Style: Japanese inspired barber beats, vaporwave
Primary Emotions/Themes: the way of the samurai
Thoughts: Every so often I come across an album that makes me wonder: why hasn't this been done before? Some genres go together so naturally that their marriage seems like a it was a foregone conclusion.... yet no one has done it. On Hagakure, Micromecha has done just that.
Micromecha has combined the vaporwave sub genre of barber beats with traditional Japanese instrumentation. Why these two elements have never been combined (to my knowledge) before this release is beyond me. They flow together like a stream through a peaceful forest.
To hear a saxophone interacting with a Japanese guitar and pan flute come natural to Micromecha. The music takes these two normally foreign instruments and genres and combines them expertly. Not only do they not clash with each other, the music is constructed in such a way that they feel natural to be together. This in combination with well constructed beats makes this easily one of my favorite barber beats releases to date.
One of my good friends is prone to say "this is a vibe," when listening to an album they like. In the spirit of that friend I must indeed concur... this album is indeed a vibe. It takes the peace and introspection that comes from traditional Japanese music and combines it with the flow and chill atmosphere of barber beats. In a genre that is saturated with music that sounds largely the same, Micromecha has raised the bar substantially.
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