What happens when you type “japanese electronica” into the tag search of last.fm? It throws up some unusual choices, but you do come across some great artists that you’ve never heard of. Keep hitting that skip button often enough and you’ll soon slap the last.fm robot selectah into shape. So far, today’s click-hopping came up with these little treats:
Fleckfumie
Tiny, but not tinny. Rather like having a bath in an old cupboard and then dozing off to find all of those old board games that you used to play when you were a kid have fallen in the water with you and you are now surrounded by soggy monopoly money and bones from “Operation”. The music, is thankfully a lot better than my writing, so go check ‘em out.
Akihiro Yokotani
No messin’ about here. Straight in with dark, distorted beats dropped onto a dark background of spooky pads. I’m a sucker for this sort of thing, and fair play to the lad, he knows what he’s doing. Good ipod electronica for the following activities: skulking, stalking, buying/selling drugs and making love (when you’re really tired).
Moskitoo
Never heard of her before despite being remixed by a ton of famous producers. I’m just not as hip as I used to think I was. It’s how J-Pop would sound if it was produced on a busted netbook running a cracked copy of max/msp. In other words, it’s pretty damn good. Atmospheric and twisted, but more like a cinnamon twist than a twisted sister.
Naohito Uchiyama
What’s with Japanese dudes always using their real names to make music under? Can’t anyone just use a weird pseudonym anymore? Anyway, this fellow makes sweet beats, minimal and atmospheric. He’s from Sapporo apparently, which means he must have a lot of free time to polish up those groovy electronic sounds. Good work Naohito.
