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random music discoveries vol.1
Aug. 20th, 2013 08:05 amGot into Soft Lipa via a recommendation. Odd because it's one of those situations where I'd heard of him before, but never bothered because I assumed something, which I'm not entirely sure what that was lol. Anyway, his stuff is very like the prevailing sound in Japanese rap. Sort of mellow, flow-y rapping over jazz beats or full on jazz in his case. I compare him most closely to Shing02, whom I really love, so it's a good comparison lol. I don't understand why there isn't more Chinese rap tbqh. I essentially know of MC Hotdog, Soft Lipa and newly, MISS KO. Will Pan only kinda counts because, while he does rap, he's a bit of an idol.
I didn't just get into TOTALFAT, but I was checking some of their back catalog after listening to their new one, which apparently I was too lazy to do before. And well, they can keep it. I understand they started out as a NOFX cover band and I believe it. I didn't like the late 90s/early 00s emo pop punk back then and I don't like it now in Japanese lol. Basically everything after Damn Hero is good, most everything before, not so much. They expanded their sound after that and the structure of their compositions is not the generic pop-punk ones, at least not straight through. A few songs I don't mind, but like, twelve of those all in a row? No thank you.
I also had a bit of a Thai music binge thing a few days back. Ran across THAITANIUM again, apparently, according to my old Last FM profile. I didn't like them then, but I hadn't rediscovered my liking for rap yet most likely. They remind me of Cypress Hill, which is a good thing, because that is my all-time favorite Western rap group. I wish they'd rap in Thai more, but based on the one album I heard, I think I'll like their other stuff, we'll see.
Also, all these various rock groups like Sixty Miles, Ten To Twelve, Dr.Fuu and I guess Mild ไมล์ด, though they are a bit more of an R&B flavored group. Tried a girl-fronted band called Am Fine, but they were intensely boring. Just, mellow altish rock with no variation. Didn't find her voice very interesting either.
Finally, there's Kenichi Asai, former frontman of Blankey Jet City. Not sure what took me so long to check out his stuff, but it's pretty awesome. His voice is really toned down compared to how he sang with BJC and the music, while maybe not as inventive, is still solid rock. Great stuff, in other words.
I wonder how many tags are allowed on this thing, how carried away should I get here? Lol.
I didn't just get into TOTALFAT, but I was checking some of their back catalog after listening to their new one, which apparently I was too lazy to do before. And well, they can keep it. I understand they started out as a NOFX cover band and I believe it. I didn't like the late 90s/early 00s emo pop punk back then and I don't like it now in Japanese lol. Basically everything after Damn Hero is good, most everything before, not so much. They expanded their sound after that and the structure of their compositions is not the generic pop-punk ones, at least not straight through. A few songs I don't mind, but like, twelve of those all in a row? No thank you.
I also had a bit of a Thai music binge thing a few days back. Ran across THAITANIUM again, apparently, according to my old Last FM profile. I didn't like them then, but I hadn't rediscovered my liking for rap yet most likely. They remind me of Cypress Hill, which is a good thing, because that is my all-time favorite Western rap group. I wish they'd rap in Thai more, but based on the one album I heard, I think I'll like their other stuff, we'll see.
Also, all these various rock groups like Sixty Miles, Ten To Twelve, Dr.Fuu and I guess Mild ไมล์ด, though they are a bit more of an R&B flavored group. Tried a girl-fronted band called Am Fine, but they were intensely boring. Just, mellow altish rock with no variation. Didn't find her voice very interesting either.
Finally, there's Kenichi Asai, former frontman of Blankey Jet City. Not sure what took me so long to check out his stuff, but it's pretty awesome. His voice is really toned down compared to how he sang with BJC and the music, while maybe not as inventive, is still solid rock. Great stuff, in other words.
I wonder how many tags are allowed on this thing, how carried away should I get here? Lol.
