Listen To New Mameyudofu And Psyqui Songs From The Latest Megarex Compilation

Another M3 has come and gone, and that means a steady trickle of electronic music is going to appear online over…well, the next couple of months? One of the immediate highlights in the wake of this gathering comes from Megarex, whose latest compilation features a lot of names that get us excited. They aren’t all…

Make Believe Melodies’ Best Japanese Albums 2016: Honorable Mentions And Notable Releases

Make Believe Melodies’ Best Japanese Albums 2016: Honorable Mentions And Notable Releases

Half of this entry should be relatively self-explanatory — these are albums that, for various reasons, just missed our final cut. All of them are worth your listening time, and them falling just outside of the top 30 really shows just how much good music came out of Japan. The other, though, is a bit…

Synthesized Bounce: Mameyudofu’s Kouiu No Hajimete Nansuyo

Vocaloid is a weird tool and oftentimes a tough instrument to build songs around. Yet one realm where synthesized speech tends to do well is electro-pop, and Hyogo-based producer Mameyudofu shows just why on the bouncy Kouiu No Hajimete Nansuyo album, released recently. The vocals on each of the four songs are clearly that of…