capsule – L.D.K. Lounge Designers Killer October 28, 2008

Track Listing

1. Soratobu Toshikeikaku
2. Teleportation
3. Lounge Designers Killer (ft. ether22)
4. twinkle twinkle poppp!
5. tiC taC
6. Antenna
7. Glider
8. Jinrui no Shinpo to Chouwa
9. do do pi do
10. fin.

1. Soratobu Toshikeikaku

Beautiful strings are played in the beginning and then it quiets down and turns into a dance track.  The vocals keep going in and out and then we get into a nice mash of the strings and the beats.  Toshiko doesn’t come until a minute passes by and even then she’s ad-libbing AGAIN!….Though I already liked the track with its great combination of musicality.

2. Teleportation

A lot of bleeping coincides within the song which is oddly futuristic and yet really loud.  I blame the drummer for this one.  I think the bleeping is very reminescent of Perfume’s “Vitamin Drop” and probably was made during this era.  Toshiko to me sounds very airy for some reason but oh well.  Once again Toshiko fails to learn any English because she fails at saying ~Teleportation~

3. Lounge Designers Killer (ft. ether22)

This is very interesting.  Like it doesn’t sound like anything heard so far.  It’s mildly aggressive but not too much and Toshiko sounds great.  There’s a male voice in the song as well.  Though I’ve noticed during that part that the low synths sound exactly like access’s “EDGE”  which threw me for a loop.  I love how Toshiko says the title sounds pretty hot.  Best title track so far.

4. twinkle twinkle poppp!

We reenter the bossa nova side of things, but the song is cute and pretty bouncy.  Though I dispise how they started the song off because they sounded pretty high or something.  Once again, I feel as if she’s too airy for the song.  At the end of the song I felt it was an alright track, nothing too spectacular.

5. tiC taC

Something we haven’t heard in a while is this toned down and smooth jazz track.  I still think this new style of vocals Toshiko is trying here is pretty great and she sounds comfortable, unlike a few other tracks.  Only supporting the song is guitar, drums, and someone on the xylophone.  It ends pretty quickly, but it’s awesome.

6. Antenna

The only interlude of the album and it just a line of falling notes that only last about a few seconds.  Useless if you ask me.

7. Glider

Glider is surprisingly good.  It’s pretty dreamy as capsule songs go and Toshiko sounds great here.  I’m starting to see Nakata using the synths and vocoder good here and I think it was a great start with this track.  It’s also devoid of any of that jazzy style that’s been there since their debut.  It’s one of the stanout tracks from the album.

8. Jinrui no Shinpo to Chouwa

This oddly sounds like “Teleportation” for one thing.  It sounds even more cosmic that said song which is great.  Once again, I thought the percussion was a little too much for the song but Toshiko sounds great here.  Though I totally forget what it sounds like after a while.

9. do do pi do

Strange title for a strange song indeed.  It sounds like someone was on pot *cough* (nakata).  I didn’t find much interest in the song really but the bouncy piano line and Toshiko’s singing is alright.  The song lacked interest this time because Toshiko really sounded boring actually. Definitly the worst new track. 

10. fin.

 All the ending is is just a bouncy piano solo.  Kind of fun if you ask me, and did end the album quite nicely.  It’s also exactly one minute long isn’t that quite funny.

Tracks Recommended

• Glider
• Soratobu Toshikeikaku
• tiC taC
• Lounge Designers Killer

I’m seeing the transformation that capsule’s taking and the tracks that showed it came out really well, but for others it was more or less of the same I’ve been hearing for a few albums now.  I got to say this album beats out NEXUS-2060 by a landslide.