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Since there doesn't seem to be a general single purpose Japanese pop thread..

Currently enjoying Listen To The Music 2 by Noriyuki Makihara ("Macky"!)... the production on the more upbeat numbers are just silky smooth yet highly complex.. the cover of "Traveling" is amazing. The very BOC/Capitol K take on Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" is a bit odd, as is the early MoM style take on Nat King Cole's "Smile"

Your turn.

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 07:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

Puffy is easily the best j-pop group I've heard, but it has admittedly been a pretty small sampling on my part.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 07:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

The first J-Pop record I owned and went giddy over was Tomoe Shinohara's Supermodel from 1996. She made Bjork look like Patti Smith. I still throw that on every now and then whenever I want to go into screeching little twee girl video game noise/dance sugar fits.

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 07:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

j-Pop really fucking sucks!

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 08:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

Puffy are ok though.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 08:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

'80s J-pop is where it's at...

Ippu-Do/Masami Tsuchiya
Miharu Koshi
Chakra
Moon Riders
Akiko Yano
P-Model
Taeko Ohnuki/Mishio Ogawa
YMO (of course) / Sakamoto / Takahashi
Melon
Zelda

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 09:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

And to say J-pop sucks, to dismiss Japanese popular music entirely, is pretty stupid. Clearly you haven't heard SHIT.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 09:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

At the Kinokuniya books inside Uwajimaya, they have an entire section of "Top Japanese Hits of [Year]" compilations from 1970 to 2005. It's tempting, but to buy all those would be the same price as a downpayment on a mid-sized house.

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 09:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

Any Bonnie Pink recommendations?

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 09:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

Let's make this "The J-Pop YSI thread".

Here's Tommy February - Hey Bad Boy
http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20QG4O8JQGQO821ID8ECY69XRC

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 09:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

this thread is mostly about shibuya-kei, but anyway:

Great Japanese Pop

― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 11:50 (7 years ago) Permalink

Patrick Smith: J-Pop is not "the entirety of Japanese popular music." Get one clue.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 12:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

I mean J-Pop as a term was not even invented until the mid-nineties. Perhaps overseas people use it to mean something else.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 12:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, in Japan, "J-pop" means everything other than "J-indie" and "J-Punk" or other underground genre.

Regardless, saying "J-pop really fucking sucks" is really dismissive.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 14:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

And I'm assuming you were addressing me with "Patrick Smith." :]

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 14:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

My understanding is that J-Pop refers to a specific style of major label, fast tempo, synth-driven, television supported pop music from about 1993 to the present typified by girl groups like Morning Musume (created by a TV show), Komuro Tetsuya's projects, Hamazaki Ayumi, SMAP, Hikaru Utada, etc etc. This stuff is inescapable in Japan. I spent years watching Japanese TV and I heard about five good songs and three of them were written by Okuda Tamio. Sorry to be so rockist about this but this country's mainstream pop music is really annoying and awful and I thought I'd just pipe up with that stunning observation.

I will bow out of the thread now as it's obviously not for me. Toodle pip.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 14:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

So, J-Pop is essentially the half of Japanese mainstream music that has a pulse? (Based on the Hit Parade show -- the one karaoke pop show where they all venerate THE FISH at the beginning -- I've seen syndicated on UHF here years ago, there's the more upbeat modern side of Japanese mainstream, and there's the more boring adult contemporary side.)

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

I like Puffy OK, but I especially like the really hyper j-pop I've heard, like that one posted on Fluxblog a while back by Salt 5. Any YSIs or pointers toward overviews would be more than welcome.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

tomoe shinohara has a new single out which is o-k. for more stuff like that, search: hi-posi, chappie, hazel nuts chocolate, plus tech squeeze box, aprils, W (only the last being proper 'j-pop' in good dog's definition).

i 2nd snowballing's tommy february6 recommendation. see also; tommy heavenly6 & brilliant green.

not sure if shiina ringo belongs on this thread but everybody should search.

― xcixxorx, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

That Tommy February track is fantastic, thanks. I wish it was a little more amped-up but that's OK.

I didn't know Plus-Tech Squeeze Box qualified. Awesome.

It'll probably be hard to search for W, but I'll try the rest.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

Having lived in Japan a few years ago, I can honestly say that the pop music over there is, in general, embarrasing to a westerner's ears. The main flaw is the overzealous use of tacky 80's style synths and guitars (Hamasaki Ayumi is a glaring example). Although I never really found it, I'm confident that there IS good music in Japan, it's just really hard to find. Noteworthy artists would be Pizzicato Five (natch), The Pillows, Suga Shikao (but he's a bit iffy at times), and X Japan's first album "Jealousy", which is sort of like Metallica's "Master of Puppets" but even more over the top.

― Jimmy James Inc, Thursday, 10 November 2005 06:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

The main flaw is the overzealous use of tacky 80's style synths and guitars

Haha, which country HASN'T been doing stuff like this recently?

I guess what I like about this stuff is its resilience. It's this "Nothing is going to stop this motherfucking bubblegum brigade.. we're going to use every odd modern production technique out there to create this kaleidoscopic maximalist sugar rush of a song" attitude that I appreciate. It's a love or hate thing, I guess. But I'm noticing that I'm starting to like the more conservative stuff as well. ah, age.

― iDonut B4 x86 (donut), Thursday, 10 November 2005 07:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

"I'm confident that there IS good music in Japan, it's just really hard to find."

Wrong, wrong, wrong! One of the best things about living in Japan is the huge variety of record shops catering to any genre you can imagine, plus a few you've probably never heard of. Furthermore, if you live in nearly any of the major cities, you've got plenty of options with regards to club nights, live shows, not to mention the festivals which go on all summer. Judging the state of Japanese music based on Ayumi Hamasaki and her ilk is just plain ignorant.

I've said it before on a bunch of other threads but anyone interested in Japanese music needs to check out SUPERCAR. 'nuff said.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 10 November 2005 08:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

I quite like the new Orange Range record. Fake Rock is such a great genre.

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 10 November 2005 08:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

Don't Orange Range do the terrible "Locomotion" cover thing?

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 10 November 2005 09:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

Quite possibly. I'd hardly hold 'em up as paragons of taste but the record is quite fun in an Andrew WK-lite kinda way.

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 10 November 2005 09:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

Speaking as someone who likes j-pop, o noes o shokku!!! etc, I'd recommend Ai Otsuka, esp her first album Love PUNCH!, which is cute girly guitar pop, and Namie Amuro's latest album is from what I've heard excellent. There's a boyband called w-inds. (spelt like that!) whose best-of came out last year or so and is ace - some very classic late-nineties/early-2000s-ish songs on there, although for a couple of their albums you needed to be immune to lame boyband-rap to survive. Porno Graffiti can be pretty ace too, not sure if they're strictly jpop though.

Did anyone get the last english-language Utada album?

― spontine (cis), Thursday, 10 November 2005 14:16 (7 years ago) Permalink

if you mean Exodus, yeah - strange but good, it was like normal dance-pop but just skewed enough to be really interesting.

i was thinking the other day that I needed to start a thread about j-pop in 2005 b/c i've really been out of the loop - anybody know of any great '05 releases in the genre?

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Thursday, 10 November 2005 14:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Nichiyo-bi" by Jitterin' Jinn (?) is utterly fantastic tweenie sugar rush pop that pretty much defines the word "bouncy".

"Long Way Home" by Speed is a lachrymose ballad in the "Careless Whisper" vein that kind of seeps under your skin after a few hearings. Dunno if they're anything to do with Speed, Glue and Shinki (I suspect not) but you can always hope.

Those are the only 2 j-pop songs I can remember actually. Are there any compilations / overviews marketed to the Western market? Or would that be a complete waste of any record companies time and money?

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 10 November 2005 15:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

Lately:

The Hillary Duff sounding song "Endless Love" from We Love Katamari soundtrack. So good!

This morning on the train I jammed out The Fantastic Plastic Machine's "too" which is total disco mindfuck.

― Jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 10 November 2005 15:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

today I made a "music cover fantasy" folder and one of those songs is j-pop: ayumi hamasaki "Real me" RAM RIDER REMIX, it's a sweet and powerful "get out of my way" kind of pop song.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

Yuko Ogura's 'Frui Chu Tarte' from last year is one of the best all-out, hyper, super-synthy J-pop albums of recent years. I don't know who these musicians are...but they know how to make a pop song. It's her first album! She sounds like a kid!

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

Spontine :"I'd recommend Ai Otsuka, esp her first album Love PUNCH"

spontine i had just bought LOve Jam, which is good, is Love punch better ?
Also i bought Chara "a scenery like me but had yet to listen"

not strictly jpop but i highy recommend Takako Minekawa "Roomic cube" and "Chat chat".

any other suggestion, expecially greatest hits, since i can permit to go bankrut and i buy tons od diverse genre of music. Yeh a J-Pop compilation for the wester market would be a goodidea, but probably noone is interested....

― francesco brunetti, Friday, 11 November 2005 17:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

sorry, that should have been "i can't permit to go bankrupt"!!!! and "a scenery like me" but....

― francesco brunetti, Friday, 11 November 2005 17:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

Yeh a J-Pop compilation for the wester market would be a goodidea, but probably noone is interested....

Kinokuniya Books sells "The Best in J-Pop! Volume X" type comps for better (yet slightly inflated but nowhere near Japanese import) prices.. so SOME labels (in the U.S. at least) have seen a market for this.

They also sell domestic releases of Japanese bands like Polysics and, occasionally, Boredoms related stuff... Still, I wish the buyers at Kinokuniya would be more on the off-the-radar tip -- but the AOR Japanese pop, J-Pop, and Japanese underground customer bases tend to be mutually exclusive, I guess.

― (plurplurplur) ^_- DJ 'O' Nut -_^ (rulprulprulp) (donut), Friday, 11 November 2005 17:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

5 years pass...

BABYMETAL! I have nothing else to say.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 October 2011 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

That's...quite something.

I guess there's always been a crossover between j-pop and metal with people like Aikawa Nanase and the vis kei bands but i've never heard anything like that.

― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Friday, 28 October 2011 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Do not ignore their homepage:

http://www.babymetal.jp/

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 October 2011 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Amazing.

― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Friday, 28 October 2011 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

― bob loblaw people (dayo), Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Have to post this here as well

(This being Momoiro Clover Z - the music video is great as well, but the official upload's sound is muffled http://youtu.be/TIokp4MonxE )

Big, amazing song. Marty Friedman featuring seems like a normal sort of thing for these girls. There's also this article from Japan Times:

The not-so-odd coupling between noise acts and J-pop http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120223im.html

However, a lot of it is thoroughly sincere, and in Japan, the burning heart of this love affair is Momoiro Clover Z, a pop group who provoke squealing, teenage admiration from punks, indie kids, noise musicians and heavy-psychedelic longhairs throughout the Japanese underground music scene.
One such progressive rocker is Taigen Kawabe of U.K.-based psychedelic band Bo Ningen. More often seen in Tokyo playing alongside noise legends such as Keiji Haino, Kawabe's page on the website SoundCloud leads off with a curious mashup of his own band and Momioro Clover Z in which the former band's shifts in rhythm match surprisingly well with the idol group's distinctive penchant for chopping aggressively (and sometimes illogically) between seemingly unconnected melodies.

Interestingly, Momioro Clover's recent single, "Roudou Sanka," written by Ian Parton of British band The Go! Team, met with criticism from some fans for being too commercial, and the Hyadain-produced (and Friedman-enhanced) followup, the elaborately titled "Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou", is defiantly back in the group's previous furious conceptual mashup territory

Roudou Sanka is actually great http://youtu.be/Krj3dwKEaSk

― abcfsk, Friday, 2 March 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

the music isn't killing me as much as the video concepts, but the Megadeth guitar + Volga Boatmen Russian choral coda is definitely some kind of... thing? they're 9000 times less disturbing than AKB48 in any case, if I could take back watching that one video of theirs a friend forwarded I would

that Japan Times article is great though; Merzbow had been influencing western pop artists from the beginning of his career, but when Shiina Ringo began integrating full on Otomo Yoshihide levels of noise-solos in her pop songs it really did come across as national heritage rather than some kind of collage. almost confused Japan Times didn't reference Shiina even though she basically moved away from noise in 2004

― Milton Parker, Friday, 2 March 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

Here's the song performed live with a full choir and marty on the guitar!

― abcfsk, Saturday, 3 March 2012 10:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I fell asleep listening to Perfume's JPN last night and had weird acidy candy store french electro dreams.

― owenf, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Whoa, I completely missed out on Momoiro Clover Z's nutsoid Christmas song:

― Doch! (seandalai), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

^ the best bit is when it goes SANTA

― owenf, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dude who writes most of their stuff:

― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 06:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

bet he's tired

― owenf, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sufficiently so to forget his many chords in the new Momoiro tune- http://youtu.be/fATvdleWPtU

― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

TAKE FIVE! puts me in this really nostalgic mood

― flagp∞st (dayo), Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

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J-pop as ___________

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 15:25 (2 months ago) Permalink

yesssss

― aztec table rapper (seandalai), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 16:25 (2 months ago) Permalink

MomoClo album has a track written by the guy from OK Go, lol
Kyary has a new video, song not v good tho http://youtu.be/teMdjJ3w9iM

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:00 (2 months ago) Permalink

It's about ninjas tho

― aztec table rapper (seandalai), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:36 (2 months ago) Permalink

new Spitz single

― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 01:40 (1 month ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Perfume have shows in July in Cologne, Paris & London. Wish i could go :/
2nd MomoClo album came out this week and sold 102,000 first day - by comparison their previous album sold 9,000 first day. their time has really come, huh!

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 12 April 2013 09:29 (1 month ago) Permalink

In London? Shiiiiiiiiiiit.

― emil.y, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:15 (1 month ago) Permalink

*checks bank account*

― emil.y, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:15 (1 month ago) Permalink

Empty your bank account if you have to.

― abcfsk, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:17 (1 month ago) Permalink

Secretly I'm wishing it was a Babymetal UK date announcement. But no, I'd love love love to see Perfume live. Sorely tempted.

― emil.y, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:30 (1 month ago) Permalink

gogogo! also lol Babymetal, there's a MomoClo metal covers album out there haha http://youtu.be/xDWBMDkrvjY

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 12 April 2013 15:43 (1 month ago) Permalink

Definitely going to try and get tickets for the London one, 9am Monday on sale. I have no idea if they will sell out really quickly or not.

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:50 (1 month ago) Permalink

Apparently presales available here: http://www.livenation.co.uk/event/410918/perfume-tickets?c=api-000001&camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT_73074

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:55 (1 month ago) Permalink

No, doesn’t work.

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:12 (1 month ago) Permalink

My girlfriend got up early for the presale this morning so I guess I'm going to the London show!

― bananas are my preference (seandalai), Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:33 (1 month ago) Permalink

just got back from the kyary pamyu pamyu nyc show. it was basically the most fun ever.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Monday, 15 April 2013 05:27 (1 month ago) Permalink

yay just got tickets to the perfume london show before they sold out

― nathey, Monday, 15 April 2013 09:43 (1 month ago) Permalink

I kept trying from about 5 past nine and it kept telling me there were none available.

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 15 April 2013 10:16 (1 month ago) Permalink

(So, if anyone has any spares, get in touch)

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 15 April 2013 10:17 (1 month ago) Permalink

I am going to the London show too! From the timing I'm pretty sure they're playing Japan Expo in Paris the next day, a really big event that Kyary played last year.

The Momoclo album is incredible.

― Iain Mew (if), Monday, 15 April 2013 11:10 (1 month ago) Permalink

Yeah I've been pumping the MomoClo album myself. They've got the top 2 on the upcoming Oricon chart, #2 is a re-entry of their first, equally good album - Battle&Romance.

Might be able to see Perfume again this summer - they're coming back to Korea. If I can I will, happy the world is getting to see them as well.

― abcfsk, Monday, 15 April 2013 11:32 (1 month ago) Permalink

Sold out already? Jesus.

― emil.y, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:24 (1 month ago) Permalink

Gutting, maybe they will do two nights?

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:27 (1 month ago) Permalink

…Naturally there are a few on eBay already.

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:28 (1 month ago) Permalink

the London Perfume show has been moved to the larger Shepherds Bush Empire, additional tickets go on sale 9am on Friday (26th).
more info here http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/WORLD/

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:47 (1 month ago) Permalink

also really enjoying the MomoClo album especially the first half. Otome Sensou is such a combo breaker though :(

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:53 (1 month ago) Permalink

That’s good news. Anyone here going? FAP?

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:24 (1 month ago) Permalink

Some chatter on EMF about Wakusei Abnormal, which does bear a definite resemblance to Old Shiina Ringo:

― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 25 April 2013 17:36 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

Surprisingly the whole mini-album from this year is on Spotify. Okay maybe this really is j-rock more than j-pop. Finding the right thread for Japanese music always seems like too much work.

― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 25 April 2013 17:44 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

yikes, that really is in thrall to early Shiina

I have to say, I wish I could go to any of these Perfume shows. Shepherd's Bush isn't Tokyo Dome, but... more of the Dome show is up on youtube now, including the instrumental Capsule opening:

― Milton Parker, Thursday, 25 April 2013 17:52 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

YouTube Japan are streaming a series of live concerts and "original music programs" from April 27th to May 6th.
smdh at all the Golden Bomber, intrigued by the idea of Hyadain playing live though.

April 27th – Golden Bomber / SEKAI NO OWARI
April 28th – Golden Bomber / AKB48
April 29th – Golden Bomber / Kyrary Pamyu Pamyu / AAA
April 30th – Golden Bomber / BOOM BOOM SATELLITES
May 1st – Golden Bomber / NIGHTMARE
May 2nd – Golden Bomber / SEKAI NO OWARI
May 3rd – Golden Bomber / Shounan no Kaze / Koda Kumi / Yakushimaru Etsuko
May 4th – Golden Bomber / livetune / flumpool
May 5th – Golden Bomber / Hyadain / Hamasaki Ayumi / VERBAL
May 6th – Golden Bomber / Denki Groove

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 25 April 2013 20:04 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

oh there's this with clickable links

in the comments they say "Please be aware that all of these events are not necessarily live streamed, but can be archived concerts from before or music curator show showcasing each artists' favorite music." hmmmmmmm

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 25 April 2013 20:11 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

Managed to get Perfume tickets this time around.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 26 April 2013 08:11 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

Oh yeah! This is possibly going to be the weirdest gig I've ever been to.

― emil.y, Friday, 26 April 2013 11:10 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

― abcfsk, Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

I've been spamming the repeat button on this subtly catchy new SCANDAL single http://jpopsuki.tv/video/SCANDAL---Awanai-Tsumori-no%2C-Genki-de-ne/3f8e64544cc78af7457067c8f33bf005

Simple enough pop rock with a touch of elegance.

― abcfsk, Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:24 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

― abcfsk, Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:18 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

i have no idea what's going on here but it's strangely catchy
Sumire - Nanatsu no Umi Yori Kimi no Umi

xpost Perfume make it all look so effortless

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:24 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

First thought on hearing that song is it's gotta be an anime theme song, and, yup.

I really like that Tokio Girls Style song! It sounds a like Nine Muses - Dolls, actually, but then Dolls sounds like a Jpop song, so XD.

― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 6 May 2013 06:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

New Pamyu Pamyu

― tarping, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Very retro, very sweet:

― scintilla (seandalai), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Love that.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:39 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

^^^yup

tokyo girls' style track also sounding great to me. could use a rippin guitar solo but I'm still very into it.

"magic of love" seems fine but not super exciting? video looks like a target ad; wouldn't be surprised if it actually were one! but I really like the short sonic the hedgehog instrumental bits - those are pretty awesome. could see this growing on me more.

liking that kyary track. kind of a mess but maybe that's part of the charm? love the pre-chorus part with drum programming that would fit in nicely on a speed limit 140 bpm comp. and looool at the dubstep part, obviously.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Some funny metalhead comments as a result of this

― abcfsk, Saturday, 11 May 2013 09:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

ahaha! they were playing to an audience of kids at a zoo the other day as well.
would be perfect if they were backed by MCZ cover band Metal Clone X.

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 11 May 2013 10:28 (1 week ago) Permalink

One of my fave rnb singer songwriter flops JASMINE returns with another nice single, High Flying http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/663500

― abcfsk, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 06:16 (1 week ago) Permalink

Did a mix with japanese artists, Shibuya-kei, disco, j-pop, jrock... Hope you like it
- http://www.mixcloud.com/tomaspinheiro/japanidades/

― tarping, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:55 (1 week ago) Permalink

Loving the mix, good work!

― scintilla (seandalai), Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:22 (1 week ago) Permalink

Yep, a good listen.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 17 May 2013 00:01 (1 week ago) Permalink

and here's the other new one from the "magic of love" single:
http://lovetheperfume.tumblr.com/post/50917216856/handy-man-perfume

wow, I love this. and can anyone ID the sample running through it?

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Monday, 20 May 2013 20:29 (4 days ago) Permalink

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