SNJO is the solo project of the producer half of Kyoto’s Toxxies, a quick-moving electro unit that’s been on a good roll. SF, however, isn’t a simple exercise in instrumental tracks. The four songs often feature vocals, usually in the form of SNJO’s manipulated voice, or via guest Yuna Nakabayashi on the jittery “One,” a…
Kyoto’s Toxxies get a touch slower on newest song “Satellite,” a drifting number highlighting the duo at a different tempo than usual. Similar to their hometown’s Emerald Four, “Satellite” floats along and isn’t afraid to let some space surround the song, with the verses featuring the slightest synth and beat, which allows the digi-dusted vocals…
Kyoto duo Toxxies caught our attention last year, their blend of rock and electronic sounding so potent as to turn them into one of the group’s we were most interested in seeing develop in 2017. Here’s the first taste of where they are at, and it is a doozy. “Alive” merges bouncy synthesizer with a…
Kyoto’s Toxxies are an electronic duo, mixing at-times shimmering, at-times hazed out sounds with female vocals that, based on the pair’s output to date, are left relatively untouched by technology. Many of their creations so far — all signs point to this project having started earlier this year — carry a shadowy side to them,…