Tracklist:

01 Alice
02 parallel lines
03 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
04 Crazy Cat (The Shoes Remix)
05 Alice (RimmiX)

immi releases her second major EP, titled Alice EP. Lke her previous release WONDER EP, Alice EP follows the same foot steps. Title track, another new song, cover song, old song remix, and title song remix. This now has me wondering who she’ll cover next, and who’ll remix her next. I find it pretty cool.

Alice begins immedeatly with immi’s vocals. The song keeps going in and we hear some 80’s influence in the song. The song is totally upbeat electro goodness, still similar to her old material, but like WONDER there’s more quality to it. Honestly I believe Alice is her strongest single to date, while I think she could’ve worked a little bit more with the vocals in some points it still is a very strong and amazing song. parallel lines is immi’s take on a ballad. I believe it’s her most downtempo song to date, and I find it amazing. Very beautiful song, I believe this is how an electro ballad should sound like.

Since FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL is a White Stripes cover, I think immi saw this as an opportunity to go more electro-rock, and she totally rocked it indeed! While her English is not very understandable, it’s still a very strong track. Though on this song, her voice is vocoded to the extreme, it still makes a pretty awesome song. Crazy Cat (The Shoes Remix) is a major improvement than THE LOWBROWS remix of Cosmic Pink shown on WONDER EP, not an amazing or outstanding remix but still it’s very enjoyable. The Shoes did a pretty good job with it. But at the end, it isn’t a very memorable remix either. Now what I am really surprised about is with Alice (RimmiX), last “RimmiX” on her previous EP was a complete mess and on this one it shows to be more organized. Alice (RimmiX) is a more downbeat version of the original Alice, or at least at first it seems so. After three minutes into it the remix turns a different direction, a more upbeat direction. What I think of these “RimmiXes” is that Jetbikini and N.A.i.D are experimenting with their sounds. On Alice (RimmiX) they did a hell of a job, I like it almost as much as the original. I just hope they don’t commit the same mistake they did with WONDER (RimmiX).

I think this EP is pretty much perfect, it improved what WONDER EP lacked and turned to be a pretty amazing EP. It has shown that immi will just keep getting better and better with in the future! I’m expecting an album after this release, but let’s see what the future holds for immi!

Favorite Tracks:
01 Alice
02 parallel lines
03 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
05 Alice (RimmiX)

EP Score:
A+

Tracklist:

01 WONDER
02 Joe le taxi
03 Cosmic Pink (THE LOWBROWS Remix)
04 AruとLito
05 WONDER (RimmiX)

WONDER EP is immi’s first major label release, and very impressive it is. immi is still very underground in the Japanese music scene, and hasn’t shown much popularity. But I’m sure that soon it’ll change. WONDER isn’t much different from her old material, but yet I can hear more quality. Her sound is very euro-electronica, and the reason of this is beacuser her producers are European if I’m not mistaken (which are N.A.i.D and Jetbikini). I absolutely adore this song, and makes a outstanding major debut. Unlike other electro-pop Japanese artists in the scene such as Aira Mitsuki, Perfume, Saori@destiny, and MEG, immi actually has a quality that makes her stand out from them. That is the vocoder. What I’m surprised about immi’s voice is that it fits so perfectly with electronic music that, if you’re a fan of Japanese electro-pop music, your mind automatically assume she’s vocoded.

Joe le taxi, also thrown in as a single from this EP, is another great song. I might say this is my favorite from the EP, I prefer it a bit more than WONDER. Joe le taxi is a cover, originally by French singer Vanessa Paradis. immi’s take on the French language isn’t that bad at all, but then again I’m not fluent in French so I shouldn’t know much. The song makes great use of electro synths, and makes a great song to listen with headphones only. Cosmic Pink (THE LOWBROWS Remix) isn’t a bad remix. At first I disliked it a lot, but then it grew on me. Still, I skip it when listening to the EP. I usually adore THE LOWBROWS remixes, and their original work too. But this remix of theirs seemed a little bit rushed. AruとLito starts with a very upbeat and pumped up intro. I absolutely adore the intro, but when the songs keeps going on and on, it gets a little repetitive. The 8bit sounds seem a little out of place, I don’t mind them, but I think the sound would’ve done better without them. But at the end, it’s still a very enjoyable song. But I don’t think it tops WONDER or Joe le taxi. WONDER (RimmiX), remix of WONDER, it seems that it must be a self-remix of N.A.i.D & Jetbikini, since they were the original producers of the song. Honestly this remix isn’t that great, I don’t think the vocals at first blend in with the remixed synths. The remix is kind of a mess if you ask me, it’s enjoyable in some points but at the end I still skip it. Either they should’ve worked better with this remix, or scrap it out all together. Not a very memorable remix.

In conclusion, very impressive major debut. immi’s career is now taking a huge turn. Becoming major is no easy work so I wish the best to immi! Her next EP, titled Alice EP, title track already released in single, demonstrated me that immi keeps getting better and better. But I’ll leave that to the review of Alice EP.

Favorite Tracks:
01 WONDER
02 Joe le taxi

EP Score:
A-

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