Mag.Lo - P A C H I N K O 「パチンコ」



Local Artist Alert!! I want to feature local artists too, and give them whatever kind of plug that I can, no matter how meager my plug may mean. This guy’s from the Orlando area. He’s a stand-up guy, and his music is absolutely worth a listen. You can support him by buying this track here at Bandcamp (pay what you want!) or just subscribe to him on YouTube/any of his other social accounts on his page.



This song sounds like some kind of wonderful take of a night in the Japanese nightlife underground. I get legitimate wanderlust when this song comes on sometimes; I feel like I’m stepping out of a stuffy Japanese pachinko parlor, cursing my losses to the Maneki-neko on the way out. It’s incredibly complex in its simplicity; the song itself has just a few parts, but the way they dance around each other and play out in different ways throughout is what sets this a cut above. The song alternates between immensely chill and extremely bustling, but it does it so seamlessly that it’s never really jarring at all. It’s a shorter track, but this isn’t a bad thing - it’s timed well to hit hard but not overstay its welcome. I’ll definitely be featuring more of Mag.Lo in the near future, so check him out!

Favorite part: 1:45 - The big build from the chorus simmers down into a really catchy new beat that runs the song out. It’s a really great way to wind the song down, and it’s the part that probably gets stuck in my head the most when I’ve stopped listening to it for a little bit.