Tokyo’s Trekkie Trax has been doing the best netlabel work out of Japan thus far in 2015, and Trekkie Trax Japan Vol. 2 — the second installment released via European label Top Billin — serves as their highest point yet. Mainly because it allows everyone associated with the imprint, from Carpainter to Andrew to Seimei…
This week has seen some exciting news for Japanese music crossovers with the Western world. Today, Lady Gaga announced Hatsune Miku will be opening up some of her tour dates…great, cool, neat. But even if it isn’t headline-worthy, the news that Japanese electronic label Trekkie Trax teamed up with Finnish label/promoters Top Billin is pretty…
Netlabels have become prevalent in Japan, so how does a fledgling outfit like electronic-music imprint Trekkie Trax (born in May of this year), grab attention? Release a great compilation album. Their XYZ EP collects eight songs from electronic artists from all over Japan. Our eyes zeroed in on a contribution from Tokyo’s Miii – his…