This is pretty much the perfect kind of track to have appear at a time when I’m splitting time between last-second assignments and year-end-list planning (it’s tough!). Cool Japan shared the new rumbler “Give Up On You,” and it’s a house track that feels like its halfway to being sloshed. The key detail comes via…
Inspired by a loosely porn-themed mix shared as a Dress Down Monthly Mix, producer Cool Japan…who shares a lot of demos!…created the just-over-seven-minutes-long “Do My Mind.” It starts as a slightly disjointed house track until it morphs into a full formed, shimmering house number where the odd little touches — an off-pitch vocal sample, an…
One of the early American pop highlights of 2015 has been Chris Brown and Tyga’s “Ayo,” a joyous number seemingly taking cues from DJ Mustard to create a twinkling song with a few unsettling touches (those echoing vocal samples). It’s good! Kyoto’s Cool Japan has basically remixed “Ayo” for his “I Need U,” which mainly…
So this is some twisty Internet magic ahead, so let’s take it one step at a time. – This week, Kobe’s tofubeats release First Album, via major-label Unborde (of Warner Brothers Japan). I reviewed that one over at Wondering Sound – it’s great, and one of the better albums capturing the allure of the Internet…
Let’s make this clear from the start – this is vaporwave, and if that is not your thing, turn back. It’s something that has always fascinated me though, so in I go. It’s sorta surprising that Cool Japan…a mysterious, possibly protein-rich project that mostly played around with the slowed-down sounds of vaporwave…went and released one…