Tokyo group AAPS have decided to call it a day. The announcement came late last night via Twitter, in the form of a blunt Tweet reading “AAPS is OVER.” The band, who called young label CUZ ME PAIN home, released a handful of singles and appeared on various compilations. For me, AAPS was the first…
CUZ ME PAIN has been having a pretty busy month. Faron Square released a new album, and the mysterious label also plans on releasing four-track seven inch record highlighting music from the likes of NITES, Atlas Young, :visited and Melancholic Masculinity. Not to mention Jesse Ruins has become a bit of a blog darling in…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4aXZ-NaSgk”] Dance music for ghosts, right here. AAPS find a nice little groove within the misty confines of “Invisible Sophisticated,” their latest song and video combo (watch above). For a split second it looks the mysterious project might embrace full-on, floor-filling music by ushering in a big stomach-punch beat and a piano line that wouldn’t…
AAPS have been a little mum as of late, but just in time for the holidays they are back with…a remix of an old song. The group dropped the tropical-tinged number “Wearing Light Space” earlier in the year, and now they’ve got a slightly reworked version of the song streaming over at their MySpace. The…
Not sure what has gotten into the Cuz Me Pain crew recently, but they seem damn intent on proving they aren’t an Internet meme. First, NITES upped his game big time, and now labelmate Faron Square gives the world the demo for “Still Breathe.” The key components of the Cuz Me Pain sound remain intact…