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…
Turns out the Salyu-Cornelius project won’t be a rehash of Bjork’s Medulla. Early previews and descriptions hinted at an album using the J-Pop singer’s voice as a base, but newly released song “Muse’ic” reveals that won’t be entirely the case. Here the structure comes courtesy of Cornelius’ bright keyboard hiccups, popping up in every corner….
Cornelius seems poised to have a really big 2011, what with his collaboration with Salyu and some help with that If By Yes project. So what better way to continue this hot streak than by stepping back in time to 2010 and rejiggering MGMT’s “Brian Eno?” The jaunty hop of the original recording gets diced…
Musical supergroups usually end up the butt of jokes – remember the way 40-Year-Old Virgin treated Asia? – so take If By Yes with a little caution. Yet this one does have some real potential to tread above Judd Apatow punchlines, featuring Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto, Araki Yuko of The Cornelius Group, Shimizu Hirotaka…
Welp, here’s my most anticipated Japanese album of 2011. J-Pop siren Salyu boasts an absolutely attention-grabbing voice, able to transform what should have been ho-hum J-Pop into something special. Musical tinkerer Cornelius creates forward-thinking pastiches, having released a handful of excellent albums and putting together one of the best (and precise!) live shows around. Tokyo…