Merry Christmas (close enough!) from Make Believe Melodies. We are going to relax…I SWEAR…until after the holiday, but before kicking back and opening our presents, let’s listen to some special Japanese Christmas songs! Producer De De Mouse sets the seasonal mood just right…using Vocaloid software. He’s booted up Hatsune Miku to tackle “Sleigh Ride,” and…
First off, not safe for work! Kindan No Tasuketsu recently released a new album, and tracks off of it have been trickling online over the last few weeks. Here’s the latest, being released as a special Christmas special (B-side….”Santa Claus Is Coming Back”), though it also appears on her new full-length as well. “Ring A…
Kindan No Tasuketsu has a new album out this month, and although our interest was peaked from the announcement alone, it is now even higher thanks to “Tonight, Tonight.” Nothing at all like The Smashing Pumpkins’ song, this is a throbbing bit of electro-pop, unreletning save for a very very brief break late in the…
Kindan No Tasuketsu is pretty darn prolific…she’s released a bunch of great music in 2013, and now she’s back with another song AND a really cool video. “Sun Comes Up” is a bouncy bit of electro-pop, maybe the most straightforward pop song she’s made so far this year. It features a really lovely chorus complete…
I recently had a chat with someone about music in Japan. One takeaway – and an observation I’ve heard many times before in bars up to Retromania – is that some fans in Japan get super into a niche sound, and become experts of it. And that’s true! And can lead to great music! But…