New Metome: “Koala”
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.
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.
Recorded during a live set at Osaka’s Zakuro back in July, “Monemone” features an extra rawness thanks to its in-the-moment nature. Yet however this sounds, Yullippe manages to make the uneasy nature of its rumble come through clearly. The beat shambles forward, the industrial influences she has long drawn from adding a nice crunch. And…
That Kool Switch Works’ compilation EP introduced us to a lot of great producers in Japan – the skittering slice-ups of bbbbb, the glowing work of Exccow, the footwork fun of Poncho and Casino Tart – but the MVP of that release (at least around these parts) was PICNICWOMEN. Whereas others on Witchcraft diced up…
The surest way to add some intrigue to a style of music is deliver it in a way that feels just off. The artist Loveless — who appears to have worked with the group Love The Candys — creates music dabbling in all sorts of styles, best summed up by an EP on Ano(t)raks last…
Since one can only ride the English teaching gravy train for so long…and this blog isn’t making me rich though it’s fun to write ya’ll!…I’ve started contributing to other publications about Japanese music. This week, I wrote up a live preview of Osaka oddball Oorutaichi for The Japan Times. Go here and read it. Instead…
Timothy Workが夏にリリースしたセルフタイトルのEPは、わずか4曲収録ながら幅広い音楽性を堪能する事ができます。そもそも、2012年に活躍したアーティスト達はジャンルの枠を飛び越える事が多かったですね。Moscow Clubもインディーポップからよりエレクトロなポップまでこなしていますし、Taquwamiの音楽性は常に変化しています。今回紹介するこのTimothy Work EPにはキャッチーな一貫したテーマ等は無いのですが、純粋に完成度の高い曲の集合体だと言えるでしょう。ミニマルなエレクトロ曲”London Echoes”に続くのは、My Bloody Valentineの”When You Sleep”のギターをよりやわらかくしたようなデリケートなインディーポップサウンドが特徴的な”Waves (You Heard)”。一筋縄にはいかないですね…と思ったとたんに次は色んな意味でエフェクトがかけられたラップが特徴的な”Hollywood!”が…最後の”Roll The Dice”は美しいコーラスとピアノが心地よく、オススメです。ダウンロードはこちらから。
This year is already feeling like a particularly strong one for Japan’s juke community, with plenty more to come. Yet Osaka outfit Satanicpornocultshop just went and dropped the first great front-to-back album of 2018. The Rise And Fall Of… doesn’t mark any massive departure from their usual sound, nor does it find them even pushing…