There’s a stretch of maybe 90 seconds where I am trying to figure out where the sample on Soleil Soleil’s newest song “If I Could” comes from. The Osaka producer has turned to samples frequently in the past — sometimes from Akon — so it seemed natural to think he was once again playing around…
Rhye are, weirdly, one of those inescapable outfits in Japan. I’ve heard songs by the group in supermarkets and in McDonald’s, and their stark “Open” was on rotation at Starbucks Japan last month (where do you think half these posts get written?). I’d like to think that Osaka house producer Soleil Soleil similarly found himself…
Not to dwell on 2014 too much…the new calendar is out, we are all trying to forget the past 12 months happened…but Osaka producer Soleil Soleil’s Sense collection came pretty close to bum rushing our personal top-20 album list, probably existing at like, 23 or 24 for those who love specific rankings. He’s off to…
A new label…whether they be net-centric or capable of producing physical object…isn’t a particularly newsworthy development. Imprints start up all the time, so Kyoto outfit Neo-Mo-De Records initially look like yet another bunch of people with wi-fi and musical ambitions, even if they are planning an event in Yokohama this January. Yet Neo-Mo-De demands attention…
Look, I’m watching the second half of this Japan-Colombia World Cup game and it is stupid stressful, here is a new song from Osaka’s Soleil Soleil, it’s good. Back to sitting all scrunched up like seeing if Japan can score two goals….