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Seiho Remixes Florence And The Machines: “You’ve Got The Love”

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In which producer Seiho takes the stage-show swagger of Florence And The Machines’ “You’ve Got The Love” and warps the titular line into a mantra prone to bending. Calling this a remix seems a little off, because Seiho only lifts the vocals out of the original, and only a few lines at that. I don’t blame him – the original seems over the top, and besides Florence and her Machines place just as heavy an emphasis on those four words in quote marks. Seiho shoots for something more chilled out, leaving plenty of space between his beats and synth, allowing Florence’s voice to pop up at a nice clip, sometimes in the mutated form the Osaka producer has become associated with. Listen below.

New Seiho: “So Far”

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Seiho posted this new song, “So Far,” yesterday, and it is definitely worth your time. It is the first track of his in a while not to feature some sort of mutated vocal sample – here, he just lets his electronics warp themselves around into a really colorful beat. Listen below.

New Seiho: “Ask”

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Seiho has proven he’s capable of a lot over the past few months but man, I didn’t see something like this coming. “Ask” straight-up slinks, Seiho creating his sexiest tune to date. In the hands of a lesser artist, that ColecoVision bass and those occasional neon beats I associate primarily with Keith Sweat’s “Make It Last Forever” would have been enough, silly 80’s artifacts drizzled over GarageBand and the end mess being good enough to warrant a song. Seiho twits those noises into something that isn’t cheap nostalgia, the young producer using these vintage sounds as building blocks to something more daring and full of Seiho’s modern-day touches – warped vocal samples, mostly. Like, remember when Snoop Dogg had that song where he was intentionally being cheesy and using a talkbox? This is the opposite of that, and a whole lot smoother. Listen below.

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Self-Promotion Plus: Writing About Pictureplane For The Japan Times

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This weekend, American dance-punk artist Pictureplane will play two Japanese shows this weekend, one in Tokyo on April 6 and one in Osaka on April 8. In advance of that, I wrote about Pictureplane for The Japan Times today. You can read that here.

The shows themselves look to be really good too. The Tokyo show, at Seco Bar, also features CUZ ME PAIN acts Jesse Ruins (who just released a heavyweight remix) and Faron Square who will be playing new material. The Osaka show, at Nuooh, includes Hotel Mexico and Seiho on the undercard.

New Seiho: “2.2.2.2.2”

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First off, that’s some majestic accompanying artwork pictured above. So many microgenres packed into a single image!

Second, I am in a bit of a woozy state from spending 16 hours in planes today, so don’t expect anything smart about this, another burbling slice of post-dubstep electronic music from Osaka’s Seiho. Like most of his releases this year, “2.2.2.2.2” thrives on mismatches – shiny keyboard glaze over dizzying synth swirls that rub up against a vocal sample seemingly dowsed in Nyquil…all while a dance-friendly beat bumps on forward. I hope Seiho and Neon Ghost have hung out, I think they would be great friends. Listen below.

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