Color Filter

**Color Filter** is the brainchild of Japanese multi-instrumentalist and electronic music innovator Takako Minekawa, a project blending whimsical synth-pop, glitchy textures, and retro-futuristic vibes. Since emerging in the late ’90s, Minekawa’s work as Color Filter has charmed listeners with its playful balance of melodic sweetness and experimental curiosity, often weaving together analog warmth and digital precision. Tracks like “blueberry” and “Silent Way” showcase her knack for crafting earworm hooks draped in nostalgic electronic soundscapes, while releases such as “Sleep In A Synchrotron” reveal her willingness to flirt with surreal, sci-fi-inspired textures.

Minekawa, who initially gained attention as a solo J-pop artist, reinvented her approach through Color Filter by collaborating with luminaries like Cornelius (her spouse) and embracing a more DIY, bedroom-pop ethos. Her music often feels like a cozy collision of childhood memories and forward-thinking production—evident in recent genre-blurring works like “I Often Think In Music” and the aptly titled “Remix.” Whether she’s tinkering with vintage synths or layering ethereal vocals, Color Filter remains a delightfully unpredictable force in Japan’s indie electronic scene.