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Capsule: Waverunner
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Capsule: Waverunner

By
Devon Fisher
/ 4 March 2015
Waverunner provides a definitive answer to the question "what would it sound like if a veteran Japanese pop producer made an EDM album?"
Shintaro Sakamoto: Let’s Dance Raw
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Shintaro Sakamoto: Let’s Dance Raw

By
Austin Price
/ 6 October 2014
Banal and lifeless as anything, Sakamoto's Let's Dance Raw can't be bothered to make the listener care.
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Shintaro Sakamoto: How to Live With a Phantom

By
Deanne Sole
/ 16 July 2012
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Kishi Bashi: 151a

By
Dave Bloom
/ 21 May 2012
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Kufuki: Kufuki

By
Deanne Sole
/ 20 February 2012
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Artificial Lover: Nava

By
Deanne Sole
/ 15 December 2011
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Teruyuki Nobuchika: Sonorite

By
Liam McManus
/ 8 November 2011
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Various Artists: Japanese Traditional Music: Koto; Shamisen

By
Deanne Sole
/ 18 August 2011
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Chatmonchy: Kokuhaku

By
Deanne Sole
/ 6 April 2010
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Yura Yura Teikoku: Hollow Me/Beautiful

By
Deanne Sole
/ 27 January 2010
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Aritomo: Kowai Komorebi

By
Deanne Sole
/ 15 July 2009
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LSD March: Uretakumo Nakunarutorika

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Deanne Sole
/ 5 July 2009

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