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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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Hundred Strong: DJ PCDJ’s “Z O W N”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 12, 2017

Some projects, you just have to give a little distance and see where they are going. DJ PCDJ is…I’m pretty sure…a juke-leaning project involving CRZKNY and at least one other person, and they have been releasing songs at a pretty constant rate, running from lush meditations to more rumbling fair. “Z O W N” marks…

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New :visited: “Greatest Bored”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 30, 2011

Dear Japanese bands, I love you guys a lot, but why you gotta go and post new tracks at 1:00 A.M.? I realize that by being up I should actually consider myself fortunate but I literally was setting my alarm for tomorrow when I saw this new track from CUZ ME PAIN bro :visited. The…

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Hyper Takes: Palecore’s Hajimemashite And “Akira Super Love2017”
ByPatrick St. Michel November 8, 2017November 8, 2017

Last Friday, as part of Red Bull Music Festival Tokyo’s programming, producers Seiho and Okadada held an event called At The Corner at Shibuya’s WWW X venue. It featured a lot of young artists from all over the nation — including this blog’s faves The Neon City and Toiret Status — and the one that…

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Deeper Depths: Muranouwasa
ByPatrick St. Michel June 16, 2015

Identity — or, more accurately, confirming identity — has always been a bit of tripping point when it comes to Japanese music. This became an especially tough with the arrival of vaporwave, a micro-genre where artists borrowed heavily from Japan for their aesthetics. This eventually lead to some project boasting a name written entirely in…

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New Seiho: “I Feel Tired Everyday”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 22, 2019

Part of me just wants to point at that title and be like “eyyyy me too!” But…why? The key to the latest song from electronic artist Seiho comes from his choice to underline “tired” as the condition this track captures. Have all the fuzzy anime GIF loops you want — tiredness isn’t sitting in bed,…

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Olive Oil Teams Up With Busdriver For “Skipping On The Sea”
ByPatrick St. Michel October 1, 2015

Western Japan’s beat scene and Los Angeles’ music world have had a lot in common over the last few years, so it seems fitting that there has been a bit of collaboration between artists from both sides. The latest comes via Twin Capital’s first installment in a new “Los Angeles X Asia collaborative series,” and…

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