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Controlled Karaoke: An Intro To Japanese Roots Music

ByPatrick St. Michel February 3, 2010

Japan Probe posted a small write-up about Japanese roots music. It’s a nice little introduction to the type of music (one I’m woefully ignorant of, so this is especially great), so give it a read.

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New Cemetery: “Fatima”
ByPatrick St. Michel April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

Tokyo artist Cemetery’s music has always been on the ominous side. Noises drift overhead and vocal samples bubble up off in the distance, making even their most angelic stretches hide some tension. “Fatima” shows Cememtery’s livelier, albeit still unnerving, side. This one, debuted a few days ago on Nest HQ, uses an array of chanting…

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Schau=Essen 3 Is Out, Featuring Boogie Idol, C-Side Sea Site, Coffee And TV And More
ByPatrick St. Michel April 10, 2016

The ’80s…or at least sounds heavily inspired by the ’80s…are never going away. So let’s embrace the artists who know how to capture shiny wonder in all its glistening beauty? Last year’s Schau=Essen 2 did the neon-soaked sound well it landed in our top-15 albums list, and now here comes the latest in the series,…

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New Jun Kamoda: “Blind Disco”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 10, 2017

One of the best live sets I saw last year came courtesy of Jun Kamoda at last year’s Maltine Records event at WWW X, a shape-shifting and exhilarating hour of music featuring splashes of guitar and moments of pure release. Echoes of that set appear in “Blind Disco,” the first song from Kamoda’s forthcoming release…

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New Nayutanayuta: “Sagittarius”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 14, 2017

Indie outfit Nayutanauyta earn their dreamy title with their songs thanks to their embrace of Auto-tune, which lends a hazy vibe to their creations. “Sagittarius” is an especially strong example of this approach, as a slow number building up to a guitar solo turns into something more thanks to the vocal warping. This is a…

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Avec Avec: Plastic Soul EP
ByPatrick St. Michel October 18, 2011

Avec Avec is the new moniker Takuma from Sugar’s Campaign goes under, a recent change coinciding with the release of his new Plastic Soul EP. Yet despite the name change, Takuma’s music remains virtually the same, bold-faced thumping beats sprinkled with sunny-day vibes. The highlight of Plastic Sould ends up being the same song that…

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Music Alliance Pact July 2015
ByPatrick St. Michel July 15, 2015

Time for the Music Alliance Pact, where over 30 blogs from all over the world share great music from the country they reside in every month. For July…Japan isn’t part of it! Whoops! I’ll save you the LiveJournal details (feel free to donate money for this juicy bonus content) but basically I got a new…

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