I just learned about it, but Lullatone (MySpace) has a new album out just last month, on Australian label Someone Good. Lullatone is the Nagoya-based unit of American Shawn James Seymour and his Japanese wife Yoshimi. They create beautiful pajama pop music with all kinds of toy instruments, sometimes using the bed or bathtub water for beats, and Yoshimi's soft vocals.
Audio samples at MySpace and Last.fm
Lullatone "the bedtime beat"
1. the bathtime beat
2. your snore
3. the bedtime beatbox
4. make believe melody
5. maboroshi ondo
6. marching to sleep
7. tiny cinema
8. goodnight train
9. make believe melody #2
10. oyasumi
Someone Good RMSG-003
Out now (March 2008)
Order (U.S.): Darla, Amazon U.S.
Order (Australia): Someone Good
Order (Japan): HMV, Tower, Amazon
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