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  • Controller of Controller

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    Yesterday I wrote about this year’s edition of the Dotmov digital film festival, and I just watched one of the entries which I quite enjoyed, Controller of Controller. Directed by Densuke28, it’s an Inception-like experience of a player playing a game, and then playing a game within that game (see, told you it was Inception-like).…

  • Maki Nomiya’s Un Homme et Une Femme

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    One of the first friends I made when I moved to Tokyo was Patrick Benny, who I had met through a Pizzicato Five mailing list (P5ML) — I met quite a few good friends that way, including W. David Marx and Jesper Larsson. We all shared a love for Shibuya-kei music, and Patrick was especially into…

  • Moogfest Mixes Volume 17 by Qrion

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    Sapporo-based Qrion not only creates haunting music, she also has impeccable taste, and here’s more proof with her contribution to the Moogfest Mixes series, featuring artists that took part in the Moogfest 2016 festival, held back in May. You can listen to her mix, Vol. 17, on Soundcloud.

  • The New 52

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    No, I’m not referring to the “New 52” revamp that DC Comics launched in 2011, but rather to the fact that as we close off the month of August (it’s just past 23:00 as I write this), I’ve written 52 posts on the blog this month (this will be post 53). The last time the…

  • Kokoro & Moi & Escalator Records

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    Back during the heights of the Shibuya-kei scene, Escalator Records was one of my favorite labels, and I loved visiting its shop and cafe as well. Kokoro & Moi were responsible for a lot of the label’s branding (including at their physical spaces), and it’s nice to see a few examples here. Now I really…

  • Zuntata

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    All that classic music you’ve heard in Taito games? It was created by Zuntata, and the great news is that 114 albums of its game music can be found on iTunes — and more importantly, available to stream through Apple Music. I don’t tend to listen to game music outside of the context of playing…

  • Let Me Go EP

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    Baiyon, you know him from a great many things, like his work on PixelJunk Eden, or that he’s creative director at Kyoto-based Q-Games. But don’t forget that he’s first and foremost a musician, and this new EP, Let Me Go, is well worth a listen.

  • Capsule’s Pride (Bikes)

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    I just came across this fantastic tribute music collection to Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, by Bwana. Not only is the music fantastic, but I also love the scrolling page that was created to show off the music, and the imagery that inspired it. Scroll to the bottom to get access to MP3s, or listen to the…

  • Waltz

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    A shop that specializes in cassette tapes? Of course there’s one in Tokyo — uncover more about Waltz (located in Nakameguro) in this Spoon & Tamago post. Gotta love that wall of boomboxes to the side. I think the cassette I listened to the most — to the point of breaking it — was the…

  • Crystal

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    I quite like the music coming from Qrion — who hails from Hokkaido — and here she is with a new music video, for the track “Crystal.” Some of you may remember this Vine video that featured her playing a track with a Legend of Zelda sample.