OK, quick review lesson about the projects of Nobuyuki Sakuma, who records music as Jesse Ruins and Nites: Jesse Ruins – A duo on record and a trio live. Signed to Captured Tracks, an American label. Makes dark, moody songs as a band, featuring vocals courtesy of a singer. Nites – A solo project, also…
Nobuyuki Sakuma handles production duties in both Jesse Ruins and Nites, two of the many projects found in the CUZ ME PAIN universe. What, exactly, separates them? At one point, my answer would have been “Nah,” the vocalist who adds the ghostly soul to most of Jesse Ruins’ music, evidenced all over the recently released…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjc5x9h_Q4g”] A lot has changed for Tokyo’s CUZ ME PAIN label since they released their first compilation a few years back. AAPS called it a day, Jesse Ruins grabbed some blog love and got picked up by Captured Tracks, Lovers In The Wind remain a complete mystery and Melancholic Masculinity just goes by Masculin now….
Only a few days into 2012 and already we have a great release on the board. CUZ ME PAIN artist Nites, which is the alter ego of recent Captured Tracks signing Jesse Ruins, dropped a free EP onto Bandcamp today. Carcass Of The Sun collects a couple of older Nites tunes alongside what appear to…
Dummy magazine ran an interview with Sapphire Slows today, and it’s a really good read. One of the best parts comes when she decides to talk about the blossoming music scene in Tokyo – she mentions the likes of Friends, Neon Cloud and New House, and also fits in the CUZ ME PAIN roster. It’s…