hosue of tapes

Sometimes Nagoya’s House Of Tapes uncovers melodic beauty in pummeling noise…and sometimes he zooms off into more discombobulated terrain, where the pretty elements only pop up in split-seconds. “Rusty Pop Noise” most certainly falls in the latter, as it is a jarring collection of piano notes and barbed synth, prone to sudden tempo changes and…

House Of Tapes tends to operate in two modes — the first is a thunderous, pounding approach where dance music turns suffocating and somewhat apocalyptic. The other is a more vapor-like dream-pop mode, where percussion all but vanishes in favor of pure vibe. New track “Mirage Mirage” is not the meeting point of the two,…