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。
It’s tough to keep tabs on Tokyo’s Miii. As of late, he’s been leaning toward the more hyped-up sound, with a great collection of long-playing EDM on Maltine and his contributions to the often blitzkrieging The Wedding Mistakes. Yet “Sunset Dance” is a reminder he can slow things down too. It is a waltz by…
Osaka’s Hideo Nakasako has let some time pass since last year’s great Time Passes album, but he’s posted a three-song EP to SoundCloud that makes all the months that came before it worth it. The highlight is the opening track “Groove Me,” which opens with sea-sick synths reminiscent of what Tokyo’s mus.hiba deals with on…
最近ツイッターで、ダンスミュージックに踊る事とセックスする事意外の目的を求めるのはおかしい、みたいな内容の投稿を見ました。でも、全てがそうというわけでは決してないです。名古屋のHouse Of Tapesも勿論違った目的を見いだしていて、彼等の新曲、”Noise Attack” はその名の通りすごく細かいディテールが詰め込まれていて、取っ付きにくさは否めないものの、それを理解するためについつい何回もリピートしてしまう、中毒性のあるトラックです。別の新曲”For Rainbow“はミニマル・ハウスのような、実験性があまり聴けない曲なのですが、”Noise Attack”のインパクトはやっぱり強烈な物があります。テレビのノイズのようなサウンドで始まり、曲を通して大部分にそのノイズがバックグラウンドに存在しています。その次に入ってくるのが良い意味で気持ちの悪いシンセで、ビートがそれに続いて入ってきます。そして、違うリズム感を持つ同系等のシンセが入ってきて、曲のムードが予想以上に不快に展開していきます。決して尖っているわけではなくどこかスムーズで、どことなくギャスパー・ノエの映画のような雰囲気を持ったこの曲は、きっと病み付きになるでしょう。視聴は以下から。
Tofubeats already has one great album and a handful of well-produced singles for other artists under his belt this year…and, welp, he has another gem now with “Don’t Stop The Music.” Here, the Kobe producer embraces a more laid back structure compared to the often manic tracks on this year’s Lost Decade, letting the music…
Looks like it isn’t truffle season, but sad season. Whirilng producer Taquwami gets a bit melancholy with his new tracks, packaged together as “Japanese Sad.” All this despite first song “Wow” opening up with a Jay-Z sample. That first new song is actually a bit more upbeat than it leads on, as the vocals pop…
Cokiyu’s recently released Haku EP is a pretty collection of songs, highlighted by a collaboration with Los-Angeles-based-artist Baths. It is a collection very much worth your time. That said…the Tokyo mood-maker’s once-unreleased-but-now-released song “Vapor Doll” is the best track to emerge from the Haku period so far. It’s a collaboration with Tokyo-based sound artist 34423,…
“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.
In which pop-spazz EeL looks at all the people disappointed in the forced zaniness of last year’s For Common People by giving them something truly zany and out of nowhere, a cover of “All That She Wants.” OK, she probably didn’t pay any attention to the folks let down by her last album, but her…
Michiyo Honda’s “Monthly Release Project” seems to be turning into an experiment in confusing meanings. Her previous release was the woozy “Your Voice,” a song that existed somewhere between consciousness and slumber. Now she introduces her latest clever treat, “GAME BOYZ (Don’t You Want A Real Girlfriend).” The title hints at what, ostensibly, is every…
As the image above indicates, “The Hidden Secrets” also doubles as the name for Tokyo indie-pop outfit BOYISH’s newest EP, one which was slated to come out on July 25 but as of 11:18 P.M. on that day isn’t anywhere to be seen (I guess check for an update if it appears by the time…
Tokyo’s Falsettos have been kicking around the city’s rock scene for a few years now, but they’ll drop their first album on February 2. The first impression they push forward from their self-titled is a sunny, reflective number called “6.” Plenty of Japanese bands at the moments are leaning towards more mellow sounds, but Falsettos…
Producer Nyankobrq has created tracks both hyperactive and a bit slower in pace, but latest creation “Märchen” has it both ways. It’s, for the most part, a pretty laid back, full of cheery synth lines and a skip-worthy beat. Only a few gravity-twisting electronic touches disrupt the sunny day vibes — until Nyankobrq allows a…
Keep it simple, and make sure nothing gets wasted in the process. This strategy got Nakamura Sanso on our radar last fall, and it makes “Yonayona Neburu” stick around too. This one unfolds a little slower, moving at a stroll rather than a skip while also finding time to fit in some Daoko-indebted whisper rapping….