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Vocaloid is a weird tool and oftentimes a tough instrument to build songs around. Yet one realm where synthesized speech tends to do well is electro-pop, and Hyogo-based producer Mameyudofu shows just why on the bouncy Kouiu No Hajimete Nansuyo album, released recently. The vocals on each of the four songs are clearly that of…
Here’s a slippery new techno-pop tune from Mie Prefecture’s Sayoko-Daisy. “Nomal Position” is an unpredictable strut of a song – her vocals are delivered mostly in near sing-speak, except when she swings into a digi-manipulated passage mid song. The music itself is just as tricky – there’s a backbone groove, but electronics burble in the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8SKpjvq2A”] This one requires context. Maia Hirasawa, the Swedish singer who also spends extended periods of time in Japan, has become pretty darn popular in this country. Her single “It Doesn’t Stop” pops up on all sorts of radio stations…indie-approved and the sort of easy-listening stuff middle-aged people love to listen to during car pools…and…
Though I’m still not sold entirely on the nostalgic beach imagery sopping from his work, I’ve got to admit Friends’ demo for “Anyone Like You” sees the beach-music-via-bedroom artist boasts a pretty catchy melody. The fuzzy corners aren’t contributing much but they also aren’t getting in the way, allowing that sweet guitar line and those…
Bands wearing schoolgirl uniforms rarely get a second glance from me, so when I saw uniform-clad SCANDAL on the TV show Music Fair this weekend I didn’t pay much attention. While working, though, I realized the song coming out of the television was surprisingly catchy. I looked up and…surprise, SCANDAL. SCANDAL bill themselves as a…
Not to puff it up too much, but Mom has…kind of gotten big? OK, more like “rising steadily” but since releasing an album late last year the genre hop-scotcher has gotten a decent amount of attention, and also appeared in an ad for Apple. This is all lining up for Mom’s next album, May’s Detox,…