Stream Madegg’s New Now
One of the Japanese albums we were most looking forward to this fall is streaming over at Red Bull Music. Kyoto producer Madegg’s clanging New is up, and you can listen over here.
One of the Japanese albums we were most looking forward to this fall is streaming over at Red Bull Music. Kyoto producer Madegg’s clanging New is up, and you can listen over here.
Shoegaze-leaning outfit Universe Nekoko (formerly written as Uchu Nekoko because we love our Japanese words at Make Believe Melodies) recently teamed up with singer-songwriter Tsvaci for an achingly sweet song called “Online Love.” “Down In The DM” this isn’t — whatever musings about tech-guided romance this song ponders on aren’t really clear, as it is…
Both members of KiWi shared new songs tonight, a nice reminder to anyone who enjoys the duo’s Adam’s Family EDM that both are accomplished artists in their own right. Cor!s’ “Firefly” is a sweet number doubling as a floor-filler, the lyrics considering the transience of relationships and what it takes for something to last…but backed…
Tokyo electro-guy Hoshina Anniversary does his remix thing on a track from spazzy chiptuner 99 Letters. “Incratible (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)” scales back the usual madness found in chiptune, favoring instead to transform the song into an 8-bit-braised club track. Hoshina Anniversary stretches it out for more than five minutes, making subtle changes here and there…
[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!
Duo ELLEH have flirted with just-before-dawn sadness and even brushed up against joy, but latest song “I Think The World Of You” finds them exploring something far more menacing. The actual lyrical content doesn’t convey this on its own — it’s a reflection on a relationship of some sort now lost, with references to youth…
Tokyo-based producer Neshizuku’s latest EP, Roam, is a textural treat. Starting off with the wobbly title track, Neshizuku creates tracks that practically swelter, with layers of synthesizer notes cascading down one another. The intensity only picks up on the brisker “Redefining,” and carries over to the finale of “Under Control.” It’s a brief but enjoyable…