New Magical Mistakes Featuring Jake Falby: “With Love” (Also, Madegg And And Vice Versa Remixes)

Impose Magazine let Erik Luebs…who records as Magical Mistakes, based in Japan…write about the blossoming Osaka electronic scene, and it is definitely a good read, so check that out first. It also comes with a new song from Magical Mistakes called “With Love,” and it at first sounds like typical goodness from the Shiga-based producer….

New And Vice Versa: “Close To You”

Here’s the latest from Osaka’s And Vice Versa, the lightheaded-bounce “Close To You.” Like fellow Day Tripper Records artist/INNIT pal Seiho, And Vice Versa takes a shining to sliced-up-and-otherwise-altered vocals for “Close To You,” most of the track’s five minutes stuffed with some variety of electronically grazed voice. Yet “Close To You” isn’t just a…

Reveiw: INNIT On February 11, 2012 At Osaka Nuooh Featuring MFP, Daisuke Tanabe And More

MFP. Photo by the author. I’m moving to Tokyo in April. This decision came together thanks to a dominoes-line chain of events – looming unemployment, original housing plans suddenly up in smoke, convenient apartment options popping up at just the same time. It also came about within the span of a week, scrambling up the…

INNIT It Great: INNIT Puts Out New Compilation, Avec Avec To Release EP On Mush Records, Life Swell

INNIT, the Osaka party/collective, will hold their one-year anniversary event on February 11 (as someone who went to the last one, I urge all Osaka-based readers to go, c’mon!), and in advance of that they have released an EP featuring tracks from the artists set to perform at the special show. The collection – available…

New And Vice Versa: “Before Saying Goodbye”

Another Monday morning, another breezy electronic track from a Kansai-based artist. Like stopping by McDonald’s for a McGriddle before hopping on the train, this is quick becoming a nice little tradition to make the new-week start a little softer (albeit, healthier than the McGriddle). And Vice Versa’s “Before Saying Goodbye” sets acoustic guitar against pigeon-esque…