Hidden Gems: Mic Musicbox

Around a year ago I was really obsessed with J Pop. Utada being the ruler of my childhood because of her heavy involvement in the Kingdom Heart series, I decided to check out as many covers of her songs as possible. When I saw a whole album by Mic Musicbox dedicated to her, I was ecstatic. I was familiar with the instrument Musicbox because I had used it to make melodies on Maschine before. I thought it would be a music box accompanying a band, or at least a voice. But I was wrong, it was just a musicbox. A child like twinkly sounding music box.

I scrounged the Internet for information about them but I couldn't find any. I looked for them in iTunes and they have a huge collection of albums, some of which I bought of course. They cover everything from J Pop, to songs in obscure animes and it's really beatiful. I never knew that listening to the same instrument couldn't get annoying or repetitive until I discovered them. At first, I was only listening to them because the actual musicbox itself sounds really soothing and nice, but then I actually started listening to the music they cover and it's a very refreshing take on the songs they do. I used to only listen to them when I was studying or going to bed, but now I find my self listening to them casually throughout the day. It's evolved from my relaxation music to my everyday music. I'm wondering what this music would sound like Chopped & Screewed, or even if someone would have the skill to do it. The sad thing is that if you search YouTube or Soundclound, you find nothing by this mysterious band/person. Their music is pretty much on every Internet radio platform. I can almost guarantee you if you start listening to them you'll buy one of their albums. Because you're sick of having to listen to them on stations with other artists. Realistically all of their music is the same, so if you like one of their songs you'll pretty much like them all. I recommend to start from their 'Hikaru Utada Vol ll' album. But as I said it doesn't matter where you start, you'll either love them or hate them. - L$G