(Electronic, Exrepimental, J-Pop) Kero Kero Bonito - Intro Bonito - 2014, MP3, 128 kbps

Kero Kero Bonito are a new London trio, and their whole aesthetic mixes polyglot hip-hop — vocalist Sarah raps in Japanese and English — with sunnily maximalist dance music and sugary pop, like a Tumblr-era Cibo Matto (c) Stereogum

Fresh sounds! You'll get 'em with Kero Kero Bonito, a trio of musicmakers from London. In particular, you'll find 'em on their debut album, Intro Bonito. Mixing videogame sounds with J-pop, dancehall, MIDI aesthetics, seasoning with cute vibes and wonderfully inane / fun subject matter, it's pretty much a perfect intro to the band. Oh—! and Sarah, the singer / rapper, sings / raps in Japanese and English – she's half Japanese. There is something at work here that can appeal to fans of cute music, fans of big beats, to fans of Japanese music, to actual Japanese people. And this particular something is wholly un-regional; there is no room here for a "London" sound, nor a "Japanese" one. It is universal. (c) thefourohfive

Sarah + Gus + Jamie