Chat: Salyu X Salyu (Featuring Salyu, Cornelius, Yumiko Ohno And Asa-Chang)

Last year’s Salyu X Salyu project, a collaboration between J-Pop siren Salyu and inventive producer Cornelius, was an exploration of an individual, in this case Salyu herself. Long a middle-of-the-road J-Pop star blessed with some incredible pipes that seemed wasted by most, Salyu X Salyu allowed her to just let go, an artistic rebirth urged…

Soutaiseiriron Prep Not-Quite-Remix Album, Featuring Cornelius, Buffalo Daughter, Matthew Herbert and Fennesz

The ever-mysterious Soutaiseiriron follow up last year’s hit-and-miss album with…not quite a remix album, despite a star-studded roster of folks stepping up to rework them. Tadashii Soutaiseiriron also features some original tracks though, according to Tokyo’s Coolest Sound. Strange, but maybe not so weird for a band who rely on incognito airs as much as…

Ohno Yumiko Of Buffalo Daughter Soundtracks A Dance Performance, “The Rainy Table”

Buffalo Daughter member Ohno Yumiko wrote the soundtrack to a dance performance put on back in 2009 called “The Rainy Table.” I have no idea what this art piece was actually about, a preview video for it only showing a dancer in front of a screen hiding the shadow of a horse. Regardless, it must…