It’s a bit premature to say something like Osaka producer Le Makeup’s Hyper Earthy represents a major sonic shift for the artist. Up to this point, they’ve released one album and a handful of tracks, so small sample size. Yet that previous material was up-tempo, influenced by the sounds of the Caribbean and the Latin…
Maybe it is just small sample size, but all of the music from Le Makeup I’ve heard thus far has been on the more hectic side. So “Friends” is a nice switch up, a slower-tempo song more intent on reflection than movement. The criss-crossing synths end up comforting, and even the slightly pitched-up voices behind…
Osaka’s Le Makeup has dropped a few wonderful club mutations in the past few months, but “CNNISSEUR” comes off as the most energetic one next from the emerging producer. It merges a back-and-forth beat…one that manages to slightly unnerving in how it gets punctured by sudden bursts of percussion…with looped rapping, which eventually collapses in…
I think this is the last really great thing that came out during the weird “Christmas break” period, so we can soon move firmly into the present. Seiho named Le Makeup an artist to watch recently, and Esthe certainly highlights why they are worthy of that mark. The producer draws from Latin and Caribbean sounds…