LITTLE NOBODY, TOSHIYUKI YASUDA: Split 12-Inch Minus Vinyl #7
[IF? IF102]
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01. Toshiyuki Yasuda - "Pink House" (Little Nobody remix)
02. Little Nobody - "Nobody's Driving" (Toshiyuki Yasuda remix)
One of IF?'s favourite, more cooly quirky Japanese artists (who's also worked with Señor Coconut) gets together with our label founder to rehash each other's tunes, namely Toshiyuki's 'Pink House' and Andrez's 'Nobody's Driving'. Yum.
Just in time for Christmas – and the length of Tosiyuki’s remix even matches the catalogue number!
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As the title suggests, this seventh in Japanese label IF?'s ongoing 'virtual' 12 inch series offers up a tie-in with the festive season, with label boss (and expat Melburnian) Little Nobody and Japanese producer Toshiyuki Yasuda (who's previously worked with Senor Coconut) doing a remix swap on each other's tracks. Little Nobody kicks things off with a reworking of Yasuda's 'Pink House' that sets the controls for stripped-back techno, with sparse snares and kickdrums gliding out over a curiously undulating backdrop of sub-bass murmurs, synthetic bleeps and vaguely ragga-centric keys. On the 'flip' meanwhile Yasuda offers up a reworking of Little Nobody's 'Nobody's Driving' that sends clattering, stutter-edited brass samples and hiphop breaks ricocheting all over the place ala Prefuse 73, all whilst coming in at just a shade over a minute in running length. A late Xmas pressie from IF? that's well worth chasing.
(Chris Downton, 3D WORLD)
