Sapporo’s always unpredictable producer Parkgolf has a new song out via part of Activia Benz’ Singles Club, and it’s a fine contribution both to the imprint’s gleeful collection of songs and Parkgolf’s own hyper-rainbow sound. “Silk Curtain” finds balance between smoothness — those vocals, like air blown on exposed skin! — and just pure release,…
I’m not sure anyone can be truly nostalgic for a time that was about three years ago, but 2015 was the year I reminisced frequently about albums. Specifically, the commitment it took to go out and buy CDs back in the far-off time of 2010 (a point when physical releases remained the only way to…
Not to rag on my life choices here, but…the paradox of being a freelance worker is that, despite technically not having a set schedule and more free time, you are way more likely to sacrifice that free time in favor of paying work. Weekends, more or less, don’t exist (or maybe I need to set…
Sapporo is, technically, the birthplace of Hatsune Miku, the avatar for singing-synthesizer software Vocaloid. Fittingly, the Hatsune Miku Dreams Of Electric Sheep EP gathers electronic artists from Hokkaido’s hub to create songs using the technology. It’s also one of the more interesting Vocaloid releases in the program’s history….a lot of artists using Vocaloid tend to…
As part of Maltine Records recent stay at the new Red Bull Studio Tokyo, the netlabel had a few of the artists orbiting in their space collaborate on new songs. Tomggg and Hercelot were up first with “Greengum,” and now the second day’s participants share their creation. Pa’s Lam System and Parkgolf worked on the…