Always worth interrupting a writing hiatus to mention that Tokyo’s i-fls has a new album out online. And this one takes on special meaning as it is the Garageband-leaning producers first full-length since the first half of 2014, which feels like quite the vacation for an artist who used to get new music out at a monthly rate. Yet the wait just makes Inverted Waves all the more special, and a great way to close out the year. Get it here, or listen below.
この曲は日本のインディペンデント音楽としては決して珍しいものではないでしょう。TaquwamiやSeihoのような素晴らしいアーティスト達を皮切りに、ヴォーカルのサンプルをピッチシフトするプロデューサーは2012年に多く存在し、活躍していましたから。でもWinona Hyperの”Promise”に至っては別件として捉えてほしいです。ヴォーカルのサンプリングを決して多くは使わずに、抜けが良く、かつ曇った音世界を表現しています。この”Promise”で最も特徴的なのは遅められたり速められたりするボーカルサンプルだというのは否定出来ませんが、本当に大事なのはそれ以外で何が起こっているか。Winona Hyperが奏でる美しいシンセはTaquwamiのBlurrywonder EPを彷彿とさせつつも、このグループが足す独特な輝かしさを持つ音が、この曲を愛すべき心地の良い曲にしています。このような作曲法もまだまだ追求すべき点が多いと認識させてくれました。試聴は以下から。
Lots of music news happened last week, and fitting all into normal posting hours turned out to be tough. So, here we are, with some quick hits we didn’t get around to. Let’s catch up, shall we? – Not content with releasing a free EP of original work, CUZ ME PAIN’s Nites project went and…
One of the earliest pieces of music writing advice I received was…don’t dwell too much on album art. But let me just take a second to note how new Kyoto-based label NC4K has established a great visual sense so far into their existence, with a cartoony psychedelic element that I really hope they continue to…
Was going to do a round-up of stuff that came out while I was on vacation, but life got in the way! So let’s do one at a time. Masayoshi Iimori exists on the aggressive extreme of Trekkie Trax…which is to say, he makes the sort of trap-inspired electronic pounders that make me feel ancient….
In which Foodman – who has spent the last few years pushing music, including but not limited to juke, to its sonic edges – finally shoves it all over the edge. Doguu, released via Sound Of Romances, is his best collection so far in 2014, and it achieves that by getting as scatterbrained as possible….
Electronic producer Sayoko Daisy gives funk a spin on the rubber “Silent Revenge,” a simple but very fun number coming out of Mie Prefecture. She takes her time letting the elastic synth grooves take their time, only interjecting her voice after making sure the proper atmosphere has been conjured up. And even then, she’s simply…