Well, that didn’t take long. Following a lengthy period of silence, Japanese footwork outfit Paisley Parks returned with the glorious Coffin #1 like a week ago. Now comes Coffin #2, a further dive into what the project was cooking up in that relatively silent stretch of time. As you’d expect, this set is a nice…
The Japanese juke scene moves quickly — it’s really a testament to its continued strength that one of the cornerstone outfits of the scene, Paisley Parks, could go a couple years without releasing a new collection and the community as a whole feels just as vibrant. Still…it’s nice to have a new Paisley Parks album…
Prolific Chicago juke producer Traxman was one of the most influential figures in inspiring Japan’s own juke scene, having toured the country early on and appearing on releases by artists such as Paisley Parks. An even larger meeting makes sense then, and Trax Of The Rising Sun – Traxman Vs Japanese Juke delivers. It can…
(Guess today’s theme is juke artists in Japan) Oh, those moments when something sounds so familiar yet you can’t place just what it is. The last song on Japanese (well, Japan stretching to San Francisco) juke group Paisley Parks newest collection Payzulee Packs centers around a saxophone sample I know I’ve heard multiple times before….
Last time Yokohama’s premier juke group Paisley Parks came around, they had teamed up with one of America’s finest in the genre, Traxman, for the Far East EP. Then…nothing much. Well, looks like Paisley Parks kept plenty busy in the last six months, because they just uploaded 17 new tracks to his SoundCloud page. That’s…