What’s always made the music of Magical Mistakes such a treat has been the textural quality of it all. Erik Luebs, the mind behind the project, knows how to put together out of a song the listener can practically feel, his arrangements of traditional percussion, electronic dollops and, sometimes, nature recordings to create something that…
Some days new sounds just keep on coming through the digital tunnel. Today (and, well, the last few days) has been just that. First off, “ultrapop” producer Yoshino Yoshikawa has a new EP slated to come out on Zoom Lens next week, and The Fader premiered a track from it today. “Yumetatsu Glider” recruits singer…
The artists associated with Osaka’s INNIT party have spent the last few years spreading their sounds across Japan, building up from a once-in-awhie party held in basement venues to being able to hold down their own stage at Tokyo’s edition of Sonarsound and tour with all sorts of international names. Not to mention to branch…
Kansai producers doing things. Metome has been having a busy January, having released the fantastic Objet album (this year’s early frontrunner for album of the year…note, it has been eight days into the year). Before that, though, he released a song called “Paper Moon” as part of an EP called Phreatic Surface released through Canadian…
Well, thanks, more is better! Young Juvenile Youth popped up in the second half of 2013, and with second EP More For Me, More For You, I’m ready to call them one of the most interesting new acts going into 2014 in Japan. The collaboration, between singer Yuki and producer Jemapur, creates relatively sparse tracks…