When you read this, I will probably be in an airplane heading back to Japan. Thus, posts are still gonna’ be a little sporadic. Anyway, here is a new one from Madegg called “Float Ring.” Listen below!
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Indie-pop project Fragile Flowers called up a lot of heavy hitters from the country’s twee-leaning scene for their first album, but have now settled on more fixed lineup for Psyche. It also feels a little more settled sonically, hovering in the same dizzying space that For Tracy Hyde occupied early on in that group’s existence….
By Daisuke Kikuchi Fashion has always worked together with music to create distinctive styles. Punks in studded leather jacket have proudly claimed that it’s anti-fashion, (though they chose to be dressed in certain ways…) but here comes a band who’s dressed to impress, and even label their music as fashion; I think that’s pretty punk….
Post Modern Team could play this trick, one a lot of indie-pop bands are capable of but which happened to be one the Osaka group did better than most in Japan. From the opening notes of career-highlight “Never Let You Down” and onward, they could make even the hint of wistfulness sound happy, especially when…
One of the driving themes of CHAI’s music thus far — made all the clearer after talking to them — is inclusiveness, of celebrating the unique characteristics we all possess. “I’m Me” isn’t quite a manifesto for the four-piece — that remains the herky-jerky “N.E.O.” — but it’s definitely them at their most direct, avoiding…
OK, now this is more like the House Of Tapes I remember. The Nagoya producer recently released a short EP that found him moving towards more vaporous, beat-removed sounds and it sounded like a welcome diversion from his usual suffocating bang-bang. “Strange Mercury” returns to that, though, and is strong reminder that House Of Tapes…
東京のプロデューサーTaquwamiは様々な挑戦をしてきました。激しい曲や繊細な曲、サンプル重視の曲や貝殻を耳に当てているような幻想的な曲、Occult Youの活動を除いても、彼の手がけた楽曲は大変バラエティーに富んでいます。新曲”All My Life”ではそんなTaquwamiの得意なサンプリングやエレクトロ・サウンドが輝きつつも、新たな挑戦も随所にちりばめられています。今年リリースされたBlurrywonder EPはR&BをTaquwami流のシンセの渦に巻き込んだようなサウンドだったのですが、今回の”All My Life”はより正統派なR&Bに。曲の前半を埋め尽くしているミニマルなビートはまるでUsherの”Climax”のよう。空気感に影響されてなのか、ボーカルサンプルはいつもよりもつぶやきがちで暗い印象に聴こえてきます。後半ではいつものスタイルが展開されていくのですが、”All My Life”はTaquwamiの新たな一面を確かに確認できる曲になっています。試聴はこちらから。