Neco Asobi -- Kimi to Tsuki to Cider（君と月とサイダー）

 

During my browsings through YouTube, I encountered this September 2018 single, "Kimi to Tsuki to Cider" (You and the Moon and Cider) by the unit Neco Asobi because of its spacey 1980s technopop leanings; I also picked up on some urban groove in there, too. I suddenly got all of these memories of skinny ties, techno cuts and Day-Glo neon from over forty years ago.

There's not much information on Neco Asobi (which translates as "Cat Play") but apparently the duo, which started with the vocalist Yuniko Takano（高野ユニコ）and trackmaker TAOISM, launched in 2018 and went on until 2023 when they opted to go on hiatus. New vocalist sino entered the scene and TAOISM changed his moniker to u.u. By the way, the below video was actually filmed at a Shimo-Kitazawa live house in June 2025 so I'm assuming that it's sino singing alongside u.u.