New MimiCof Video: “Aria, But Secret”
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Watch some wacky-altered footage of nature above.
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Watch some wacky-altered footage of nature above.
Haruno makes music in many different molds. They’ve used Vocaloid to create dreamy synth-pop, while also shifted closer to Nujabes via albums of laid-back hip-hop-inspired beats. I’m more drawn to the prior than the latter, as the beat-oriented stuff feels a bit incomplete and a little too sleepy. Sigh. still gravitates towards that territory, but…
The lurching, fuzzed-out start of Zibanchinka’s “Watashi no Nakami wa Almond” last a surprisingly long time. Coming in at nearly a minute might not sound impressive, but keep in mind the entire track lasts only two minutes and seven seconds so that’s virtually half of the whole shebang. Yet, oh, how important those 60 seconds…
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…
Kosmo Kat has proven he doesn’t need to have guests on his tracks to make them shine — the majority of the numbers on his very good Square EP find him providing the vocals — but he also tends to produce some really lovely work when he does team up with new people. “Ere Sora,”…
Tokyo is always going to be the central scene for all Japanese music, just because of the sheer size of that metropolis. Yet the Kansai region…the area anchored by the triple-threat of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara…has been hiding some of the most interesting electronic noises in the country today. I’m not just talking about tech-rock…
Two songs from Friday, from two of the most talented artists out of Osaka. Seiho shared the “short version” of a song called “Naked,” which you can hear above. After a bit of a busy opening, the song solidifies a bit and is a nice thumping tune…albeit one where bird sounds still sneak into the…