Turns out 80kidz aren’t just working on EPs and an album this year…they also threw together a 15-second jingle for Japanese phone giant Docomo. Check it out in all it’s shiny goodness below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr7bLNhCx9A&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
You thought 80kidz had a busy 2009…wait until you see this year’s itinerary. Constant touring aside, the electro duo plans on releasing three EPs starting with the Voice EP that popped onto iTunes this Wednesday. The blog post announcing it also hints at the possibility of their second album dropping this year. For now, we…
Now-a-duo 80kidz have a short preview of a new song titled “Spoiled Boy” runnin’ over at MySpace. The track features CSS frontlady Lovefoxx on vocal duty, at one point imitating a man. Save for that hiccup, this sounds like a promising track. “Spoiled Boy” will be featured on an upcoming compilation disc that features Doraemon…
South African indie-pop outfit Desmond and The Tutus‘ album Tuckshop saw release in Japan recently, and tucked away at the end of the album are a few remixes by some Japanese artists. Cubismo Grafico tackles the song “Old Girls,” while dance trio-soon-to-be-duo 80kidz get their hands on the harmonica-heavy pop of “Kiss You On The…
Nice article from Japanzine about the history of Japanese techno…kinda. It’s actually more of a history of Japanese electronic artists, as a few of the artists in this piece aren’t traditionally techno. Like, Perfume and 80kidz have techno influences, but they are pop and electro-dance acts respectively at the end of the day. Still, a…