to ignite even real hate from anyone…
Music Alliance Pact June 2013
Time for MAP! This month, we picked Tokyo’s Ykiki Beat and the summer-ready “Garden.” Listen to it…and a bunch of more great songs…below! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here….
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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Music Alliance Pact March 2014
Taking a break from SXSW (and, uhhhh, having a cold) to share this month’s MAP! Featuring the lovely Nagoya outfit Pop-Office! Listen to it…and more…below! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 27-track compilation through…
Kansai Update: Madegg, TalkingCity1994
Time for our weekly stop by Madegg’s place to see what’s new…surprise, new music! I’ve had small debates with people about the Kyoto producer’s decision to flood SoundCloud with so much music – they say it goes too far, to the point where keeping track of EPs and other releases becomes an extremely difficult task….
Fleeting Thoughts: Ex Confusion’s Tears
Nara’s Ex Confusion opts for sparseness. This is partially due to recording surroundings — he makes bedroom music, the sort where the sound of the (literal) outside world sneaks into the music and disrupts the dreamlike atmosphere he conjures up. Yet it’s also simply what he wants to do, driven home via a release on…
New Tomggg: “Eye Candy”
Quick one before I pass out, mainly because I think this might give me very good dreams – producer Tomggg has a colorful and chirpy new track that flashes some hints of a rowdy-dancefloor side…but which mainly exists as a bouncy little escape from everything grey and downer-inducing. Listen above.
New Nites: “Moments Like This Fruit”
CUZ ME PAIN clearly haven’t been letting the summer heat/humidity combo get to their productivity. First :visited had some new works for the world, and now the Nites project reappears with the interestingly titled “Moments Like This Fruit.” What type of fruit you ask…I’m picturing biting into a big juicy apple on an especially warm…
Drifting To Naivety: Acoustic Soft Parade
Japan values youth to a frightening level that would probably make America blush if a country could do such a thing. From a glut of TVs/movies focusing on “coming of age” to the schoolgirl fascination (does the panty vending machine exist? Does it matter? How does AKB48 fit into this?), its clear this country truly…
