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.
Semi-mysterious outfit QQIQ have a new album out, and they’ve cooked up an interesting way of selling it. This page breaks it down, but the quick summary: e-mail them for a download link, listen, and two weeks later they’ll ask you how much you think it was worth. And…send them the money. It’s a clever…
1. The first time I talked to Erik Luebs…who records under the name Magical Mistakes, it was for an article about INNIT, the party he and several other electronic producers (Seiho, And Vice Versa, MFP and more) were throwing in Osaka. At the time, he lived on Kyushu, Japan’s Western most island,so I asked him…
Strangely enough, it now sounds strange hearing Broken Haze’s bright electronic tunes without a voice on top of it. Blame it on the weird glory of “Limo,” which forced AAA’s designated rapper to move at lightspeed, but somehow that one has made an instrumental like “Highway Star” sound like a sudden left turn…despite this being…
At this point, Hokkaido-based project Yunomi could (and should!) replace at least a mini-album of their squishy, cuddly electro-pop. “Akenai Yoru, Samenai Yume” is the latest entry in what is becoming one of the stronger runs of releases over the past 12 months, and it touches on all the elements that have made Yunomi stand…
I don’t know how these kids do it, but the beat scene in Kansai has given rise to a group of young artists capable of just firing off tracks. So…here’s a collection of tracks from some of the best around. First off, Kyoto’s Madegg just doesn’t rest. Fresh off releasing a (very good) album on…
A classic example of a song where using too many words trying to say something smart would be foolish. This is just a really great dance track, one really bringing the energy without ever letting it slip for a second. It exists in the same semi-fluttery zone as a lot of stuff you’d find on…