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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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New Poncho + Casino Tart: “Take Time”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 3, 2018

Some swift, good juke courtesy of Osaka’s Poncho + Casino Tart on their latest release. The two Satanicpornocultshop members craft a pretty simple but deeply pleasing track with “Take Time,” letting some flute-like sounds do their breezy thing while some helium-ed up vocal samples run over, adding a wooziness to every second of the song….

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New Monari Wakita: “Gozigen Lover-Joi”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 25, 2018

Look, if a former Especia member does something musically, this blog will almost certainly cover it. If parts of this HALLCA release lean in on nostalgia for Especia, Monari Wakita’s solo career has been an effort to take similar ideas and turn them into livelier numbers that seem to be a bit more focused on…

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New Carpainter: Saltflake Snow EP
ByPatrick St. Michel October 1, 2014

Wonky future-garage producer Carpainter has a new two-song EP out on L25 Recordings, and you can hear both cuts above. The title track is an easy-going number, built for gentle nodding-along-to and sweetened by vocal samples and glistening electronic drops. It makes space for one bendy segment, but for the most part is an easy-going…

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Blurred Dreams: Madame_nhu’s “Spacy”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 15, 2017

Madame_nhu describes themselves as a “dream artist,” which on first brush simply conjures up images of shoegaze bands occupying space in a cramped Tokyo club. Yet “Spacy” offers up a bit of a surprise, at least to those made slightly cynical by Japan’s eternal love of My Bloody Valentine…it’s more blurry than anything else, Madame_nhu’s…

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Music Alliance Pact April 2012
ByPatrick St. Michel April 15, 2012

Last week, I reviewed MFP’s new album Mindful Beats Vol. 2. for The Japan Times. Read that here. Now, a few days later, the Osaka producer represents Japan in this month’s Music Alliance Pact, wherein more than 30 blogs from all over the world share a great track from their respective country. Check out a…

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New Memoryhook: Nothing To Do EP
ByPatrick St. Michel October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

It appears Nagoya dream-pop project Memoryhook has undergone a few changes over the last few months. The actual members making up this project seem to have changed, with one half (Takuma, handling bass and beats) sticking around while EMiSM has stepped up as new vocalist and keyboardist. Except…she’s also the featured vocalist here? Whatever that…

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