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Ryoichi Kurokawa
Japan Beat
Ryoichi Kurokawa

SonarSound’s most intriguing act isn’t strictly musical

Apr 14, 2012 | No Comments | 942 views
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Boycott Rhythm Machine Versus Live 2012
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Boycott Rhythm Machine Versus Live 2012

Ryuichi Sakamoto heads up a musical Celebrity Death Match

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 419 views
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Shuichi Hidano
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Shuichi Hidano

The taiko virtuoso is banging the drums of change

Mar 6, 2012 | No Comments | 473 views
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Africaemo
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Africaemo

Shouty raps, slashing beats—and a bottle of wine

Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments | 439 views
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Sugizo
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Sugizo

Time to move on, says the visual kei icon

Jan 5, 2012 | No Comments | 2,342 views
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Uhnellys
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Uhnellys

Japan's most unusual duo—by process of elimination

Nov 16, 2011 | No Comments | 1,118 views
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Coma-chi
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Coma-chi

The soul singer dares to dream of a different Japan

Nov 8, 2011 | No Comments | 1,894 views
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The Girl
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The Girl

Alt-rock icon Aiha Higurashi has a brand-new thang

Nov 2, 2011 | No Comments | 1,161 views
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Shitamachi Rocks
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Shitamachi Rocks

Young Japanese find their muse in Tokyo’s old downtown

Oct 18, 2011 | No Comments | 2,043 views
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Jazz Art Sengawa
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Jazz Art Sengawa

Cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto and Japan’s avant-garde build a home of their own

Aug 25, 2011 | No Comments | 1,285 views
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Okamoto’s
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Okamoto’s

The young Shinjuku rock squad hits the big time

Jun 23, 2011 | One Comment | 2,746 views
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Double-H
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Double-H

The Jamaican DJ and record retailer talks two decades of reggae in Japan

Jun 9, 2011 | No Comments | 1,823 views
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Pantheon of Japanese Rock Gods
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Pantheon of Japanese Rock Gods

Metropolis celebrates the Japanese men who rocked the planet

May 19, 2011 | 3 Comments | 6,495 views
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Mothercoat
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Mothercoat

The Tokyo group’s new album price fluctuates with their egos

May 6, 2011 | One Comment | 1,987 views
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Reboot
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Reboot

Catharsis amid crisis for Japan’s entertainment biz

Apr 12, 2011 | No Comments | 2,254 views
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Chirinuru Wowaka
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Chirinuru Wowaka

Yuu Nakashima of GO!GO!7188 lets it all hang out

Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments | 1,827 views
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Morgan Fisher
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Morgan Fisher

After Mott the Hoople and Queen, the British keyboardist was ready for something different

Mar 24, 2011 | No Comments | 1,173 views
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Esie
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Esie

The former model is equal parts pixie and operatic howler

Mar 17, 2011 | No Comments | 823 views
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Akihiro Namba
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Akihiro Namba

The punk icon says only rock can cure Japan’s ills

Feb 17, 2011 | No Comments | 1,696 views
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Maywa Denki
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Maywa Denki

Nobumichi Tosa’s whimsical creations sound the battle squeak against digital music

Nov 25, 2010 | No Comments | 1,899 views
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Uplift Spice
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Uplift Spice

These emo punks are doing Janis Joplin proud

Nov 18, 2010 | No Comments | 1,966 views
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Yolz in the Sky
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Yolz in the Sky

The hard-driving Osaka quartet just became a trio

Nov 11, 2010 | No Comments | 1,303 views
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Tenniscoats
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Tenniscoats

The husband-wife duo make indie rock an interactive experience

Oct 7, 2010 | One Comment | 1,787 views
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iFlyer
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iFlyer

Japan’s music scene opens its arms to a foreign startup

Sep 23, 2010 | No Comments | 2,933 views
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Plastics
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Plastics

The ’80s techno-pop groundbreakers reunite, looking for closure

Sep 16, 2010 | No Comments | 1,147 views
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Hifana
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Hifana

24H follows a day in the life of the sampling wunderkinds

Sep 9, 2010 | No Comments | 1,467 views
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Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Hubert Soudant says Japan’s orchestras must battle to survive

Sep 2, 2010 | No Comments | 1,245 views
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Kazumi Watanabe
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Kazumi Watanabe

Four decades on, the jazz icon plays the role of elder statesman

Aug 26, 2010 | No Comments | 1,197 views
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Please Please
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Please Please

Four indie boys are out to prove that rock doesn’t have to be “pretty”

Aug 19, 2010 | One Comment | 1,890 views
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Resonance
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Resonance

Kaoru Watanabe takes taiko into uncharted waters

Aug 5, 2010 | No Comments | 1,522 views
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Exercise in Futility?
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Exercise in Futility?

As the nation’s tech giants battle the iPhone, we attempt to download our favorite songs to our Japanese keitai

Jul 15, 2010 | One Comment | 2,083 views
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Speed
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Speed

The comeback queens are all grown up

Jul 8, 2010 | No Comments | 2,289 views
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Boom Boom Satellites
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Boom Boom Satellites

The veteran dance rock duo drop the electro

Jun 24, 2010 | No Comments | 1,737 views
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Prague
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Prague

The up-and-coming trio show off their groove

Jun 3, 2010 | No Comments | 2,329 views
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Benjamin Skepper
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Benjamin Skepper

Past and present, East and West collide in the Japanese-Australian composer’s strange creations

May 27, 2010 | No Comments | 1,998 views
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Bo-Peep
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Bo-Peep

The Metropolis-endorsed trio mulls life as female rockers

May 13, 2010 | One Comment | 1,516 views
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De De Mouse
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De De Mouse

The diminutive Gunma native might just be Japan’s next big electropop export

May 6, 2010 | No Comments | 4,316 views
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May J
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May J

The J-pop songstress reveals her Persian heritage

Apr 15, 2010 | 3 Comments | 3,167 views
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Kaikoo Popwave Festival ’10
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Kaikoo Popwave Festival ’10

A new bayside event serves as a platform for alternative Japanese music

Apr 1, 2010 | No Comments | 1,758 views
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Molice
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Molice

The Tokyo indie rockers thrill audiences from London to Vietnam.

Mar 18, 2010 | 5 Comments | 4,013 views
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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

They aren’t purists, but 20 years on the road testifies to Skapara’s obsession with Jamaican dance music

Mar 4, 2010 | One Comment | 2,164 views
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Qomolangma Tomato
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Qomolangma Tomato

The indie rockers may seem dark and introspective—but they point to the light

Feb 18, 2010 | 2 Comments | 2,268 views
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Jonny
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Jonny

The Nagoya three-and-a-half-piece is setting the indie scene on fire

Feb 11, 2010 | No Comments | 1,676 views
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Fact
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Fact

A near-death experience informed the metal quintet's new album

Jan 28, 2010 | No Comments | 776 views
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Legend of Rock
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Legend of Rock

The rock-god tribute scene translates—or doesn’t—into Japanese

Jan 7, 2010 | No Comments | 2,166 views
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Emi Tawata
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Emi Tawata

The soul diva brings an Okinawan flair to her debut album

Dec 10, 2009 | No Comments | 1,629 views
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Scott Murphy
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Scott Murphy

The former Allister singer strikes gold with a series of J-pop cover albums. Just don’t call him "The White Jero"

Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments | 1,829 views
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Kishidan
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Kishidan

The "yanki" imposters walk a risky line between homage and parody

Nov 19, 2009 | One Comment | 5,323 views
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Tigarah
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Tigarah

Instead of saving the world, the "Japanese Queen" decided to shake its booty

Nov 5, 2009 | No Comments | 1,706 views
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Oilworks
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Oilworks

Music and fashion are two sides of the same coin for the Fukuoka crew

Oct 29, 2009 | 3 Comments | 2,648 views
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Open Reel Ensemble
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Open Reel Ensemble

With wit and a USB switch, Ei Wada conjures new music from an outmoded technology

Oct 22, 2009 | No Comments | 2,638 views
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The Beat Ahead
Japan Beat
The Beat Ahead

A new collaboration seeks to drum up the future of taiko

Oct 8, 2009 | No Comments | 2,639 views
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Kansai Music Conference & Japan Music Week
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Kansai Music Conference & Japan Music Week

Two new foreign-led powwows try to shake up the industry

Sep 10, 2009 | No Comments | 2,712 views
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