New PixaPhonica Compilation Featuring mus.hiba, Ryuuta Takaki And More

Another day, another electronic music comp combining familiar faces with new ones, so let’s just run through this quick, yeah?

The old: mus.hiba and his Vocaloid partner in art Sekka Yufu contribute “Hitori,” another slow-moving stunner in a song catalog that’s starting to overflow with great work. It’s one of his most glacial numbers yet, a series of whirring synths building up to a in-no-rush singing segment from Yufu’s digi voice before turning into…an even more minimal thump, just drum and a few electronic noises. It closes on one more seasick note. God, this guy is so good. Ryuuta Takaki is also back with a strong track, one teasing a similar iciness while also working in the distant…coos of a baby. The majority of the song, though, is just solid beat work that mutates into something approaching juke music in its second half.

The new: A lot! End’s Not Near’s “What Color” seems like a bit of a pointless ambient number until a beat kicks in and takes the song to an exciting new level. Hyperthink’s appropriately titled “Wonderfuck” jumps between banging and glitched-out sweating. Qeunoirs offers a solid, straight-ahead dance song. That’s only the start. Get the whole thing here.