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Welcome Back Million Pavilions Records: Fortune-Tenkei-Vol.1
ByPatrick St. Michel January 8, 2015

Thanks to good timing, 2015 thus far has featured a lot of exiting returns in the Japanese music scene. Some of the dudes from Ghost will be debuting a new project soon, Tokyo duo Puffyshoes emerged from retirement and now Kobe-based imprint Million Pavilions Records is back with a new compilation album. The label emerged…

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New Astraltable: “Gigantic Lie”
ByPatrick St. Michel November 17, 2014

Geez, hope Astraltable is doing OK. It has been awhile since the Kobe producer has shared any new music, and his return is called “Gigantic Lie,” and it is tagged “heartbreak.” Yikes. “Gigantic Lie” takes the jittery, sliced-up-vocals approach favored by indie-level (and up) producers across Japan and aims for melancholy over madness. Astraltable doesn’t…

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