Being able to get one step ahead of the music that influenced is tricky. Everyone has to start from somewhere, and looking towards the sounds the people who inspired you is a pretty common first step. The challenge, then, is finding a way to jump forward and find your own thing. Electronic duo Lolica Tonica…
Norwegian artist Henrik The Artist recently shared the buoyant “Peddi Max,” and then got a bunch of pals to remix the colorful hopper. The whole list premiered at Nest HQ, but we will focus on — as you’d expect — the four Japanese producers who put their spin on the track. It’s a netlabel-centric crew,…
Last October, Tokyo producer Chocoholic released “Choco Love” via English label Hex Mania, a number that starts with the familiar sound of Mario before turning into an appropriately sweet direction. Existing in the same tightly packed universe as future bass artists such as Wave Racer, the song overloads on squiggly synths and sudden tempo changes,…
20. Lolica Tonica Make Me Feel EP Tokyo’s Trekkie Trax runs on pure energy, the netlabel being a rare case where seeing anyone in their orbit live trumps digging into the .ZIP files they upload online. And they have released a lot of great dance music over the last couple of years, with 2015 being…
The title track already had us geeked up, but now the full Make Me Feel EP from Lolica Tonica has arrived, and its even more of a rush than expected. This set — featuring four original songs, and four remixes from the likes of Carpainter and Zekk — is pure energy, a self-contained argument that…