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New MPEG_7: “CH3COOH”
The artist formerly known as Athena continues to piece together a great run of music. Following the icy electronica of Diamond True, the producer is back with “CH3COOH,” which Google tells me refers to acetic acid. It is a song that feels like it is dissolving at times, with noises skittering off and leaving slight…
Ethereal Clanging: Toi Higuchi’s “4h10mn”
Tokyo-based producer Toi Higuchi strikes a lovely balance between ethereal electronica and clattering beat music on “4h10mn,” shared online this past weekend. Opting for one extreme or the other — a barely-there ambient track, or just a beat — probably wouldn’t have ended up all that compelling (no shortage of either floating around online), but…
Qrion Remixes Ricky Eat Acid: “Inside My House; Some Place I Keep Dreaming About”
I don’t think I’ve blabbered too much about my favorite non-Japanese albums of 2014 so far around these parts (though, ughhh, maybe I did? Who knows) (I hope not you), but I’ll take this time to say one of my favorites out of America has been Ricky Eat Acid’s super-lovely Three Love Songs, which you…
New Yun*Chi: “Jelly”
For the most part, Yun*Chi’s singles and advance songs have been relatively upbeat affairs, produced by the likes of kz and Taku Takahashi and an assortment of netlabel types. They’ve been overall good showcases for her voice, and have done a good job of separating Yun*Chi from AsobiSystem’s ranks. “Jelly” adds some welcome pre-release intrigue…
Calm Time: Parmot’s If U R Near / Throbe
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: elevating simple beat music to something that can stand on its own isn’t easy, but doable. Producer Parmot manages it with this two-song release, a slightly fuzzy offering in the same avenue as the dizzying sample-twisters that ΔKTR specializes in. “If U R Near” takes squiggly…
New Miii: An Invisible Storyteller EP
Tokyo producer Miii has been a busy bee this month. Besides prepping a new EP with his project The Wedding Mistakes, he’s been releasing a few songs here and there. And now…a new EP, called An Invisible Storyteller. SoundCloud tags aren’t a full-proof tool to figuring out the mindset of an artist…but the only one…