Ekkolaptómenos is the newest opus from Tokyo-based poet, punk, rapper, producer, and composer Haru Nemuri. If that appears like rather a lot, 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 fantastic cinematic battle, at the same time as Nemuri alternates her battle cries with bursts of chatty intimacy.
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AraabMuzik: Digital Dream 2 (Style Defying Leisure/D Productions)
AraabMuzik has been teasing the sequel to his standout 2011 album, Digital Dream, for thus lengthy that you simply’d be forgiven for considering it was already out. That gave the impression 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 challenge of 2025, Summersongs, is so bubbly and endorphin-rich that it may 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 via sprint-relay beats because the Staten Island singer and rapper spins odes to good occasions and ladies, with assist from Jaasu, Reuben Aziz, Dracodontjam, and Kelz2busy.
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