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.
At the tailend of 2014, Tokyo duo Boys Age released what was a best-of collection of the prolific pair’s music. It was a needed album, as the group have released many EPs, albums and singles across all sorts of labels over the last few years, and finding a solid entry point was pretty tough. A…
The risk in writing about this compilation is that I’ll almost certainly not get out to the party it is meant to promote, which seems like a bit of a missed connection. Then again, Yellow Tokyo Compilation 001 also serves as a good intro to the world these folks are trying to create. MPEG-7 was…
Tokyo label Trekkie Trax has teamed up with Mad Decent sub-label Good Enuff for a compilation celebrating the Japanese netlabel. This isn’t the first time these two entities have criss-crossed, and many of the artists here have also been featured on Good Enuff. The best moments come from the artists who seem most out of…
I do not have a real rooting interest in this year’s Super Bowl…the closest I come is seeking vague revenge against Seattle for beating my favorite team a couple weeks ago, although really I’m still just more depressed about how they bobbled that game away gahhhhhh…which has freed up plenty of time to do other…
Oh Vanilla Beans, how you perplex me. As this idol duo do every time they put out a new single or album, I am left staring at my computer screen like I’m trying to decipher CIA code, trying to figure out whether they are J-Pop prankster geniuses or just so far down the rabbit hole…
I’m always ready for something really heavy when Trekkie Trax come along with a new release, but this split between Amunoa and In The Blue Shirt isn’t quite as bone rattling as expected. And, given my current state (exhausted), it is very welcome. Amunoa’s half, “Lil’ Lady Luck,” is slightly more surprising, since I’m used…