- Electronic pop
- J-pop
- Alternative pop
- Cinematic
- Hip-hop
- Art pop
- Shibuya-Kei
- Ambient pop
- Rap
Comment: it is
not surprising to have a talk about the Japanese webscene as one of
the mightiest if not the most mighty worldwide. Even there was once
up an article by Pitchfork by describing those massively populated
parties in Nippon. One of the groundsills is an imprint called
Bunkai-Kei wherefrom you can discover a loads of great electronic
music and Japanese heritage mixed albums. Yeah, Kanabun`s 4-track
Open The World EP is
one of them. Of course, one could not underestimate the influence of
a style called Shibuya-Kei which strongly flourished in the 90s by
its cut and paste method and on the other side by adding cutting-edge
easy listening, jazz, and bossa nova and exotica pop styles from the
Western cultural sphere to create something truly cinematic and
floating. For instance,
Link is obviously the most cinematic
notch within these 23 minutes,
Decillion is a joyous Japanese
rap backed up by a sultry beat and enchanting carillon. From
experimental, glitched-out noises, vowel effects and sound
manipulations to full-fledged artsy pop examples and semi-ochestrated moody hedonism in the self-titled track. In a word, the result is superb, enter the party!
