The story goes that Dutch produced Nicolay (one-half of the excellent Foreign Exchange) traveled out to Tokyo back in 2006 to deejay a show. He spent five days in Japan, staying in the Shibuya section of Tokyo, and ended up loving it. After the trip, Nicolay went to work on an instrumental-heavy album inspired by…
Whoa, this blog has seen a spike in visitors over the last day! I mean, a spike for a site this tiny means 30 views, but I’m still excited by it, even if it’s just a bunch of stray folks who searched for “chiptune” and ended up here (sorry). So, since slightly more people may…
Even though I grew up obsessed over video games (I consider the Christmas where I get an N64 one of the highlights of my life), I have a really hard time getting into chiptune music. Chiptune (for those out of the loop, it’s music made mostly out of video game noises) boasts plenty of great…
Curse you Tuesday Japanese class! If it weren’t for you and your “I’m just trying to help you learn the language of the country you live in,” I could be a totally irresponsible 20-something and check out the inexplicably lowercased your gold, my pink. A relatively new four-piece (released their first E.P. last December), this…
Indie-popster Hideki Kaji will release a new full-length, Strawberries and Cream, October 21. I love this guy’s work (though at glance at his discography reveals I have a lot more albums to hunt down) and this LP has jumped near the top of my “most excited” list. Watch Kaji’s extremely cute video starring a pineapple…