Forgive me for the ol’ “talk about an appropriate name!” fallback — but Kobe’s Cosmoman’s music has, for the most part, tended to deliver on the name, sounding spacey, or at least worthy of being studied in a NASA laboratory. “Seaside Promenade” brings things back below the atmosphere, ignoring “futuristic” for something more laid back….
Thanks to good timing, 2015 thus far has featured a lot of exiting returns in the Japanese music scene. Some of the dudes from Ghost will be debuting a new project soon, Tokyo duo Puffyshoes emerged from retirement and now Kobe-based imprint Million Pavilions Records is back with a new compilation album. The label emerged…
And Make Believe Melodies is back from America! Still getting over jet lag/an abundance of Popeye’s fried chicken, so forgive me if this isn’t the most in-depth post. Also trying to figure out some visual issues at the moment…pay no attention to the right-hand side for now! Kansai project Cosmoman have a new song out,…
This month for the Music Alliance Pact, Make Believe Melodies is putting the spotlight on Kobe-based electronic outfit Cosmosman and their “Unique Fun Fiction.” Listen to it…and a bunch of other great songs from around the globe…below. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an…
This one announces itself really well…after a few seconds of pulsating electronics courtesy of Kobe’s Cosmosman, a woman’s voice cheerfully says “Welcome to the future!” And then “Radio Menthol,” the first song off of Ananga Ranga turns into a bouncy cartoon number that seems like it should be soundtracking videos of dancing fire hydrants or…