Make Believe Melodies’ Top 50 Japanese Songs Of 2010: 30-21

ByPatrick St. Michel

30. Salyu “新しいYES” A lot has changed since I first wrote about this song back on April 1st…I don’t know what chemicals I got slizzered on when I compared Salyu to Erykah Badu and Cosmogramma ran away with my “album of 2010” honors…but this track’s selling point stays the same. I can assure you no…

Shiny Minimalism: Toki Asako “Ranhansha Girl”

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvXkXxccIg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I’m glad Toki Asako decided to include a lot of mirrors in the video for her latest single “Ranhansha Girl,” because it makes describing the track as “glassy” a lot easier. The song open with a stammering series of electronics before working some shiny bell chimes into the song. “Ranhansha Girl’s” real triumph though…