DÉ DÉ MOUSE & TANUKI feat. Hitomitoi -- Neon Light no Yoru（Neon Lightの夜）

 

Hope you're all having a good weekend. It hasn't been too bad here at all. Pretty sunny and the temperatures aren't too blazing.

Listening to this song "Neon Light no Yoru" (Neon Light Nights), I did get some reminders of Bananarama's big hit from 1987 "I Heard A Rumour". However, this isn't a Eurobeat tune but more of a representative of electronica by DJ, songwriter and keyboardist (among other hats) DÉ DÉ MOUSE. With the help of Glasgow producer TANUKI and Neo-City Pop singer Hitomitoi（一十三十一）, "Neon Light no Yoru" could make for a nice accompaniment in one of the club-laden neighbourhoods of Tokyo or other Japanese metropolis on a Saturday night. It was released as his third single from July 2021.

DÉ DÉ MOUSE is a solo project fronted by Daisuke Endo（遠藤大介）who hails from Gunma Prefecture and began his career in 2005. According to J-Wiki, he combines refined pop melodies and ethnic music and extrudes them through electronica (although I think "Neon Light no Yoru" seems to be straight dance-friendly technopop). Up to 2022, he has released eight albums, eleven mini-albums, four singles, and several digital download singles. As for his name, he got the DE from the initials for his name while the MOUSE came about from the fact that he's a fairly small individual at 160.5 cm or just under 5'3". Endo is also a big fan of the band Kirinji（キリンジ）.