Ekkolaptómenos is the newest opus from Tokyo-based poet, punk, rapper, producer, and composer Haru Nemuri. If that appears like lots, it’s. However Ekkolaptómenos, by advantage of its conviction, curiosity, and inescapable hugeness, coheres right into a singular imaginative and prescient of experimental pop, albeit a discombobulating one. Like 2022’s Shunka Ryougen—her earlier fusion of J-pop, J-rock, and American hardcore and rap—the album appears set on the perpetual climax of a terrific cinematic battle, whilst Nemuri alternates her conflict cries with bursts of chatty intimacy.
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AraabMuzik: Digital Dream 2 [Genre Defying Entertainment/D Productions]
AraabMuzik has been teasing the sequel to his standout 2011 album, Digital Dream, for therefore lengthy that you just’d be forgiven for pondering it was already out. That appeared to be the case when a assortment referred to as Digital Dream 2 appeared in 2012, however that turned out to be an unsanctioned leak. As an alternative, the songs featured on MVP of the MPC, Vol. 1 in 2018, and solely now—on the again of his soundtrack album for Concord Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft—has the influential producer delivered the long-awaited items.
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Wolfacejoeyy: Summersongs [self-released]
Wolfacejoeyy’s second undertaking of 2025, Summersongs, is so bubbly and endorphin-rich that it might have arrived in midwinter and nonetheless airdropped in some late-summer vibes. As it’s, the 12-song set is simply in time for the park hangs and pool events it appears destined to soundtrack. Slinky R&B cadences weave by way of sprint-relay beats because the Staten Island singer and rapper spins odes to good instances and women, with assist from Jaasu, Reuben Aziz, Dracodontjam, and Kelz2busy.
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