Musician discoyogisya streams live VJ glitch shows as artists innovate during pandemic
The internet is fantastic for content discovery. Especially when it comes to music. Although record sales are a thing of the past, the plethora of…
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Celebrate 40 years of guitar musicianship with Tak Matsumoto’s anniversary book collection
With a career that spans 4 decades now under his belt, grammy-award winning guitarist, Tak Matsumoto is celebrating with the release of two books detailing…
Former Deee-lite DJ Towa Tei celebrates 30 years in the music business with new album ‘LP’
Towa Tei, the record producer and DJ best known for his work with the band Deee-lite, has released a new album to mark his 30th…
Hikaru Utada’s new song shown off in latest Neon Genesis Evangelion movie trailer
Just earlier this month, it was announced that the final film in iconic anime Neong Genesis Evangelion’s Rebuild of Evangelion series, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon…
The legendary live performance of Def Tech will appear on WOWOW in January 2021
Def Tech is a Japanese band that had its debut in 2005. The band initially started in 2000, and their popularity grew after releasing the…
Recommended Japanese Songs to Listen to this Christmas
It is once again the Christmas season, and I don’t know about you, but this is one of my favorite times of the year. Christmas…
SEGA releases soundtrack featuring nostalgic title music from Sonic the Hedgehog
He’s cute, he’s smart and he’s incredibly fast. But not only that, Sonic the Hedgehog is also stepping into the musical world with this new…
Muro Box – The world’s first smart music box
We are living in a technologically advanced era; with VR experiences, artificial intelligence, facial recognition and practically the whole world just a click of a…
Calculator “pianist” perfectly replicates Tokyo’s train station jingles
When trains depart from platforms at stations across Japan, they are accompanied by a simple melody unique to the station and/or trainline. Designed to invoke…
Music of the Ainu indigenous people is strangely hypnotic
Although Japan is largely considered homogeneous, minority groups do exist. Twenty-five thousand residents are considered Ainu, an East Asian ethnic group indigenous to the northern…
Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts give stay-at-home performance of Cowboy Bebop opening
For many fans, Shinichiro Watanabe’s classic series Cowboy Bebop was a formative anime experience. To this day, however, it seems that even more than the…
Kamen Rider and Super Sentai Opening Theme Greatest Hits CD to be released
Compared to anime fans, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai fans may not have as strong a representation worldwide but they are quite a passionate group,…
Japan Travel | What are the most popular live houses in Kanto?
Live houses have become very popular in Japan and the term usually refers to live music clubs featuring different genres of music such as rock,…
Studio Ghibli Makes 38 Albums Of Music Available For Streaming In Japan…Worldwide Next?
Beloved Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli is celebrated just as much for the charming soundtracks that accompany their films as they are the strikingly beautiful…
In Idol-Obsessed Japan, Polygamists And Centenarians Are Burning Up Pop Charts
“What’s that? Turn it up!” There is always that song, or that group, that gets your feet tapping. Everyone knows it when they hear it….