Zaiden --『そうそう』(2013)

Mayoware

• Experimentalism 
• Harsh noise 
• Lo-fi 
• Slacker folk 
• Post-psychedelic 
• DIY 
• Freeformfreakout 
• Psycho-acoustic 
• Avant-garde 
• Drill and bass 
• Breaks 
• Sampledelic 
• Sound collage 
• Breakcore

Nipponimaa Mayoware-nimelise netiplaadifirma all üllitatud 11-loolise kõige vähem huvipakkuvamad osad on ühelt poolt toores (valge) müralaine (keda see ikka huvitab, kui kõik kõrged-madalad sagedused korraga näkku paisatakse -- seda kogetud maa-ja-ilm Merzbow'd ja Hanatarashi kuulanuna) ning teisalt magamistoas kidra plõnnimise saatel jorutamine (mis on veelgi tüütavam). Õnneks kirjeldatud episoodid on kohe albumi alguses -- pärast seda hakkab muusika elama. Vabas vormis psühhiliselt ära pööramine kohtub elektroonilise muusika ja edasi-tagasi põrkuvate biitide ja tumeämbientsete kajadega; sinna sekka aeg-ajalt lastakse fragmente tuntud meloodiatest -- ainult nii palju, et äratundmisrõõmust tulenevad tundmused ellu äratataks, et pärast seda ikka edasi käänduda ja väänduda. See ei ole ju eesmärk omaette, kuivõrd helile kui lainele antakse kohane mänguline vorm. Kohati meenuvad CAN'i klassikalise albumi "Tago Mago" kaks kõige katsetuslikumat oopust "Aumgn" ja "Peking O", milles oli suur osa jaapanlasel Kenji "Damo" Suzuki'l. Kokkuvõtvalt -- tulemus on nutikalt meelierutav ja meelierutavalt nutikas.

FranzSnake - All`s Well (2012)

Mayoware

9.2

/J-pop, Shibuya-kei, Electro-house, Mood music, Lounge music, Bubblegum techno, Robot pop, Easy listening, Chilltronica/

Comment: this handful of tracks make you feel very happy and truly blissed-out - at times FranzSnake`s topic is to mix up suggestive electro house/robo house with J-pop/shibuya-kei seeds or just having a spot directed toward the rotation of moody guitar riffs and soothing synth chords and restrained paces. Or contrary, offering up more bubblegum-ish rhythm sequences. However, Mikakuzino Fantasia is the summer track of mine (there is also another version of it). The release can be compared with the likes of Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Pizzicato Five, for instance.

Nemo Asakura - the older ep (2011)

Mayoware

9.3

/Alt-folk, Indie folk, Folk indie, Folk pop, Folktronica, Chamber folk, Art pop/

Comment: this is a little yet very promising content from Japan and under a Japanese label, called Mayoware. All those 4 tracks, sung in English, function to head off into laid-back folk pop-ish soundscapes where, more detailly, can be seen a sublime communication between trilling fingerpicked/guitar arpeggios and epic orchestrations in the background. Furthermore, at times some snippets of rhythm and other patterns are electronic-veiled. However, this is an example of how it is possible to create glorious, heartbreaking music with a little amount of instruments beneath it. Consequently, in the first place, all the sonic layers must be accentuated with a strong quantity of spirituality as similarly as made out by velvety-voiced Nemo Asakura.