New group Lucky Tapes – fronted by Kai Takahashi – have their debut EP out now, and here’s another taste of the laid-back group’s sound. “In Paris” is an especially Sunday-morning-in-bed-ready song, a slow groover of a number that adds sweet vocal dollops behind Takahashi’s love talk. Listen below.
Sometimes, after a long day, you just want a number that gets you nodding along on your couch. Producer Neshizuku’s end-of-summer gift to the world is “Vague,” a slightly menacing dance cut pulsing with energy. This one doesn’t mess around — from the start, Neshizuku lets steel-tipped synth lines graze over the beat, constructing a…
Kyoto whizz-kid Madegg has a few new developments to talk about tonight. His SoundCloud page reveals his first proper album will be “coming this spring,” which is pretty exciting, especially because it will come out on Flau Records, home to Neon Cloud and Cokiyu. It also appears the young producer has developed a visual trend…
This is both the liveliest sounding Boys Age song and the most downtrodden. The bedroom rock project has gotten jangly at times in the past, but “Forlorn Beach” deploys a jaunty drum beat that practically skips ahead, adding an energy rarely found in the group’s music. And it works well in conjunction with the guitar…
Ez Minzoku by Foodman What sets Foodman apart from so many artists is his fascination with sound. Over the course of his career, the producer has tinkered around with all sorts of sources and created songs out of unconventional noises — mosquitos become synthesizers, Japanese summer festivals become sliced-and-diced percussion. Listening to Foodman’s songs can…
Consider it closer to an out-of-body experience at a social gathering than a tune designed to soundtrack one. Ruby Lemon’s “The Party” takes its time unfolding, the Fukuoka-based artist letting the synth notes stretch out while her singing comes through at half speed in an electronic haze. It’s about mood over movement, and like her…
As producer Nite Body has displayed across the previous two Nite Body EPs…plus Nite For Fox, a special release eschewing numbers, I suppose…simplicity is all you really need to create great dance numbers for the night. III moves at a blurry, after-midnight pace, unfolding at a speed apt for moving around to but also getting…