It feels like Toriena has been prepping for a major-label debut for a while now, but the moment has finally arrived this October with her first major album. “Time Capsule” offers a glimpse at one way she can go with a larger spotlight on her. She teams up with Yunomi to craft a number in…
Yunomi and Toriena are a great team, and that will be celebrated in all its glory next week, with the release of the Oedo Controller EP. Alongside the still poppin’ title track, it features a few other numbers, including the recently shared “Sayonara Invader,” which shows the (slightly) softer side of their partnership. Which is…
Another year draws to a close, and that means its time for the annual rush of year-end blog posts looking back on the year that was. And, again, I try to write an intro to this collection trying to say something original, about putting together lists and what it all means. But at this point,…
But seriously, regardless of how much this dates me…Yunomi really should put out an album, this project has a lot of great, maxed-out electro-pop songs by now, and “Wakusei Rabbit” just keeps the streak going. Once again featuring Toriena, this song is zippier from the get-go than “Oedo Controller,” and only launches even further up…
Calling it a “trend” might be a stretch, but something that has definitely appeared more in Japanese electronic music over the past year is an embrace of traditional sounds. This probably goes in cycles — it wasn’t long ago Omodaka was doing this merger incredibly well, and it has popped up at times since (Seiho,…