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been watching kill bill again... and got inspired. is there any good music coming out in japan? i mean... there must be! but i don't know of any. i've tried going for suggestions, but honestly i don't get much of it. recommendations appreciated! popish or electroish preferably. i'm not very much into punk or rock... |
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merzbow |
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Check the progressive form label. |
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Susumu Yokota. |
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cornelius |
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many excellent artists from japan!! here's an old about it... ofcourse there are quite some japanese artists that i found out about after that thread - i'll check when i get home. but yeah, yokota and merzbow are on top of my list as well!! |
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i'm half japanese. so. uh. i guess that doesn't really apply though. |
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• Boredoms (crazyness, formerly whatever-like going in every direction possible and self-destructing - more recently, psychedelic and more listenable =)) • Merzbow (you should know by now, since it has been discussed a lot of times here ^^.... noise. hören mit schmerzen. only for trained, resistant, warned and very open-minded ears! : ) it does grow on you if you like, though... i've been listening to Merzbow since months now and it's still growing.) • Ken Ishii (techno. check out the album 'Sleeping Madness', it's excellent!) • Ikue Mori (experimental.... i don't know her well, only from SYR 5 - and a wonderful album called 'One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon', sadly out of print but if you can get your hands (or at least your mouse...) on it, get it!!) • Noriko Tujiko (a quite particular sound, pretty "aerial" and with some electronic sounds... you can say it's pop, but in no way "electro-clash" like at all... some people think she's a bit reminding of Björk. personally, i don't think she is as good as Björk, and she's very different, but it's very nice and refreshing music - worth checking out!) • Otomo Yoshihide (i don't know him well... only a few tracks, which are experimental. and i have "Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - Flutter", which is nice...) • Melt-Banana (hardcore, or something like that. with a female singer who has a voice like an anime character. their latest album, Cell-Scape, has 8 hxc songs, an intro and a last 10-minute-track which is electro and excellent as well - i love it. =)) i might have forgotten a few i know already... there is Sachiko M too, she has made an album entirely out of sine waves... Mono, a "post-rock" band (à la Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky and all this stuff)... there is good stuff in japanese rock too apparently but i don't know well enough... |
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Yeah, I second Melt Banana i've heard some stuff by these and they're good :) recommended by my video tech teacher in college |
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links: (with sound loop) Noriko Tujiko: (with sound samples) Merzbow - - (no sound though) (John Zorn's label; has an entire sub-category about japanese music called "New Japan"...) |
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check out Sora and Gel |
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thanks everyone! i will fav+ this thread... :) |
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cornelius - fantasma (bizarre pop rock album... lots of dnb, lots of cartoon music, lots of old school punk attitude, and a splash of beatles in there to boot) |
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Don't forget the great Aoki Takamasa. I love his stuff. Im curently making a mix cd to play at work tomorow and his awesome "Exp 2" is the opening track. I will put this thread in my favs! =) |
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I will put this thread in my least favs ! =) |
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not possible, i am a beatz killer! |
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if i set my mind to it, i can do anything |
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Tzadik (John Zorn's record label) has a lot of excellent Japanese artists with sound clips: |
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wow thats a lot of linkies |
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Susumu Yokota Melt Banana Boredoms Merzbow Tujiko Noriko Cornelius all awesome! Melt Banana are also one of the best live bands i've ever seen |
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r40f > i was interested in Acid Mothers Temple but it seems like records by them are really hard to find... that eX-Girl band seems pretty interesting ^^ connected with Mike Patton or so i've read, also... |
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you've seen Melt Banana???!!! i am envious |
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"i am envious" you should be :) |
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i've seen eX-Girl and Melt Banana live three times each! i win! eX-Girl has a recent album on Mike Patton's label, and they opened for Fantomas on at least one tour a few years ago. they're an eclectic-sounding band - weird, skewed pop. |
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poppish or electroish? then will be up your ally. Intikrec is a small, yet great label. :) |
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I imagine one could have a good time raiding the "normal" Japanese records shop for Japanese oldies and some Enka. |
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com.a (crazyness... now on tb6 i think) bisk (is japanese i think? got an album of his on sub rosa. crazy stuff...) the aprils (good japanese pop/electronic band) |
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Some nice suggestions. |
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. and i forgot a very good band - OOIOO! it is an all-female quartet, with Yoshimi P.We of Boredoms =) i have . if you like later style Boredoms, be sure to check this out even if it's bit different. (and the cover art is so awesome ^^) |
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another one i forgot - there is Ryoji Ikeda too... he makes very minimalistic experimental electronic music. with experiments on sounds, like some track which sonority changes depending on where the listener is situated in the room where the track is played etc.. - don't expect melodic nor danceable stuff, it's laboratory-like. and Kuwayama & Kijima - violin and cello players who record in usual places... i have an album by them, on the Trente Oiseaux label, which features them playing at the bottom of a highway at midnight - synchronizing with the cars. so in total improvisation. and i think they're pretty skilled. (the album just lacks a real beginning and a real ending - but that's understandable, with the concept...) |
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Nobuo Uematsu (All FF games) The soundtrack for Zatoichi (the new one) re: music from kill bill: that was all done by RZA. |
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it looks like i have a lot of listening to do... :) thanks again, everyone! |
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about OST, Akira Yamaoka has made some really good musics for Silent Hill... =) |
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whatever happened to Kyoshi Izumi, the rephlex chap who's one track i heard on rephlex radio 1 absolutely blows me away, even to this day? anyone know? |
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more artists from japan(I think): - Aube (noisy, experimental) - Tetsu Innue (glitchy ambient) - Isao Tomita (classical music on synths and other synthy stuff) - Toshimaru Nakamura (experimental, made an album using no inputs on the mixing board(buzzy noises)) |
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melt's scratch or stich rocks like scissors in a blender. i too feel envy |
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ryoji is excellent! thanks for the links, uzim |
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r40f > no, thank you! ^^ *still discovering stuff from your links* |
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I'm familiar with Melt Banana, Ken Ishii, and Ruiyuchi Sakamoto. I have heard of Susumu Yokota, but never heard. |
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i really like yoko kanno, geinoth yamashirogumi, akira yamaoka, yasunori mitsuda, and nobou uemetsa |
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definitely check out Otomo Yoshihide's stuff (as Uzim mentioned already...)... here's some others in the :onkyo" scene he is loosely affiliated with: Toshimaru Nakamura Taku Sugimoto Aki Onda Tetuzi Akiyama Utah Kawasaki and... some really nice field recordings from: Kiyoshi Mizutani Toshiya Tsunoda |
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SAKAMOTO MAAYA. it's j-pop, except it's actually good, I recommend "dive" it has some real corkers on it,. |
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haven't heard much of it yet, but seems pretty cool too. Yuka Honda (who also worked with Yoshimi P-We of Boredoms, OOIOO, Free Kitten...) and Miho Hatori. they make songs about food (?!). |
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hrmff |
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ooo awsome thanks for bumping :D |
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Toru Takemitsu Ruins Tipographica Happy Family |
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Afrirampo Hyu Shex Himuro yoshihiro hanno |
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Check out the following game-boy renaissance man. - Fan Club Orhestra Japan, among others. - Tokyo based Jason DeGroot |
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