The Trekkie Trax gang have been keeping busy, and thankfully they made sure “releasing new songs onto SoundCloud” remained one of the collective’s mission. Seimei & Taimei’s “Orion” is a fizzy dance track, one that swerves through several high-energy passages, but is always lithe. Listen below.
What’s always made Taquwami’s music stand out from the crowd of similarly minded — and in most cases, very good — SoundCloud-orbiting producers is how he seemingly wants his music to sound genuinely alien. Most artists that could be generally tagged as “SoundCloud producers” come off as types who just like bending sounds, stretching vocal…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49C0mpeDjw0″] Lodged somewhere between the chill waves of Hotel Mexico, the lo-fi beach party of Friends and the art-pop of The New House exists アナ(English-only folks, pronounce that “A Na”). They might be the most straightforward group on Second Royal Records, a trio not afraid to test out new sounds but that still come off…
One of those stubborn personal opinions I cling to is that music should be able to stand on its own, free from visuals and choreography and whatever else people would rather gravitate to. This is one of the most old-man things about me — even though I appreciate all the other stuff (I mean, the…
Duo Frasco have been offering up a nice alternative take on Japan’s current interest in laid-back music, and “Viewtiful” highlights just how. Whereas other young groups tend to keep everything super laid-back — and, more importantly, build around guitars — Frasco let a little tension sneak into their synth-pop jams. “Viewtiful” is in no rush…
Buddy Girl And Mechanicのデビューアルバムは寒い２月の気温以上にチルな気分にさせてくれます。このBuddy Girl And Mechanicはゆったりと始まり、全体を通してゆっくり。それによりこのバンドが得意な遊び心の効いた工夫が活かされるのです。オープナー”Ultra Witch Crafty Fab”なんかはクラウト・ロックを落ち着かせたような印象。７分以上もあるもののクライマックスなんかは無く、同じペースで進んで行くわけなのですが、左右に散りばめられた様々な音色によって飽きのこない曲に仕上がっています。同じく東京のMilla And The Geekの”New Age”に近いものの、Milla And the geeksはノイズ、Buddy Girl And Mechanicは空間と多彩な楽器を使って表現しているという点で異なります。”Buddy My Cloud”はさらにゆったり。シンプルなパーカッションとギターや、アンビエントなボーカルによるオーガニックなサウンドが心地良いです。逆に”Fenix”なんかではちゃんとドラムとベースがあり、キーボードもボーカルのエフェクトも多彩で良い意味で怪しい雰囲気に。３曲試聴可能ですよ。
Fidgety is the word for Osaka producer Metome’s offering, even more so than usual. “Mother Data” pops and locks all over the place, a flurry of synths zooming in from the left while some processed bass notes zip in on the right, never really meeting in the middle but sorta bouncing off one another as…