This song starts with highly compressed bass line. Vocal used multiple effects(chorus, reverb and filter) and various ambience sounds in the background.
LAMP – Ame Furu Yoru No Mukou
This song is pretty exotic to the western people; however the chord progression is beautiful with many tension chords. One more thing to mention about this song is almost every part has a multiple vocal chorus tracks, so there is no empty spot in this song. Very well structured chord progression and the unique vocal is impressive.
Bon Iver – iMi
This beautiful song is composed with many dissonances. In the intro, the vocal with the tremolo effects is pretty impressive. There are so many transitions and changes that might confuse the listeners, but that builds up the complexity of the songs.
KAYTRANADA – Midsection ft. Pharrell Williams
This song has an African vibe drum beat that makes exciting mood. There are two major parts in this song, one is pretty obvious trap music part and another thing is gospel-like singing part. In between those two parts, there is a sudden change which sounds a little bit awkward, but that weird transition makes this song unique and fresh.
Yves Tumor – Gospel For A New Century
This song is pretty cool song. There is a break in the intro, increasing the tension of the song. Another factor that makes this song cool is that the dynamic differ throughout the song. For example song continues with chill vibe in the intro and verse but then it explodes with hard crash drums when it reaches to the chorus.
Nathanie – Sunscreen
This song is beautiful, the chord progression mixed with the sweetness of her voice is perfect. She also did an amazing job balancing out the harmonies, they are just the right amount and it makes it so calming to listen too. Theres also a really faint percussion that sounds like a wood block that sounds amazing.
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
This song has a really cool accordion intro that I was not expecting, then goes straight into this sea shanty vibe with the repetition in the guitar melodies and tambourine. I also really like the raspiness in his voice, it fits really well with the song.
Muse – Stockholm Syndrome
Matt Bellamy really outdid himself on this one, the guitar is so freakishly good and the way his voice is so haunting and smooth it fits amazingly with this song. I really like the contrast between the tension in the rough guitar and the release with the light piano and high harmony background vocals (1:08). I highly recommend listening to this song all the way through because I truly think this is one of Muse’s best songs.
Chandelier – Toiki
There is a very clear key change that is interesting, but it is the syncopation in the background that I liked more.
Omenmokushiroku – Hiiragi Magunetaido
The BPM in this song is fast. There are added syncopations to create extra tension and intricacy.