Very busy day for me…and a lot of solid stuff appeared online. So here is a quick hitter touching on them all. — On her latest number, Bonjour Suzuki teams up with French rapper Sebastian for a dreamy Parisian pop number. The music itself unfolds in the same electronic haze she has played around with…
Perhaps most people hear the word “kawaii” in relation with music, and they think of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. But the electronic community in Japan features plenty of artists where that word — “cute” in Japanese — can easily apply, though in 2016 what exactly that means has changed. The word “kawaii bass” has been thrown…
Tomggg isn’t an immediate contender for “most influential Japanese electronic producer of the last few years,” yet looking over the sea of SoundCloud players and Bandcamp offerings tagged “kawaii” reveal he might just very well be worthy for consideration. Powered on by songs such as “Popteen” and (especially) “Butter Sugar Cream,” his cutesy take on…
The recently released Lollipop Syndrome mini-album (EP? I don’t even know anymore) is the second album-ish collection put out in 2015 by Bonjour Suzuki, an artist blurring sonic styles and languages together into a hazy mix. “Lollipop Syndrome” the song works as strong an introduction to her sound as anything else in her burgeoning catalog,…