The latest release from producer Maidable isn’t as sleepy as the song titles suggest. “Slumber” opens with shimmering synth chimes but quickly introduces a beat, though it moves at a groggy pace, like someone wandering a hall for a midnight snack. But then Maidable picks up the speed and turns the song into a skippy…
Young producer Maidable has teamed up with New York label Rubik Records for a two-song set of skittery, energetic cuts. Maidable turns to drum ‘n’ bass on each number, surrounding drums breaks with synth notes and bits of singing on uptempo opener “Chilly Dawn,” while keeping things a bit more spacious — but still pretty…
Japanese imprint Kirara Records shared a new compilation album earlier this week, titled Constract 6F and featuring some great dance tunes courtesy of some rising producers. The name that caught our attention was Maidable, whose comp-closing “To You” is the mellowest moment here, accented by horn snippets and breezy synth lines. But the songs preceding…
A sinking feeling I’ve had this year — and one echoed in conversation recently with similarly music-inclined friends in Tokyo — is that music just isn’t that big a deal in most people’s lives. Not to say that this is a Japan-only issue, or even one that instantly should be assumed as bad (I mean,…