After nearly two years of silence, Nara producer Sakasa returns with the Sprng EP. And, if the past is anything to work off of, Sakasa might be offering a glimpse at the future — they were one of the first I remember this decade to make a whole album built around ’80s Japanese pop samples,…
Nara producer Sakasa decided to challenge themselves a bit with their newest album. Here are the rules Sakasa imposed while recording this collection: 1. Sample only Japanese ’80s POP music. 2. Use only Ableton Live 8 standard. 3. Don’t use any plugins and hardwares (samplers,synthesizers,drummachines and effectors). 4. This is NOT a remix !! 5….
Tokyo might be an urban labyrinth, but the Kansai region of Japan hides just as many nooks. Most tend to define this part of western Japan by the cities of Osaka and Kyoto, both of which have seen a boom in electronic music over the past two years. Right near those two, though, sits Nara,…
Confession time, albeit one I’ve probably made before: if a Japanese artist I haven’t heard of hails from outside of Tokyo, I am much more likely to listen to their music. Blame this partially on two years spent living in a part of Japan unknown to most people I meet in Tokyo (shouts out to…