Seiho posted this new song, “So Far,” yesterday, and it is definitely worth your time. It is the first track of his in a while not to feature some sort of mutated vocal sample – here, he just lets his electronics warp themselves around into a really colorful beat. Listen below.
This marks the second release in the span of the month out of Japan that builds around samples from Pac-Man. One more and we got us a trend! Omoide Label tends to release music that is pure comfort for me personally, the type of stuff that goes down like convenience store desserts after a long…
Tokyo five-piece Kikagaku Moyo has been kicking about for about three years around the capital, playing the sort of guitar-centric psych rock that thrills rock fans who see Japan as “Boredomes and some other nutty stuff.” But despite this potential pitfall — a lot of these avant-garde bands aren’t actually doing anything interesting! — Kikagaku…
Man, these guys don’t mess around. Only half-a-year after releasing their debut album Coton, techrockers √thumm return with Yamatopia, their sophomore effort. If you can’t wait until July 28 for it to drop, the trio have uploaded quick snippets of the album’s tracks at their MySpace. While your there you can also take a listen…
Producer Hiroto Kudo crafts something calming but with a little kick on latest song “Blink.” For the most part, it is a sparse number featuring synthesizer driplets and a fidgety (but understated) beat. Save for some voices floating by in the back, it is straightforward and relaxing. But Kudo knows how to turn all of…
Throwback rockers Wednesday plan on releasing their first full-length album Start The Start on March 10. No songs from this LP have found there way online yet, but when they do, we’ll let you know. In related news, Wednesday’s song “The Party Is Over” recently got the remix treatment from mysterious artist Higu. The Osaka-based…
京都のビート・メーカーMadeggのニュー・アルバムがリリースされる日が近づいてきてますね。この若きアーティストの新作Kikoからは”Stripes”という、曲のタイトルと抜群にマッチしたビデオが公開されています。左右のパンニングや音量の変化等を上手く使って展開していく曲は、軽快なパーカッションがとても心地よく、ストライプをぐちゃぐちゃする事無く爽やかに幻想的です。是非お聴き下さい。