New MimiCof Video: “Aria, But Secret”
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Watch some wacky-altered footage of nature above.
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Watch some wacky-altered footage of nature above.
Summer going to be kind to us this year. All sorts of good music hits Japanese store shelves in the next few months, and here are a few new album alerts from some of our favorite artists. – Pop duo Sweet Vacation drop their second album into the world on July 14. You can preview…
Electronic duo ELLEH build on the dancefloor ennui of “American Lover” with…well, a number that is far less ready to dance along with, but perfect for stumbling around in the early morning hours to. “Door To Tomorrow” unfolds at a slower pace, featuring harder hitting percussion and more sloshed electronic touches. It’s still shifts along,…
Within the Kansai region, it’s a breeze to find interesting music in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. That leaves poor Nara as the odd-one-out of the area’s musical scene…it’s not some barren wasteland of sonic ideas, but you don’t hear much about the stuff coming out of the city and prefecture the same way you do…
But seriously, regardless of how much this dates me…Yunomi really should put out an album, this project has a lot of great, maxed-out electro-pop songs by now, and “Wakusei Rabbit” just keeps the streak going. Once again featuring Toriena, this song is zippier from the get-go than “Oedo Controller,” and only launches even further up…
Plug in to social media, look for posts about Tokyo and you are almost certain to find photos of comparing the metropolis to the dystopian Los Angeles from the film Blade Runner. It’s an epidemic. What all these snapshots fail to do — besides add any depth to the city beyond “wow purple neon!” —…
Time for MAP! This month, we refuse to let the summer end by focusing on Takeaki Oda’s “Loop.” Hear it…and many more…below. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 18-track compilation through Dropbox here. JAPAN:…