In all honesty, I probably could just listen to i-fls’ entire catalog and nothing else for the rest of my life and feel OK. It took awhile for Artificial Outsider to arrive — well, in i-fls time, as his last release came out in May, but over six months is a serious drought — so…
Always worth interrupting a writing hiatus to mention that Tokyo’s i-fls has a new album out online. And this one takes on special meaning as it is the Garageband-leaning producers first full-length since the first half of 2014, which feels like quite the vacation for an artist who used to get new music out at…
I’m not a designer of any sort, so please enjoy this clip art. Something that tends to happen with end-of-the-year lists is writers and publications end up creating narratives for the year that just unfolded. The dominant one for 2014 so far has been “what a horrible year,” which…fair enough, if you followed the news…
A handful of gems to start this week. Let’s hit ’em quick. – I don’t know much about Trippy Turtle, though I think that’s the point. It is a mysterious project (maybe from Norway), and whoever this is mostly remixes R ‘n’ B songs. The original “Trippy’s Theme” sounds a lot like Seiho, but Tofubeats’…
“Dedicated to depressed person” hints at this being a collection of forlorn tracks, maximum mope for those in a rough place. Japanese producer i-fls isn’t that predictable, and his Fictional Standard (released via American label Zoom Lens) is among the most cheery full-lengths he’s created in Garageband to date. Songs such as “2 + 5…