New Polysics: “Let’s Dabadaba”
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Watch it above.
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Watch it above.
I write a lot about INNIT here, but Kansai has another electronic-music party doing interesting stuff too. It’s called IdleMoments, and the event aims at bringing together those “who advocate for a new sound in Japan.” Organizer Shinya Wada records under the moniker Eadonmm, and his tracks hint at the artistic space IdleMoments allows. Specifically,…
I hate playing this card but…Pleasure is the only moniker this breezy electronic music project could have picked. The music of Pleasure isn’t growing excitement or joyous rush, it’s consistent and long-lasting pleasure. The ten-minute, er, pleasure cruise of “Sounded Sweet” bathes in the rays of Balearic sun, transforming house electro-squaks into relaxing little waves….
Producer Makiko Aizen’s “Untitled 7” pricks away at the listener, but knows that you need to mix in some soft beauty to make it worth it. The main sound coming through in this just-under-three-minute-long song is a sharp synthesizer line raising in intensity over the course of “Untitled 7.” It isn’t harsh or anything, but…
Though it lacks the shiny sheen big record label bucks can create, Yuhki Katagiri’s bedroom music serves as a reminder that pop isn’t the sole property of people who own multiple yachts. Sure, lots of Japanese pop sounds like the product of a conveyor belt and Yasutaka Nakata probably pulls most of Perfume’s music off…
Some projects, you just have to give a little distance and see where they are going. DJ PCDJ is…I’m pretty sure…a juke-leaning project involving CRZKNY and at least one other person, and they have been releasing songs at a pretty constant rate, running from lush meditations to more rumbling fair. “Z O W N” marks…
Annie The Clumsy’s music often veers towards the funny, her sparse recordings putting jokes and wordplay up front to charming effect. Broaden Your Minds features plenty of these moments, from the tipsy night-in drift of “Mug Of Wine” to the buzzing rumble of insomniac jam “3AM.” Yet her latest full-length also finds emotions — always…