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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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Beat By Beat: Isagen’s c.b.a.g. EP
ByPatrick St. Michel September 7, 2018

Japanese electronic artists have become far more interested in individual sounds over the last few years. From the experimental headscratchers coming from Foodman or the Wasabi Tapes label, to netlabel adjacent creators like Taquwami or Metome, it’s a good time for fans of individual sounds sticking out. It’s the element that makes producer Isagen’s new…

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Wisps: Rionos’ “Cache Cache”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 29, 2016

Sparseness is the move for Rionos on “Cache Cache,” a barely-there wisp of a song dusted with synthesizer and a dramatic build. This is the style she’s been exploring for the last few years, but “Cache Cache” is a particularly enveloping entryway into her sound. Piano and her voice usher the listener in, but from…

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In Dreams: Brinq’s “Baby Baby” Featuring Minan From Lyrical School
ByPatrick St. Michel September 6, 2016

Producer Brinq has been sharing fizzy, at-times-80s-indebted electro-pop for the last couple of years, and has seen the project’s stock slowly rise over that time. Brinq’s first full-length album, Magical Brinq Tour, comes out tomorrow, which means now is as good a time as ever to highlight “Baby Baby,” a glistening disco-pop number featuring guest…

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What’s Indie-Popping: Juvenile Juvenile, Swahili Words And Radio Friends
ByPatrick St. Michel April 18, 2012

“In all honesty, its about time the rock kids got their forward-looking tear-it-up moment: the indie world of the past decade has been far too content to strum its way comfortably along, going nowhere. But one side deserves the other, and there’s every chance that during the next few years we’ll need more of that…

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New Eadonmm: “Alder”
ByPatrick St. Michel October 23, 2012

The Kansai beat scene, highlighted by artists orbiting around Osaka’s INNIT party and the IdleMoments event in Kyoto, has thus far been defined by its forthcoming nature. Save for Magical Mistakes’ swirlier moments and Seiho’s more spaced-out experiments, the music popping out of the region is often colorful and dance-worthy, all the left turns kept…

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New Kaela Kimura: “A Winter Fairy Is Melting A Snowman”
ByPatrick St. Michel December 16, 2010

As a Christmas song, “A Winter Fairy Is Melting A Snowman” is pretty damn awesome, none of the cloying sentimental schlock most folks give into as they sell their bone marrow for a Kinect. As a Kaela Kimura song…ehhhh, bit of a mixed bag. When the synths come in near the beginning and her voice…

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