FREE COMPILATION TIP: Tanukineiri Drink Sampler
The 10th edition of our free compilation tip-off mini-series features a slurry collection of crazy Japanese beats & sound experiments.
Compilations are amazing vessels — not only do they help define the vision of their musical communities and allow artists to over-come market saturation, they also allow us, the consumers, to discover great, new artists. But, as we all know, the internet gives voice to both good and bad. Within all the digital noise, though, there exist some amazing, under-appreciated, free compilations waiting to be discovered. We’re here to help you with those discoveries.
Check out the other great, free compilations in this mini-series.
Split into 2 sections, Tanukineiri Drink Sampler features 15 tracks designated Alternative Rock and 15 tracks labeled Electro/Ambient – though that isn’t entirely accurate. A fair warning to westerners: some of the music on here can get preeeettttty weird. But without “weird,” life gets awfully familiar and that leads to complacency and, eventually, existential death.
Under the “Alternative Rock” side, a few are decidedly not Rock… at all. サイダー by kuuya is actually a fairly beautiful pop-experimental juke tune. さよならメロンソーダ by 億兆.PKNY.α is an etheral deep dub tune very much so in the spirit of King Midas Sound Some of these tunes are straight-up Shoe Gaze and some are essentially Indie Blog Rock. And some are so experimental they’re entirely uncategorizable.
The “Electro/Ambient” side is just as experimental as the first half. Majority of the songs stand far, far outside of any current Western genre understandings. But beauty is universal. Several have clear Juke influence and several align rather well with modern downtempo acts like Tycho and Kona Triangle. Though, the most persistent aesthetic present is experimental ambient music, which is truly limitless. Recommended tracks for the second half are ヤクルト by Jomyak, water by Tomoru Inoue, マンハッタン by 戎:adm and The Cola by kobayashi Toshiyuki.
Stream & download the Tanukineiri Drink Sampler below.
Nicholas James Concklin (a.k.a. The Orator) is the founder of Mushpost, a collective of DJs driven to promote compelling music ⟁ Catch him every Tuesday 11pm EST / 8pm PST on SUB.FM
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