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New Metome: “Koala”

ByPatrick St. Michel March 6, 2017

Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.

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Sticky: TAAR Featuring Iri “Come Together” And Iri’s “Watashi”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 28, 2017

Turning back towards the ’80s, when it comes to Japanese music, is (or, depending where you stand, still is) the in style. But the areas explored in Japan proper and abroad are very different. Outside of the country, there is a new-found embrace of Japanese ambient and neighboring sounds, highlighted by the recent attention given…

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New Wooman: “Six Days”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 31, 2018

I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for music that conjures up memories of the 2011 and 2012 Japanese indie rock community, when Hotel Mexico put their spin on chillwave and the entire CUZ ME PAIN universe offered an unsettling merger between dance and rock. Naturally, the one group left to emerge from…

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New Le Makeup: Hyper Earthy
ByPatrick St. Michel July 21, 2017

It’s a bit premature to say something like Osaka producer Le Makeup’s Hyper Earthy represents a major sonic shift for the artist. Up to this point, they’ve released one album and a handful of tracks, so small sample size. Yet that previous material was up-tempo, influenced by the sounds of the Caribbean and the Latin…

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Keep The Summer Cute: Commune310’s Commune310 Summer ’16
ByPatrick St. Michel August 10, 2016

An overload of “kawaii” imagery always sets off alarm bells in my head. That can be unfair, but sometimes an overload of anime girl characters on a netlabel’s homepage or artwork makes me think the music is going to be pretty derivative, another producer trying to be Tomggg and not hitting the mark. The Commune310…

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A Sweeter Escape: Nakanojojo And Toccoyaki’s “Kagami”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 15, 2018

Nakanojojo and Toccoyaki exist in the same world as cotton-candy-bright dance-pop from the likes of Snail’s House, Yunomi, YUC’e and more. It extends beyond the fizzy, maximalist electronic pop both make, as they both share an interest in anime-as-cover-art and a general positivity flowing through their music. “Kagami” brings the two artists together, and the…

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Sugar Rush: Sweesweesweets “Frill”
ByPatrick St. Michel March 7, 2016

Nagoya trio Sweesweesweets follows a line of synth-loving electro-pop acts with a healthy use of vocal affects, now vanished — not just the wave of artists who emerged after Perfume blew up, but also smaller acts such as Root Thumm and Erectricmole. “Frill” is a swirl of twinkling synthesizer and electrified vocals, everything mixing together…

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