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Electronic Weekend: New tofubeats, Obutsudan-Sumino And OKLobby
ByPatrick St. Michel January 17, 2014

Three songs to take you into the weekend (oh thank goodness it is here!). Let’s get into it: – Kobe’s tofubeats had a really busy 2013, and he appears to not be slowing down as the calendar turned over. “CHNGEYRHRT” though finds him stepping away from the nearly all-original sounds that dotted his music last…

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Disconnect The Dots: OBUTSUDAN-SUMINO’s “Kaerou”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 25, 2013

Here’s pop reduced to some very, very basic elements. Osaka’s OBUTSUDAN-SUMINO constructs something that’s both aching and catchy using a lot of space – the bulk of “Kaerou” is just him singing over a barely-there beat and some chilly synth splashes. At times the song whirrs and whoozes, but the bulk here is about space….

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