New Towa Tei Video: “Alpha”
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Towa Tei keeps things pretttttty simple here.
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Towa Tei keeps things pretttttty simple here.
One of the most interesting points about chillwave lost in the race to post new tunes to blogs is the idea of it being “recession music,” how the still-massive financial crisis coupled with all sorts of other bad stuff caused 20-something musicians to turn to bedroom-recording. That narrative often seems lost in 2011, replaced by…
Tokyo producer mus.hiba has mainly worked with digital singers over the last few years. In particular, he’s favored Sekka Yufu, a Vocaloid character whose digi voice has been like snowflakes falling over his fever-dream-ish arrangement of synths. For “Hitomi,” though, he’s working with flesh-and-blood singer Abigail Press, from Brooklyn for his forthcoming full-length debut on…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVGSdHkumI”] A lot of stop motion, donuts and fake facial hair find a place in this cutesy clip for Puffyshoes’”Tokio (Dedicated To Gagakirise).” Watch above, and make sure to get a hold of their new album Finally The Weekend too!
Sometimes what you really need is a simple, super-catchy pop number to close out your day. Kumamoto-based “sound creator” Sanzashi offers just that with “Lucky,” which finds him teaming up with a singer named Marie to create a skippy number featuring one of the more subtly addictive hooks I’ve heard from a song in recent…
This is the first Fogpak release where I only recognize one of the names contributing to the sometimes compilation of young electronic producers…and that comes via Australia’s Super Magic Hats, who contributes the melancholic “Shinagawa.” That, though, is fitting for Fogpak, which at its best serves as an intro to burgeoning young talent from Japan…
Compared to most reading assigned during high school, John Steinbeck’s The Red Pony an especial treat because it’s an absolute breeze to read. It’s a great read that can be done in an afternoon. Japanese band The Red Pony initially seems to channel that same brisk skill, most of the shoegazey tracks featured on their…