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Kidokoro Records is a New Jersey-based independent record label, founded in 2020 by producer and songwriter Oscar Suh-Rodriguez. It represents alternative, indie, and dreampop artists devoted to the advance of popular song-form, lyrics, and aesthetics.
Roster
Shay Then
singer-songwriter, indie
Shay Then is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter. Her guitar-driven, soulful sound dances between memories of mid-winter solitude and heavy August mist.
“Let’s Get Happy” (Single) 11.30.2023
Molly Ringworm
indie-rock, alt-rock
Molly Ringworm independent rock band from southern New Jersey. What started as front person Sarah Holt’s diaristic solo project of four-track demos gradually evolved into a full band effort consisting of guitarist Johnny Zappas, bassist Andrew Simpson, and drummer Niko Berardo. Full-time DIY-ers, their latest EP Good Ol Boys, was home-recorded and self-produced over the course of 2019.
Discography:
“Down/Out” 6.13.2023
“Timmy” (Single) 3.30.2021
“Nana” Single 2.15.2022
Seems EP 3.1.2022
Ñutiti
dance-pop, soul-house
Ñutiti is a DC-Brookyln collaborative trio consisting of singer Shay Then, drummer Keith Butler, and guitarist Oscar Suh-Rodriguez (OSUKASU).
Discography:
“I Wanna Be With U” (Single) 4.23.2024
Edward Phillips
singer-songwriter, indie rock
Edward Phillips is a New Jersey-based indie rock, bedroom pop singer-songwriter. After three self-released lo-fi albums, Phillips now lives on to produce his own breed of mid-fi, power slop on Kidokoro Records.
Discography:
“Adulterous Summer” (Single) 5.2.2020
“Rule of Thumb” (Single) 6.5.2020
“American Brand” (Single) 9.15.2020
“Something Beautiful” (Single) 12.1.2020
OSUKASU
bedroom pop, indie pop
OSUKASU (formerly Bula La) is bedroom popper and producer Oscar Suh-Rodriguez’s eclectic solo project.
Discography:
“Arigatou Ne” (Single) 2.23.2021
“Cruh-uh-ush” (Single feat. Delanor) 4.14.2021
“Talcahuano” (Single) 6.3.2021
“Bouncin’ (NEGA)” Single collab with [DVB] 4.26.2022
“Seoul” (Single) 5.25.2022
“Home from Siberia” (Single) 8.9.2022
BYE BYE MIRACLE 10.18.2022
“The Summer Fair” (Single) 8.23.2023
June Pageant
alt-pop, dream pop
June Pageant is a Jersey City-based dream pop, alt-pop trio consisting of Lauren Rosato, Oscar Suh-Rodriguez, and Dane Alexander. Each of their tracks is a surreal tale of magnificent obsession, social anxiety, and coming-of-age, told through colorful melodies and dark soundscapes.
Discography:
“Wundergurl“ (Single) 2.14.2020
“Balcony“ (Single) 3.26.2020
Feather Star (Full Album) 4.10.2020
Beneath the Feather Star EP 1/3 7.10.2020
Beneath the Feather Star EP 2/3 12.14.2020
Collaborations
Lyys
bedroom, indie pop
South-London-based singer-songwriter and producer Lyys, delivers beautifully melodic and dreamy indie-pop inspired by sprawling influences from Cocteau Twins and Camera Obscura to Caroline Polachek and The Japanese House.
“Can’t Hear It” (Bula La Remix) 3.16.2020
[DVB}
glitch, experimental electronic
Devin Barone [DVB] (b. 1996) is a composer, percussionist/drummer, and glitchy boi from Bay Shore, NY. He creates in a variety of musical areas, with roots in classical and contemporary music, the various genres of the modern drummer and video game/film music.
“Bouncin’ (NEGA)” feat. OSUKASU 4.26.2022
Releases
OSUKASU “Just Light Tonight”
A summery, Tatsuro-Tattoo You-inspired bop from loft singer OSUKASU. Second single from his upcoming album.
Ñutiti “I Wanna Be With U”
Ñutiti’s debut single! A spring-time bop to light up the breeze.
Shay Then “Let’s Get Happy”
Singer-songwriter Shay Then’s debut on Kidokoro Records.
OSUKASU “The Summer Fair”
A warmly summer bop about carnivals, love, and getting high. First single by OSUKASU since his 2022 full length Bye Bye Miracle.
Molly Ringworm “Down/Out”
Molly Ringworm’s first 2023 release. To capture the chaotic power the band brings to their live performances, “Down/Out” was live-tracked in just a few takes at Great Time Studios.
OSUKASU Bye Bye Miracle
OSUKASU's debut album. Discovery, dissociation, love and lovelessness, spiderwebs, dreams, struggle, foolishness, and laughter.
OSUKASU “Home from Siberia”
The second single off OSUKASU’s upcoming album Bye Bye Miracle. A plea to a friend to remain in the suburbs of New Jersey and not move back to the frozen tundra.
OSUKASU ”Seoul”
Glittery guitar driven single from OSUKASU’s upcoming debut album.
[DVB] and OSUKASU
"Bouncing’ (NEGA)”
A pixellated galactic journey between glitch and electronic artist [DVB] and OSUKASU.
Edward Phillips“Lesson Learned”
“So what’s left now to be squandered? Some worn out tape of a broken song. You’re looking more like a goner. The record ends but the needle’s on. If you lie then lesson learned.”
Molly Ringworm Seems EP
Molly Ringworm “Nana”
“Rough around the edge but soft to the touch. Queen of the neighborhood, oh god she’s so tough. Don’t care what we’re gonna do tonight.
Rough around the edge but soft to the touch. French fries in the tub–I love her so much. Don’t care what we’re gonna do tonight. Come pick me up.”
Bula La “Talcahuano”
Fish, salt, and sea in this chill beat from osukasu.
Edward Phillips - “Precious Few”
“I saw you standing in the rain, your hands pressed to the flame, your eyes soakin’ your shoes, your hair a tangle.”
Bula La “cruh-uh-ush” (feat.Delanor)
Bula La’s sophomore single. A glitched-out, hyper hop based on Delanor’s “I’ve Got A Crush On You” (2020).
Molly Ringworm “Timmy”
Molly Ringworm’s Kidokoro Records debut. A reworked, remixed, and remastered version of their moody indie rock jam “Timmy.”
Lyys ”Can’t Hear It” (Bula La Remix)
A collaborative remix between bedroom pop singer and producer Lyys and Bula La. Lyys’ dreamy “Can’t Hear It” picked apart and each piece placed in a separate jewelry box with warbly melodies and sticky little ear worms.
Bula La
“Arigatou Ne” (feat. Ryotaro Miyasaka)
The debut single from Bula La is a bass-driven bedroom pop, transpacific collab with Tokyo-based singer and percussionist Ryotaro Miyasaka. Never too early for summer vibes.
June Pageant
Beneath the Feather Star EP 2/3
Edward Philliips “Something Beautiful” (Single)
“The images this song creates in my mind are of Polaroid images, or flickering sunlight through trees and hazy remembrances of lost times with friends and that special someone.”–Robb Donker Curtius, American Pancake
Edward Phillips“American Brand” (Single)
The third single from Edward Phillips. An anti-capitalist anthem served with summery vibes and fluttery guitars.
"...the song is “a tongue-in-cheek anthem” but has an earnest heart-rock feel. It sounds like a lo-fi version of Tom Petty." -Surviving the Golden Age
June Pageant
Beneath the Feather Star EP 1/3
Edward Phillips
“Rule of Thumb”(Single)
Edward Phillips’ sophomore single “Rule of Thumb” is a bright, antifascist anthem.
“goodbye we kissed it / we’re biting through our tongues / we’re reenlisted /we’re beating the same drum. / it makes no difference /the war’s already won / we’re open for business as a general rule of thumb”
Edward Phillips
“Adulterous Summer”(Single)
Edward Phillips debut single “Adulterous Summer” weaves together panel-like imagery and glimmering guitars to mutter a tale about dark, personal collapse. “All of your strings are breakin’ / both of your hands are bound and tied / to all the the love they’re making / got drunk in your car and wept all night.”
June Pageant
“Balcony” (Single)
“You’ll shed a tear or two, probably feel crap for a second, but in the end, you’ll appreciate the magic of June Pageant and their new single, Balcony. It has everything you want from an alt-pop song and much more.” Daniel Thomas, Independent Music News
