Ekkolaptómenos is the latest opus from Tokyo-based poet, punk, rapper, producer, and composer Haru Nemuri. If that sounds like a lot, it is. But Ekkolaptómenos, by virtue of its conviction, curiosity, and inescapable hugeness, coheres into a singular vision of experimental pop, albeit a discombobulating one. Like 2022’s Shunka Ryougen—her previous fusion of J-pop, J-rock, and American hardcore and rap—the album seems set at the perpetual climax of a great cinematic battle, even as Nemuri alternates her war cries with bursts of chatty intimacy.
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AraabMuzik: Electronic Dream 2 [Genre Defying Entertainment/D Productions]
AraabMuzik has been teasing the sequel to his standout 2011 album, Electronic Dream, for so long that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was already out. That seemed to be the case when a collection called Electronic Dream 2 appeared in 2012, but that turned out to be an unsanctioned leak. Instead, the songs featured on MVP of the MPC, Vol. 1 in 2018, and only now—on the back of his soundtrack album for Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft—has the influential producer delivered the long-awaited goods.
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Wolfacejoeyy: Summersongs [self-released]
Wolfacejoeyy’s second project of 2025, Summersongs, is so bubbly and endorphin-rich that it could have arrived in midwinter and still airdropped in some late-summer vibes. As it is, the 12-song set is just in time for the park hangs and pool parties it seems destined to soundtrack. Slinky R&B cadences weave through sprint-relay beats as the Staten Island singer and rapper spins odes to good times and girls, with help from Jaasu, Reuben Aziz, Dracodontjam, and Kelz2busy.
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