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New Towa Tei Video: “Alpha”

ByPatrick St. Michel July 19, 2011

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Towa Tei keeps things pretttttty simple here.

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Fractured Unity: IKTS’ “No-f”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 4, 2019

Tottori creator IKTS turns seeming mess into something mesmerizing on “No-f.” Not to get too deep into simile, but this sounds like the musical equivalent of pouring a bunch of straws onto the ground and watching them spill all over the place. Jagged electronic notes dash all over the place, at first criss-crossing in unpredictable…

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New Toyomu: “Maboroshi”
ByPatrick St. Michel September 21, 2018

Toyomu’s radical re-works — especially that one — are always going to be the immediate image of the Kyoto artist for a lot of people. But “Maboroshi” shines because it channels all the other elements that have been present in Toyomu’s original music, synthesizing them into one squiggly track. Traces of his Brainfeeder-loving early days…

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New Puni Puni Denki: “Kimi Wa Queen”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 13, 2019

“Kimi Wa Queen” finds somewhat of a middle ground between the bossa-nova-inflected Wonder Underground and the dance-floor-eyeing Mirai Addiction. The general pace is still pretty relaxed, but Puni Puni Denki lets a nice bounce sneak in that gives this one a little more of a strut. That’s partially thanks to assists from production team Mikeneko…

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New Xinlisupreme: “J-Pop”
ByPatrick St. Michel November 7, 2019

So far in 2019, there have been two prominent J-pop songs about J-pop itself, at least to some degrees. Teenager SASUKE practically gives the industry an entire pep talk with a song going to great lengths to tell you J-pop will never end (raising the stakes significantly with a line about how “Japanese people will…

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New CRZKNY: Groove 2
ByPatrick St. Michel February 7, 2017February 7, 2017

For the most part, Hiroshima’s CRZKNY has operated in a quick-hit, often aggressive style when it comes to juke. He either loads up on split-second samples or creates a thick sense of unease, one that lends itself well to his political leanings. Groove 2, a two-track release from Poland’s Outlines imprint that follows up compatriot…

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New Group2: “Milk”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 25, 2018

Ever so often, a wonky and downright goofy band will change things up to try to get more major-label attention, usually when the Japanese music industry is enjoying a band boom. Sometimes, it works and other times it results in an interesting group turning into Spitz Jr. Thankfully, Group2 remain just as odd on new…

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