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New Kindan No Tasuketsu: “Crazy”

ByPatrick St. Michel July 2, 2014

Here’s a slow burner from Kindan No Tasuketsu, “Crazy.” It unfolds like a nursery rhyme (that chorus), and features a wild keyboard solo amidst all the longing.

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Osaka Double Dip: New Soleil Soleil And In The Blue Shirt
ByPatrick St. Michel July 13, 2015

The always musically fertile Kansai region houses two producers responsible for a pair of 2015’s best releases — Soleil Soleil and In The Blue Shirt — and the two released new works tonight, pretty close to one another. Great timing! Soleil Soleil’s “She Keeps Me Warm” is on the sparse side, the house-loving producer seemingly…

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New LLLL: “Slowly We Come”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 6, 2017

LLLL’s Chains project has allowed the Tokyo-based producer to explore a wide range of sounds and tempos, some entries offering speedy dance numbers, while others have leaned closer to something more reflective and slower. “Slowly We Come” hints at its pace right in the title, finding the producer creating a song that takes its time…

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New Aoi Yagawa (Produced By Tomggg): “On The Line”
ByPatrick St. Michel October 10, 2017

It’s always a welcome site to see worlds collide, even if you could kinda see it coming. Aoi Yagawa is a member of maison book girl, one of the many idol outfits to splinter out of BiS (uhhh, the original one). They initially seemed just like every other group sprouting out from that “anti-idol” outfit’s…

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Controlled Karoke: ORIGAMI Cover Sonic Youth’s “Bull In The Heather”
ByPatrick St. Michel March 8, 2011

Well my day has featured a whole lot of origami. First I read Tiny Mix Tapes excellent Japan The Beats feature which covers rap in the country, this article featuring a bit on an outfit called Origami. Later I tried to do research on another musical project featuring “origami” in the title. And somehow Googling…

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New Frasco Featuring Poolside: “Wave”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 18, 2018January 18, 2018

Duo Frasco’s music has always been relatively laid back, avoiding easy city-pop-revival trappings in favor of something a bit more out there (but still limber). So this group — which describe themselves as a “meta pop project?” I don’t remember that from last year, is this a commentary on…something? — creating a smoothed-out beat for…

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New CRYV Sample: “Summer Clock”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 21, 2010

The dudes in CRYV keep on rolling out songs this summer. The latest bit of musical hang gliding from the duo is “Summer Clock,” a chiming little slice of, uh, summery music. It borders on the twee save for those eyes-on-the-sky synths propelling the whole thing higher than indie-pop often shoots for. You can get…

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