I’m always ready uncork the same adjectives with high-energy producers such as Hiroki Yamamura — like “high-energy” — that something like “Frosty Cake” is a total curveball that makes my go-to vocabulary worthless. It still rumbles ahead on a juke-inspired beat, which has been Yamamura’s base for so many lightspeed numbers. But here, everything feels…
Yesterday Once More returns with a new split release from Hiroki Yamamura and DJ NHK Guy, each contributing an original cut and then remixing the other. For their own numbers, each create retro-tinted juke, Yamamura moving in a slightly more fragmented direction (and feeling very out of time in the process) on “Mask,” while DJ…
The highlight of Hiroki Yamamura’s newest, The Game Of Life EP, comes right in the middle on the title track, one of the finest pieces the Osaka producer has put together in his hyper-speed-paced catalog. Featuring the same up-tempo pace of his better juke cuts from recent years, Yamamura drops in off-season steel drum hits…
It makes sense, when you think about…of course artists share new music primarily on the weekend, that’s the time they are free, just like everyone else in the world. So a round-up post…especially after a pretty fruitful weekend for new electronic highlights out of the country…seems appropriate. – Omoide Label dabbles in all sorts of…
Been a bit since we checked in on Hiroki Yamamura and, happy to report, he’s still creating pulsing dance numbers moving at full speed. “Flying Disco Pusher” is a shifty one where a wordless voice stutters off in the back while the music — following juke principles — blasts forward while managing to skitter off…