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Tokyo indie pop band Downtown Market formed in 2012. Sleepingowl and Kurumi Sasaki have met in their high school days in Iwate, which is located in north part of Japan. After they graduated, and moved to Tokyo, started Downtown Market.
In 2013, supported a gig for <a href="spotify:artist:2GcsUoY6MOCEBNDAlmKt7k" data-name="Hey Anna">Hey Anna</a> they are indie pop sisters from Brooklyn, New York. In 2014, supported a gig for <a href="spotify:artist:3sWLSYm3MFYosc4AZhwajg" data-name="Ringo Deathstarr">Ringo Deathstarr</a> they are shoegaze band from Texas, Austin. Besides, played with Japanese musicians such as <a href="spotify:artist:0Df1WhuQDLCjtDt8bYNnlP" data-name="Teen Runnings">Teen Runnings</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:31zdCo7PhGXLRbg0sfBUYa" data-name="The fin.">The fin.</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3iyF2P8al32bYI6e3YF56K" data-name="Homecomings">Homecomings</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6S8w5rLsEwjN21jQeRES0n" data-name="Hitsujibungaku">Hitsujibungaku</a> etc.
Stay With Me, a single, Downtown Market released on February, 2020 was featured by various indie curators and music blogs such as David Dean Burkhart's YouTube, Indie Shuffle etc. Also, Downtown Market released a cover single, Lover in the Snow for <a href="spotify:artist:3jOstUTkEu2JkjvRdBA5Gu" data-name="Weezer">Weezer</a> on May, 2020. It was mixed and mastered by Cameron Lew who is Aggressive Elevator Soul, <a href="spotify:artist:4UAW69682T7N0wrABUhqx0" data-name="Ginger Root">Ginger Root</a>.
Downtown Market create not too clear sound, like a sound shifting from standard of the sound. Sleepingowl's guitar blends naturally into the melody, gently supporting the whole song. Kurumi's bass is catchy but appears to be a natural melody facilitator. The songs sound mellow, and make you unconsciously into the sound before you notice. A show video of <a href="spotify:track:4nzyOwogJuWn1s6QuGFZ6w" data-name="My Name Is Jonas">My Name Is Jonas</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:3jOstUTkEu2JkjvRdBA5Gu" data-name="Weezer">Weezer</a> is the original experience of the music started by Sleepingowl, who writes all the songs of Downtown Market. Sleepingowl got goosebumps when a faded-in guitar sound came in just before chorus, paved a way for his sound production.
In 2013, supported a gig for <a href="spotify:artist:2GcsUoY6MOCEBNDAlmKt7k" data-name="Hey Anna">Hey Anna</a> they are indie pop sisters from Brooklyn, New York. In 2014, supported a gig for <a href="spotify:artist:3sWLSYm3MFYosc4AZhwajg" data-name="Ringo Deathstarr">Ringo Deathstarr</a> they are shoegaze band from Texas, Austin. Besides, played with Japanese musicians such as <a href="spotify:artist:0Df1WhuQDLCjtDt8bYNnlP" data-name="Teen Runnings">Teen Runnings</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:31zdCo7PhGXLRbg0sfBUYa" data-name="The fin.">The fin.</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3iyF2P8al32bYI6e3YF56K" data-name="Homecomings">Homecomings</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6S8w5rLsEwjN21jQeRES0n" data-name="Hitsujibungaku">Hitsujibungaku</a> etc.
Stay With Me, a single, Downtown Market released on February, 2020 was featured by various indie curators and music blogs such as David Dean Burkhart's YouTube, Indie Shuffle etc. Also, Downtown Market released a cover single, Lover in the Snow for <a href="spotify:artist:3jOstUTkEu2JkjvRdBA5Gu" data-name="Weezer">Weezer</a> on May, 2020. It was mixed and mastered by Cameron Lew who is Aggressive Elevator Soul, <a href="spotify:artist:4UAW69682T7N0wrABUhqx0" data-name="Ginger Root">Ginger Root</a>.
Downtown Market create not too clear sound, like a sound shifting from standard of the sound. Sleepingowl's guitar blends naturally into the melody, gently supporting the whole song. Kurumi's bass is catchy but appears to be a natural melody facilitator. The songs sound mellow, and make you unconsciously into the sound before you notice. A show video of <a href="spotify:track:4nzyOwogJuWn1s6QuGFZ6w" data-name="My Name Is Jonas">My Name Is Jonas</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:3jOstUTkEu2JkjvRdBA5Gu" data-name="Weezer">Weezer</a> is the original experience of the music started by Sleepingowl, who writes all the songs of Downtown Market. Sleepingowl got goosebumps when a faded-in guitar sound came in just before chorus, paved a way for his sound production.