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(First, officially back from Fuji Rock! Regular posting resumes now.) The Paellas have been having a nice summer thus far, and over the weekend they made it a touch better by releasing the Following EP. The Osaka group previewed this new release by uploading the wonderful title track earlier in the week, but now they…
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Sapporo is, technically, the birthplace of Hatsune Miku, the avatar for singing-synthesizer software Vocaloid. Fittingly, the Hatsune Miku Dreams Of Electric Sheep EP gathers electronic artists from Hokkaido’s hub to create songs using the technology. It’s also one of the more interesting Vocaloid releases in the program’s history….a lot of artists using Vocaloid tend to…
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Consider Japan’s Guinea Pigs the inverse version of England’s Friendly Fires – whereas that UK band creates dancefloor-appropriate indie rock via heavy use of electronics, the duo of Guinea Pigs uses the same ingredients to make surprisingly insular music. “Songbird” opens up with a dancey beat joined by the type of cheesy percussion additions (recall…
New Amunoa: “REM”
Calling something “underrated” often feels like a silly distinction, but I do kind of think Amunoa gets slightly overlooked in the Japanese electronic crowd. They are just so good at creating shifty little numbers, and using cut-up samples in a way that makes them stand out rather than blend in. “REM,” their latest, further shows…
On Demand: Towa Tei With Yukihiro Takahashi And Kiko Mizuhara, “The Burning Plain”
Towa Tei’s “The Burning Plain” actually sorta ends up being about…The Burning Plain. “You’ve just set up the DVD/I’ve waited to see it/A movie called The Burning Plain,” pretty directly referencing the 2008 Charlize Theron vehicle, one that didn’t score too highly with Rotten Tomatoes. The rest of the track…featuring Yukihiro Takahasi and Kiko Mizuhara…
Pa’s Lam System Teams Up With Parkgolf For “Doughnut Planet”
As part of Maltine Records recent stay at the new Red Bull Studio Tokyo, the netlabel had a few of the artists orbiting in their space collaborate on new songs. Tomggg and Hercelot were up first with “Greengum,” and now the second day’s participants share their creation. Pa’s Lam System and Parkgolf worked on the…