Tomoyo Harada - ‘PAVANE’ (1985)
gorgeous, ethereal synth arrangements in the way 80s art pop can be. preview of the direction she’ll take from late 80s on; she’ll go for a pointed pop direction after this with the team that brought kudo shizuka until drifting back into the dreamy art pop haze #MWE
gorgeous, ethereal synth arrangements in the way 80s art pop can be. preview of the direction she’ll take from late 80s on; she’ll go for a pointed pop direction after this with the team that brought kudo shizuka until drifting back into the dreamy art pop haze #MWE
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don’t remember much from Mineral—been more than several years, got to revisit—but what an expansive, almost post-emo(rock) record, curious to see what they’ll build after this dismantling #MWE
with her musical identity so tied to Evangelion, it was nice to more properly place her music; reminds me more a less-neosoul MISIA than anison contemporaries like Megumi Hayashibara or Masumi Okui #MWE
A great showcase for the early grime/dubstep sound that he helped define, full of range too for a genre known to be insular and monochromatic during its early era - RIP to one of the greats #MWE
‘00s Japan rap classic… it’s always tough adjusting my perception because in the US timeline, this’d be NY neo boom bap you’d hear on indies at the time (slicker sample chops, streetwise personas, stiff flows) and… i’m hardly ever in the mood for those these days #MWE
super hard techno tunes, a lot from himself, flashes of his godlike technicality in the transitions but idk jack about dj’ing so still can’t fully digest the mix magic at work 30 years removed from today’s technological advancements #MWE
shedding the goth of their (great!) s/t debut but still got the postpunk edge, recalls the u2 i know for me but also, as a j-rock listener, buck tick of the time #MWE