Texture isn’t secondary in Yusuke Nakamura’s “Tone.” On first impression, it sounds like a landline phone call that has fallen just short of a full connection, and we’re listening in as the systems on either end try to reconcile their differences. It’s all bright static and touchtone glitch. In time the basic, underlying 4/4 grid of the music becomes clear, but even as the song-ness of it takes hold, that frazzled-communication vibe retains its fresh, vigorous hold on your ear.
Track originally posted at [soundcloud.com/yusuke_nakamura](https://soundcloud.com/yusuke_nakamura/tone). More from Nakamura, who is based in Tokyo, Japan, at [twitter.com/Yusuke_BluSwing](https://twitter.com/Yusuke_BluSwing) and [blu-swing.com](http://blu-swing.com/).