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New TEMPLIME And Hoshimiya Toto: “Watertank” EP

ByPatrick St. Michel August 27, 2019

Look away for a second, and production project TEMPLIME have started trending upwards. Following the buoyant Sphere, the duo have started working with SAWA on a new song and are set to appear at live events also featuring the likes of kz. The real sign of TEMPLIME moving on up, however, is the overall quality of their new Watertank EP with Hoshimiya Toto. It’s a bit tough figuring out just what Toto’s deal is — I’d say they aren’t a Virtual YouTuber per se, and they opt for “virtual creator.” Yet here they sound at home over TEMPLIME’s high-energy electro, adding a nice human (human?) touch to songs prone to diving into pit-ready drops at various points, or letting hop-scotching beats dominante. Get it here, or listen below.

<a href="http://templime.bandcamp.com/album/watertank-e-p">Watertank e.p. by 星宮とと+TEMPLIME</a>

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Words And Music: Paya’s Yuutai Gurai De Chooudo Ii
ByPatrick St. Michel April 16, 2019

The recent focus on pop music going “international” via K-pop and Latin pop has resulted in an interesting tension in how these songs get interpreted. How important are lyrics to this? They obviously are central, and no doubt that’s part of the appeal to listeners who actually are fluent in these languages. But a big…

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New House Of Tapes: “Rosemary”
ByPatrick St. Michel March 9, 2017

Nagoya’s House Of Tapes has been pretty busy in 2017, thus far. He’s established Sleep Jam Records, put out a tour-only album and prepping a release with his other project Swamp Sounds. Yet he still drops songs on to SoundCloud under the House Of Tapes name, such as the fluttery “Rosemary,” which is a “limited…

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Down The Internet Hole: Cool Japan Remixes tofubeat’s First Album, John Gastro Remixes The Cool Japan Remix Of tofubeats
ByPatrick St. Michel October 5, 2014

So this is some twisty Internet magic ahead, so let’s take it one step at a time. – This week, Kobe’s tofubeats release First Album, via major-label Unborde (of Warner Brothers Japan). I reviewed that one over at Wondering Sound – it’s great, and one of the better albums capturing the allure of the Internet…

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New Nyankobrq: Black Cat
ByPatrick St. Michel October 31, 2017

Nothing better for electronic music in Japan than the week after a big gathering (usually of the otaku nature). That’s when all the independent artists who brought limited-edition releases to said event share them online for the rest of us. In the wake of last week’s M3, a handful of new compilations and releases have…

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New OMEGABOY: “Parallel Dance”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 27, 2012

In which OMEGABOY hits on my ultimate sonic pleasure – sounding like the battle music that plays during the fight segments in the video game Earthbound. There is more going on in “Parallel Dance” than just Super Nintendo days – it’s one of the more claustrophobic tracks the Osaka producer has created yet, every sound…

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New Metome: Turn It Up
ByPatrick St. Michel January 21, 2019

If you’re looking for the part of the Metome post where I talk about “fading memories” and “lost scenes,” don’t worry that will certainly pop up briefly. The Osaka producer’s music over the last couple of years has inspired me to get gloopy and long about a very specific time in Osaka’s electronic music community,…

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