The best releases on NC4K have a kind of out-of-body vibe going for them, with the sounds making up their dance tracks feeling just a little hazy and untethered. That’s present on blackglassG’s Common Story EP, where the wooziness comes across subtly and in a way where the fun never gets cancelled out. The title…
Fukuoka’s Yesterday Once More crew and Trekkie Trax are going on tour, and to celebrate they have released a special compilation album featuring new music from numerous artists involved in the tour. The collection features slippery and skittery numbers from Shigge and BlackglassG, along with a more minimal contributions from TOYOMU and Andrew, along with…
Still catching up a bit, will start sneaking in some newer songs tomorrow, but first three electronic producers who dropped releases on the world before 2016 kicked off. – Boogie Idol had an eventful 2015, helping keep the neon glitz of Bubble Era Japan alive across solo releases and compilation appearances. He closed out the…
An issue that still leaves a bad feeling in many people is when an electronic music producer — often referred to dismissively as “SoundCloud producers” because absolutely zero famous people use SoundCloud, no sir — samples or reworks an R&B song into a fidgety electro number (criticism includes a use of R&B vocals as ironic…
A handful of gems to start this week. Let’s hit ’em quick. – I don’t know much about Trippy Turtle, though I think that’s the point. It is a mysterious project (maybe from Norway), and whoever this is mostly remixes R ‘n’ B songs. The original “Trippy’s Theme” sounds a lot like Seiho, but Tofubeats’…