As those year-end demands start creeping up, it’s easy to forget about all the great music you’ve actually listened to rather than all the stuff you still need to get through. Parkgolf’s Reo came out in August, and is a big step up for the Hokkaido-born producer. Part of that comes thanks to how he…
Pa’s Lam System recently released their first major-label release, Whatever, and it’s a varied set of body movers. That’s something the outfit remains near flawless at — their high-energy numbers are designed to get people jumping around (sometimes on to other people as I’ve seen / felt at their shows), and the tracks here should…
Another year draws to a close, and that means its time for the annual rush of year-end blog posts looking back on the year that was. And, again, I try to write an intro to this collection trying to say something original, about putting together lists and what it all means. But at this point,…
Norwegian artist Henrik The Artist recently shared the buoyant “Peddi Max,” and then got a bunch of pals to remix the colorful hopper. The whole list premiered at Nest HQ, but we will focus on — as you’d expect — the four Japanese producers who put their spin on the track. It’s a netlabel-centric crew,…
Sapporo producer Parkgolf is up to…something. He’s written “coming soon” in the description for latest song “Crush On,” which is in and of itself plenty to keep fans of the lightspeed artist content before whatever is next…makes itself clear. “Crush On” is loaded up with pitch-shifted vocals, the beat approaching juke territory but never quite…