~ Wistful Face ~: Fire Emjae’s “Latin Dream” (And More)
“Latin Dream” — and many of Tokyo producer Fire Emjae’s recent output — takes me back in time, to a very specific year. Hitting play on SoundCloud for this one transports me to 2012, when high-energy dance tunes featured pitch-shifted slices of singing ping-ponging between twisty beats and synth blurts. The bongo precessions opening the…