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Make Believe Mix For March 2012 Featuring Madegg, DUB-Russel And Rapunzel8083

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March ended up being a bit of a strange month, at least by the looks of the mix. There are moments of straight-forward pop, like on TalkingCity1994’s “Long Hot Summer Remembered” and The Mari On The Beach’s “AM Boy/FM Girl.” Yet even those otherwise pleasurable cuts go through filters that turn them into stranger things. Elsewhere, Madegg acts like Madegg, while Tokyo’s DUB-Russel offer up a cacophonous number that is far more than just noise. Finishing the mix is Rapunzel8083’s constantly morphing “月光,” a journey all its own.

Below is a list of artists and songs appearing in this month’s mix, in chronological order. Click the links to read more about them and find out how to buy/get their music. All artists featured gave me permission to include their music in this mix.

TalkingCity1994 “Long Hot Summer Remembered” – From the I Can Feel Your Soul EP. Free download here.

Madegg “Zudon” – From the Teach EP, on Flau Records. Buy here.

The Mari On The Beach “AM Boy/FM Girl” – From Get Out Of Making Music. Buy it here.

DUB-Russel “Choose Low” – From Prank Poles. Buy here.

Rapunzel8083 “月光” – Online upload. Listen to more here.

Make Believe Mix For February 2012 Featuring Occult You, Seiho And Super VHS

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This month, the Make Believe Mix shuts the curtains and stays under the covers as we feature mostly bedroom artists from all over Japan…and beyond. The ability to make, record and distribute music by yourself has been great for artists who would otherwise never get exposure, and this scene has taken off in Japan in recent years. This month’s mix opens with Occult You (who you might also know as Taquwami) and their lovely “Cassette Girl (Minami),” before heading out west to Kansai to check in on Day Tripper Records mastermind Seiho and his mind-scrambling new song “Evening.” We stay in the region to meet up with Cat Statues, a project made by Benjamin Landau as a means to document his time in Osaka, and listen to the song “Trappers/Palace.” Then we jet to England, because Kero Kero Bonito live there. “But wait, they aren’t Japanese!” Astute, but their track “Ms. World” features Mayu Tanaka on vocals. Rounding things out, producer OMEGABOY and lo-fi pop architects Super VHS.

Below is a list of artists and songs appearing in this month’s mix, in chronological order. Click the links to read more about them and find out how to buy/get their music. All artists featured gave me permission to include their music in this mix.

Occult You “Cassette Girl (Minami)” – From the Psychic Feelings EP. Free download here.

Seiho “Evening” – New online track. Visit Day Tripper Records here.

Cat Statues “Trappers/Palace” – Online track. Visit his blog here.

Kero Kero Bonito “Ms. World” – Online track. Get here.

OMEGABOY “Rustyslide” – Online track. Get here.

Super VHS “Remember The Night” – Online track. Get here.

Make Believe Mix For January 2012 Featuring Sugar’s Campaign, Occult You And Cloudy Busey

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This year started off on a great note for Japanese music, as so many artists released great material in January. Heck, there is so much stuff not on this month’s Make Believe Mix that deserves more love that it is pretty staggering. Yet what did make it on this 27-minute mix were some of our favorite tunes of the past 31 days. Sugar’s Campaign and Magical Mistakes rep for Osaka-based party INNIT, while :visited’s “Parade Dream” works as this month’s CUZ ME PAIN addition. Elen Never Sleeps provides a wistful break before we dive back into electronic-leaning jams courtesy Occult You. And closing it all out, the gorgeous, lonely “Up To You (If You Love Me)” by Cloudy Busey.

Below is a list of artists and songs appearing in this month’s mix, in chronological order. Click the links to read more about them and find out how to buy/get their music. All artists featured gave me permission to include their music in this mix.

Sugar’s Campaign “Netokano” – New single. Watch the video here.

Magical Mistakes “Running Water” – From the Special Friends EP. Buy here.

:visited “Parade Dream” – From the forthcoming cassette True Chances out in early February. Site here.

Elen Never Sleeps “My Aquamarine” – From his newest digital single. Download it here.

Occult You “Psychic Feelings” – New online release. Download here.

Cloudy Busey “Up To You (If You Love Me)” – Online release. Listen here.

Make Believe Mix For November Featuring Friends, Sapphire Slows And Neon Cloud

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New Make Believe Mix for the month of November! Seemed like a very electronic month, highlighted by moody tracks courtesy of Sapphire Slows, Neon Cloud and The Beauty.Yet it wasn’t all woozy electronics, as evidenced by the noise-coated surf rock of Friends’ “Our Love Is True” off their recently released Let’s Get Together Again record on Second Royal.

Below is a list of artists and songs appearing in this month’s mix, in chronological order. Click the links to read more about them and find out how to buy/get their music. All artists featured gave me permission to include their music in this mix.

Friends “Our Love Is True” – From the Let’s Get Together Again record out soon on Second Royal. Website here.

Sapphire Slows “Spin Lights Over You” – From the True Breath album out now on Not Not Fun. Available on iTunes now. Bandcamp here.

Boyfriend Material “Taiyō No Kisetsu” – Self-released. SoundCloud page here.

The Beauty “Littlebig” – Self-released, associated with CUZ ME PAIN. Bandcamp here.

Neon Cloud “○” – On Knit, streaming now, on Flau Records. Physical release out December 23.

Taquwami “Dawnz” – Self-released. SoundCloud here.

Photo courtesy of Muffet on Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons

Make Believe Mix For October 2011 Featuring Kido Yoji, Canopies And Drapes And Avec Avec

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Uh oh…introducing a new feature, the (hopefully) monthly Make Believe Mix! Sometimes writing isn’t enough to get people interested in great music…sometimes you just got push a bunch of it towards them and say “just listen to this.” Welp, that’s what we are trying here! With this mix, we hope to share great under-the-radar Japanese music to a greater audience. I’ve never done anything like this before so I’m sure there are some screw ups within the actual mix…please let me know, so I can make future installments sound better.

Below is the list of artists appearing in this mix, in chronological order. Click the links to read more about them and find out how to buy/get their music. All artists featured gave me permission to include their music in this mix.

Kido Yoji “Call A Romance” – From the Call A Romance EP out now on KSR. Buy on iTunes or here.

Moscow Club “Pacific 724” – From the 909 State EP, self-released. Download it and more here.

The Moments “Short Trip” – Self-released, available here along with other tunes.

Super VHS “Girlfriends” – From the Girlfriends EP, self-released. Available here.

Canopies And Drapes “Sleeping Under The Bed” – From the Violet, Lilly, Rose, Daisy EP out on Love Action. Get it here.

Elen Never Sleeps “Blue Dogma” – From the Blue Dogma EP, self-released. Get it here.

Avec Avec “Kuzuha No Sunday” – From the Plastic Soul EP, self-released. Buy it here.