The Japanese Music Thread
| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 9:24pm |
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Now that I've got that out of the way, welcome to the Japanese music thread. I've arranged a sampling of Japanese artists for yah, many of which you most likely aren't familiar with. Each post of mine will cover a different genre and will include video clips, music tracks, and live sets when possible. I'll also be including links to stores, venues, and promoters so that if ever you're in Japan, you'll have a few places to go to if you're looking for a party. I'll mostly be focusing on Tokyo and the Kansai region. Even if you never end up going to Japan, you might find a new artist that you really like. You're getting a smattering of information, not a feast. For more accurate/thorough information, you'll have to go elsewhere. I just thought I'd share a few things with the [ rave.ca ] community while I plan out my next trip to Japan. ... I'll start with Psytrance. When I get around to it, my next post will probably be on dubstep. PSYTRANCE (and its various cousins) Japan's psy/trance scene has experienced some decline over the last few years, though it's still home to a vibrant community of promoters & artists. Large outdoor psytrance parties have started drying up after the disappointing turn-out to 2008's The Gathering,which used to be the largest psytrance festival in Japan. That was around the time that Japanese police had a hard-on for busting raves. The promoters were facing heat from all angles, the bad press wasn't doing much to bring in new people, and new laws were starting to choke the outdoor party culture. Things got quiet. Despite that, many stores and venues are still around. You can still buy tickets to psytrance events at places like www.fineplay.jp ] and [ www.881-rec.com ] Records are out there throwing parties, clubs like [url=differ.co.jp]Differ Ariake and [ www.ageha.com ] have the occasional psytrance night, and [ ] has a psytrance event nearly every day. If you're near a big city, you shouldn't have trouble finding somewhere to go. VIDEOS: DJ IRY: This Nagoya based DJ started spinning psytrance when he was 9 years old (and he's about that age in some of the clips below). He learnt how to spin by watching DJs play at Namaste Cafe, a popular psytrance hangout owned by his parents. TSUYOSHI SUZUKI: Co-founded [ www.techno.to ] Productions, which used to be a London based psytrance label. He's one of Japan's most famous trance DJs. Tsuyoshi playing at Japan's Earthcore festival: DRAP DROP: They're a psytrance group on the ELF Music label. Here's there track Paponga: [url=www.myspace.com/triforceocot/]TRI-FORCE">www.myspace.com ] A progressive trance DJ that's on the ELF Music label. Here's his song Interstellar Harmonics [ ] A 25 minute set Tri-Force made for Trance Radio Japan [url=www.hydro-generator.com/]HYDRO">www.hydro-generator.com ] GENERATOR Hydro Generator is one of Japan's more prolific psytrance DJs. He's another one of the ELF Music artists. His song "Over the Generation" : A clip from an outdoor party he played at: Bug Funk Another ELF Music artist, here's one of his dark trance tracks: [url=www.myspace.com/fullpropulsion">FULL">www.myspace.com ] PROPULSION Full Propulsion playing a set in February at Funktime. Update » Scipio wrote on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:03pm /* Earthcore was an Australian psytrance party, mindslips and all that */ |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:21pm |
 Coolness: 299320 | and why are you doing this exactly? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:28pm |
| Coolness: 33950 | Why the fuck shouldn't I? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:28pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:31pm |
| Coolness: 33950 | Fantastic Plastic Machine is great, I was going to cover him later. He's been around since forever, and kind of dabbles in everything.
This video of his is pretty nice -- |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:32pm |
| Coolness: 299320 | Originally Posted By SCIPIO
Why the fuck shouldn't I? Because it will not result in you getting any blowjobs |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 10:41pm |
| Coolness: 33950 | Originally Posted By EL_PRESIDENTE
Because it will not result in you getting any blowjobs Yah, I know this site has become something of a brothel over the years, but I remember when it wasn't. That was before your time, Thierry. I'm just here to play nice and share some music. You want to act like an asshole, that's your prerogative. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 11:04pm |
| Coolness: 299320 | Originally Posted By SCIPIO
Yah, I know this site has become something of a brothel over the years, but I remember when it wasn't. That was before your time, Thierry. Actually I'm one of the first users on this website |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Rakoon replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 11:24pm |
 Coolness: 175435 | Eurobeat from Japan is cute :p
well... it's a lot of artists from Italy |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kire replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 11:31pm |
 Coolness: 66695 | dude it doesn't matter that guy is really intense! ty for posting it i gotta show my bud this lol at 9 years old spinning that ? hes my hero! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Mon Apr 12, 2010 @ 11:35pm |
| Coolness: 33950 | Originally Posted By EL_PRESIDENTE
Actually I'm one of the first users on this website I know, so am I. I don't remember how long you've been on here. Hell, you might have had one of the first fifty accounts. I was one of the first five. That doesn't matter much, though. What I do know is that this place wasn't always a brothel. The whores hung out on Ben's site. They hung out on Technodium. They only came here later. Now? Most of them are gone. I'm happy about that. The fact that most of the cocksuckers on this site have left makes me so very, very happy that I feel downright musical about it. I just want to sing Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head whenever I visit. ... *coughs* Thanks for that Eurobeat clip, Rakoon. The Japanese bring cute to an absurd level. They have a very hard time doing dark -- it usually comes off as sweet. And sweet is a great antidote to the sometimes sour vibes we get here. dude it doesn't matter that guy is really intense! ty for posting it i gotta show my bud this lol at 9 years old spinning that ? hes my hero!
I'm glad you enjoyed DJ Iry, Kire! Damn shame there aren't any better videos of him out there, he'd probably be huge on youtube otherwise. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 12:52am |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 1:10am |
| Coolness: 33950 | A couple of stupefying clips attributed to J-Core DJ Sharpnel
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 3:11am |
 Coolness: 509555 | drap drop is pretty sick |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MolocH replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 7:44am |
 Coolness: 226270 | Originally Posted By EL_PRESIDENTE
Actually I'm one of the first users on this website And that does seem to be a fact. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» raisinlove replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 9:04am |
 Coolness: 62945 | It was better 4 years ago. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Scipio replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 2:32pm |
| Coolness: 33950 | Originally Posted By MOLOCH
And that does seem to be a fact. He was. My memories are a little hazy -- we are talking about the early days of a decade old internet forum. I might not remember him from then, but I do remember that this place used to be friendlier. Now? I make a post sharing music with people and the first reply I get is Tipsy being a dick. Whatever. 
/lived with the Nymph when he first programmed this site back in 1999 //brought the Nymph to his first rave Now for some Japanese dubstep. DUBSTEP The www.dubcake.com ] GOTH TRAD Goth-Trad, who played in Montreal last year, is one of the main guys behind Back to Chill. His track cut-end: Far east assassin: Playing in Tokyo, 2009: [ ] 100Mado is another member of the Back to Chill crew. He's got several mixes up on his website which you can check out, including this [ ] minute April mix. For a track list, check out his [ ] 100mado playing at BTC event: [ www.myspace.com ] Ena is another member of the BTC crew. Ena playing at a BTC event: BTC PODCAST Back to Chill has a podcast/radio mix they release on a regular basis. You can download the latest one [ ] For a tracklist, check their [ ] Finally, a clip from Triangle, one of the latest BTC parties: DJ HARIKIRI London native DJ Harikiri is one of the main guys behind Dubcake. You can hear him on the [url=beatsoc.co.uk/wp/audio/16.mp3]Beatsoc.co.uk podcast The tracklist is available on their [url=beatsoc.co.uk/]website. [ www.myspace.com ] Another Dubcake member, you can hear some of his mixes on his [ soundcloud"> ] page. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nodeletesucks replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 2:48pm |
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ASAGASOAUDIO Dark Hard Techno with a little touch of ambient in every song. In my head, I consider him as the unloved little brother of Yoji Biomehanika :P I really love his songs and the guy is really cool too =) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mutante replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 3:16pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JasonBeastly replied on Tue Apr 13, 2010 @ 7:14pm |
 Coolness: 76705 | Let's not get too weeaboo about this thread, Japan is a country with a huge population and many musical genres that are off our maps:
Guitar Wolf, a truly amazing garage band: Nobukazu Takemura, a genius who had some truly amazing jazz/idm releases in the late 90s: One of my biggest guitar influences, and an all around cool guy to hang out with, Tetuzi Akiyama: Keiji Haino, the more "fashionable" noise master: Taku Sugimoto, here in a typically understated duet with contemporary experimental artist Burkhard Stangl: - if you watch any of this start it at 0:47 and turn off your monitor and lights, it's not easy to "get" this sort of austere improvised work Woah oh oh! Not very ravey is any of that? Well the thread title was too open ended so I dropped some of my favourites from the land of the rising sun on you kids as if this was ihatemusic or something. |
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