Time to invoke the guidelines for getting a Vocaloid song on this blog — an artist either has to get really experimental and possibly weird with it, or just make some really bubbly pop using synthesized voices. Pedestrian leans mainly towards the latter on the skippy “Funny Dancer,” though shades of the prior sneak in….
Metome’s past features a few moments where he’s stretched out his sound, but the Osaka electronic artist mostly offers up mid-sized bursts of sound, whether they be hopped-up blasts of funk or more reflective slappers. “Series” finds Metome going long — just over 13 minutes, as it turns out. It’s a stuttering take on house…
Ever-busy band tricot (now a our-piece as they’ve found a drummer) appeared on Wowow’s Live Tips program recently, presumably to offer up some live tips…and some performances. One of those was a live version of a new song called “Boom Ni Notte” (“On The Boom” in English), now available for all to see. It follows…
It’s important not too go overboard when talking about an intriguing newer artist and overlook the past in the process. Sleet Mage’s music certainly allows its strings to other artists show through — feel free to drop an essay about how the current wave of “SoundCloud rappers” have a deep appreciation of anime, and how…
Few artists can point to a co-sign from Hikaru Utada ahead of their major-label solo debut, but Nariaki Obukuro has got it. And if more artists like this are going to creep closer to the spotlight, the widening of the J-pop industry is only proving fruitful. Obukuro co-founded Tokyo Recordings and has worked under the…