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Kobe-based producer Tofubeats says he’s working on a new album, which is very good news for us. While he’s finishing the final touches on that full-length, he’s given the world a preview from it in the form of “Time Thieves,” a fast-paced track from one of the best music makers going in Japan right now….
New Sakanaction: “Eureka”
Don’t expect regular updates until I’m back in Japan this weekend…but before savoring the last few days of vacation, I did want to post the new Sakanaction song “Eureka.” Watch the video above. The Kohaku TV show (a yearly program where some of the most popular singers from Japan perform on New Year’s Eve) and,…
Soft As Snow But Warm Inside: “Vogue”
“Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)”は1988年にリリースされたMy Bloody Valentineのデビュー作、”Isn’t Anything”のオープニング曲。そんな名前を持つバンドが登場しました。シューゲイザーを連想せずにはいられなかったのですが、ボーカルがミックスの奥に配置されている事以外、ケヴィン・シールズのバンドとはあまり共通点は見受けられません。デュオの記念すべき一曲目、”Vogue”では、そんなSoft As Snow But Warm Insideの個性が発揮されています。ギターは陰に潜み、代わりに幻想性を持つシンセや、ハードなドラムマシーンの音色が目立ちます。ボーカルも美しく、”one fine day, 1969/I said goodbye to all the world”という歌詞や、宇宙飛行士の喋りがサンプルに使われている事からもわかるように、宇宙旅行がテーマになっています。Soft As Snow But Warm Insideはバンド名ゆえの期待感を上手く裏切り、誰を真似する訳でなく、独自な世界観を表現しています。視聴は以下から。 Vogue EP by Soft As Snow But Warm Inside
Cop This Now: FOGPAK #6 Featuring OKLobby, Licaxxx, PNDR PSLY, Calum Bowen And 29 Other Artists
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Bubbly Test: Firedrill’s Strawberry Karaoke EP
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Taquwami Remixes Ryan Hemsworth’s “Perfectly”
It makes sense that Taquwami would offer up a remix of a Ryan Hemsworth track on the Canadian producer’s new EP Still Awake. Besides the obvious fact that Hemsworth has been upping Tokyo’s brightest producer for a while now and has included him in various mixes before, the two share a similar genre-blurring approach to…
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 Sugar’s Campaign/Takuma: “PLUSminus (11.5.1 Mix)”
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For All People: Milch Of Source
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New Emerald Four: I Want To Be A Saint
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