One of our most anticipated albums of the fall is now out — producer Yoshino Yoshikawa’s Event Horizon, the “ultrapop” creator’s first full-length album. Thematically, it stands as a big step forward for Yoshikawa, moving away purely from upbeat songs about, say, cats who like to eat to what is described as “an album thematically…
The march towards Yoshino Yoshikawa’s new album continues with the second single from Event Horizon “Opt-Out.” It highlights some of the themes running throughout the album, primarily one of trepidation about sweeping technological changes (“I don’t want to be part of the big data” being a highlight). As much as the words wrestle with one…
Critical to Yoshino Yoshikawa’s music has always been the depth he brings to his music. His songs feature depth and a lot of clever details that push them out from an internet-centered scene that sometimes does the immediate, overwhelming vibe too much. “Mirage,” the first number to emerge from his forthcoming album Event Horizon via…
Just in time for summer holiday season, the 16th edition of the Fogpak compilation series has emerged, boasting the theme “vacation” and several instances of seagull samples. As has always been the case, Fogpak primarily puts the spotlight on emerging electronic artists, with a few familiar names popping in for good measure. So is the…
All artists have the subjects they keep coming back to, the thing that pulls out some of their best work every time. For producer Yoshino Yoshikawa, that might be cats. The latest in his feline–leaning collection of songs, “Dancing Cats” switches things up ever slightly by not being as outright chime-rich as other songs he’s…