I don’t know whether Rapunzel8083 pulled the vocal sample at the heart of “指の呪文” out of this clip or another recording of a song featuring the same name as her latest track, but wherever it comes from it ends up being one of the more attention-grabbing sounds I’ve heard in a Japanese song this year….
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/41754116″ iframe=”true” /] March ended up being a bit of a strange month, at least by the looks of the mix. There are moments of straight-forward pop, like on TalkingCity1994’s “Long Hot Summer Remembered” and The Mari On The Beach’s “AM Boy/FM Girl.” Yet even those otherwise pleasurable cuts go through filters that turn…
Thoughts upon first finding Rapunzel8083: “Oh, look here, an artist somehow connected to everyone’s favorite all-over-the-place beat scene INNIT. Not sure how, but this artist with a name worthy of a YouTube user knows Madegg so good enough for me. Hmmm, that probably means I know what to expect – Brainfeeder-esque beats with out-of-time digital…