The risk critics run by penning a negative review of a relatively unknown group is that said pan will actually spur readers to seek out the music. Such is the case with Japanzine’s review of Yokohama duo Small Color’s In Light (which is only available through the PDF of the issue, go here to check…
J.P. DuQuette over at Japanzine counts down his top 10 Japanese album of the Aughts in the publications January issue, available online over here. You got your usual suspects popping up – didn’t Vision Creation Newsun come out in Japan in 1999 though? Wikipedia has my back here – but the real draw to DuQuette’s…
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…
Yeah…I’ve been lazy about the whole “chiptune” thing. Thank goodness Japanzine boasts a much better work ethic than I do and they wrote up this awesome little chiptune guide. It focuses mostly on the Kyoto scene but also lists a few other notable artists including YMCK, pictured above. Read and learn, as I’m doing. Maybe…