Controlled Karaoke: Yellow Magic Orchestra Shill For The Sweet, Sweet Taste Of Pocky

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkj2rzy7e0″] You probably love Pocky. If you don’t enjoy the delicious snack all the stereotypical otaku enjoy, check your head. It’s delicious. Chances are, fair reader of this blog, you also fancy the music of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Or you at least dig Perfume, who take a lot of musical cues from the group. Now,…

Neat Article About The History Of Japanese Techno (Sort Of)

ByPatrick St. Michel

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…