Music Post: The 5 Great Hello! Project Albums That Aren't Morning
It goes without saying that they are synonymous with girl groups in contemporary Japanese music. But because of that same ubiquitousness, they also tend to overshadow their own spinoff groups and co-performers many of which,
Weekly Movie/Music update: Around 700 new J-Pop, Anime, Soundtrack
Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing all new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 700 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop,
Yoshihiko Satoh’s guitar creations
Yoshihiko Satoh is a Japanese artist who plays with size and functionality of daily objects. He was born in Ibaraki in 1968 and graduated in MFA at Tokyo National University of Fine Art & Music. He has exposed in Japan in important art
Austinist Interviews SXSW: Luminous Orange
Despite the declining CD sales of whole Japanese music industry, there certainly are many talents sprouting, especially among the younger people. Indie labels like Zankyo are interesting and worth paying attention to.
As the speedometer neared 260km on the Tokyo Highway, I realised
You could select the kind of music you enjoy, and hang out near the van A Japanese guy walked over, a bit nervous that someone else was standing around his car. The speed limit on Japanese highways is 80km an hour (I know.
Damon Albarn Jo Whiley interview, music business tips, the Net and
Don't forget music is increasingly international. You may do better playing in Eastern Europe. Get fans from Japan. There's an excellent book which everyone in the industry seems to use as a resource. I couldn't quite catch the name but
251 JAPAN CONCERT COMBINES BEST OF ANCIENT AND MODERN
To enhance understanding and appreciation of Japanese music and culture, the musicians will discuss their art and demonstrate their instruments for a group of Honors College students at 11 am on the day of the concert in Room 106 of the
kaoru abe and yasukazu sato
you should know who kaoru abe is. born in kawasaki, japan in 1949, of 1978. kaoru is an important figure in japanese avant-garde music, but unfortunately, amongst a few others. you can also credit him for giving japanese
Machine & the Synergetic Nuts Leap Second Neutral
At least that's the closest I can come to describing this compelling instrumental music. This isn't the first time this space was used to pimp an album that was off the beaten path jazz, from Japan, and released in 2005.
Slate's Back Door to "jTunes"
This week Slate writer Paul Collins points out a somewhat hidden passage to Japanese music: by switching countries in a pull-down menu in iTunes, you can check out the world of Japanese pop. Much of it, he notes, is in English and much japan+music: , , , , japan+music