The surest way to give your project a musical boost is get a great under-the-radar producer helping out with the music. Blackbass call on Kansai producer and INNIT-adjacent creator Ryuei Kotoge to help construct the sparse “Unfair.” This one came out on an EP released earlier this year, but now gets a video, and it…
Producer Ryuei Kotoge released a new album a couple weeks back, and like his previous work it’s a wonderful experiment in texture. Daydream features songs that bring to mind sandpaper (“Layered,” with its buzzy synth work) and mist (the sparser “Rain”). I could throw adjectives at this music all day, but critically Kotoge knows how…
Well this is definitely welcome. Osaka label Perfect Touch shared a soothing collection of songs from producers hailing from all over the place, and the title really does just sum it up — Peace Of Mind: A Compilation Of Calming. It is near-ambient music, all fizzes and space, with very few moments that pull you…
Let’s take a break from the kawaii party to get heady with Kansai’s always reliable Ryuei Kotoge, who shared the new song “E” recently. It is, like a lot of Kotoge’s music, a spacious beat hiding some very pretty celestial coos, but with jusssssssst enough of a thump to remember the body is as important…
Korea’s Sima Kim and Japan’s Ryuei Kotoge have teamed up a lot in the past, and the end results have always been memorable. Now, on new collaboration “Seoul,” they’ve added another voice to the mix via Korean rap group Illap, whose voices get stretched out and (seemingly) rewound throughout this one. Listen above.