When we first told you of Last Japan at the end of November we promised to get back to you soon, and here we are, (finally!) sticking to our word. Meet Last Japan: Our rockstarr from London has had tons of things going on musically, and on top of that he’s still been finding time to run some marathons to keep himself active all over the place. As far as music is concerned, Last Japan has had a few releases on Southern Fried Records and the All Around the World label (cofunded by Atlantic, Sony and Universal). He’s also made a sweet mix for Rinse FM and, as all you fellow Skins-a-holics must know by now, his remix for Crystal Fighters’ Xtatic Truth was featured on E4’s Skins recently. He has promised a lot of musical activity in the upcoming year and his recent ongoing releases and features all seem like a kosher lift-off to get it going! Being only twenty he is still spending his weekdays at the Academy for Contemporary Music, but he is currently working on his dissertation so it won’t be long for several remixes to see the daylight. He has shared with a few collaborations for his debut album that he’s working on right now, but the details remain veiled.
We are very proud to announce Last Japan found some time to enrich us with Truancy Mixtape numero 8, TRUANCY VOLUME 8: LAST JAPAN! I’d first like to say that the amount of plays of our mixtape project have been going through the stratosphere lately and I cannot even attempt to express how exciting it is to know you seem to enjoy what these artists have mixed for you, we’re all amazed and I just needed to express ONE LOVE for that! To get back to what you came for: This latest edition is very promising. The thought behind it was “to put as much music as possible in the hour to keep it interesting”, combining Last Japan’s favourite tunes of the moment with some old stuff to mix it up a little, and some of his new music is also to be found in there! A total of thirty-one tracks is Last Japan’s record up until now. About an hour of tight and quick mixing with exclusives from Roska, Marco Del Horno, Redlight, Foamo and the man himself. What are you waiting for? Locomote your booty over to Mixcloud! Picture by Booty Call Records.
