Taquwami is the type of artist who inspires people to invent genres just to place his music inside. I wrote that, alongside new gun LLLL, he was creating Ghibli-like blasts of sound, the sort of music blurring the line between reality and fantasy just right. His newest song, “Λlieɳs,” appears on a mix called “Dopewave…
What makes Tokyo project LLLL stand out from a very crowded music scene in the metropolis is the refusal to shy away from pop. Others involved in the city’s indie scene tend to avoid mainstream pop music, especially J-Pop, and some even seem antagonistic to it (this blog has been called “the one that has…
Golden Week is a, uhhhh, week at the start of May when a bunch of Japanese national holidays happen all in a row. Many people flex their vacation days to get the whole deal off, while the rest of us make do with only having to go into work twice. Lots of folks travel around…
Special weekend post given how lazy I got during Golden Week. Taquwami, fresh off appearing in a Lapalux mix, gives the world a sleepy new track to close out the weekend. “Sɦell∞” stands in stark contrast to the last few tracks to trickle out of Taquwami’s computer – recently, he’s been on a Clams-Casino-like trip,…
Sometime last night, Creative-Commons-loving net label Bad Panda Records posted a new song from Taquwami (also known as Occult You) called “Ƒắη†Δ§ỷ” (also known as “Fantasy” just in case Microsoft Word “Insert Symbol” isn’t a language you know). Accompanying the song is a brief interview with Taquwami himself that reveals info ranging from trivial (last…