Ryuichi Nakamura has appeared in a lot of indie-pop bands over the last few years — including Batman Winks, Boyish, Easel Easel and several more. And now he’s stepping out for his own project Fragile Flowers. Well, with a little help from his friends. Asylum Piece*, his first release as this project, features a lot…
Sapporo producer Parkgolf is up to…something. He’s written “coming soon” in the description for latest song “Crush On,” which is in and of itself plenty to keep fans of the lightspeed artist content before whatever is next…makes itself clear. “Crush On” is loaded up with pitch-shifted vocals, the beat approaching juke territory but never quite…
The short version: Well, this is fucked up in a really fun way. The long version: Wasabi Tapes is a new venture launched by the guy behind the Japanese music blog (and, if you can navigate the language, a blog Make Believe Melodies strongly recommends adding to your bookmarks) Hi-Hi Whoopee. The label deals in…
He’s turned his attention to Space Jazz, but the latest release from X-Files still brims over with the sense of unease that has defined the artist’s work over the last two years. There actually isn’t that much “jazz” present — rather, it is a lot of guitar countered by a serious of synth notes, with…
Sometimes its the moment not happening that ends up being the most memorable. Universe Nekoko’s “Like A Raspberry” goes for something more delicate, more spacious than some of the band’s more outright shoegaze material. Everything feels near whispered, while the music itself feels barely there, like a light wind grazing over someone walking in the…
Four Disconnected Thoughts On “Future Pop,” The Song, By Perfume 1.) The hypothesis I’ve worked with over the last two years is — Yasutaka Nakata, after being way ahead of the curve in the late Aughts and influencing swaths of EDM and other corners of electronic music in the 2010s (I guess lo-fi house can’t…