Artists
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AFRA ni Sokabe
Meet AFRA. This prodigious beatboxer grooved his way to fame when his skills were showcased in a Fuji-Xerox TV ad back in 2004. Since then, ...
December 5, 2012
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Alice Nine
Alice Nine are a special case in the world of visual-kei. Their sound doesn’t quite fit squarely into any one musical category, because of their ...
March 13, 2013
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AMIAYA AMIAYA
Ami and Aya came to Tokyo at age 15 armed only with their unique looks (with the obvious exception of each other), fashion sense and ...
February 13, 2013
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Applicat Spectra
Formed in 2010, this band are on the up and up. Although Applicat Spectra is pretty new on the scene, they’ve got the backing of ...
December 26, 2012
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BiS
Traditionally the domain of cute and colorful “nice girls,” idol music in Japan has been going through another boom in recent years, with the popularity ...
November 16, 2012
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Bo Ningen
In the past, these guys have been described as psychedelic space-prog, psyche-garage and acid-punk, but if there’s one word we know for sure that describes ...
February 8, 2013
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DEMPAGUMI.inc
Meet the girls of DEMPAGUMI.inc. Six in all, the DEMPA team is made up of Mirin Furukawa, Risa Aizawa, Nemu Yumemi, Eimi Naruse, Moga Mogami ...
April 20, 2013
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E-girls / Dream
Think of E-girls as the sister unit of singing and dancing supergroup EXILE. Just like their male counterparts, they put a heavy focus on their ...
May 4, 2013
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Emiri Ota
You’d be forgiven if you mistook this eclectic singer-songwriter from Hyogo prefecture, Japan, for a younger version of Björk. Her music videos even have an ...
April 23, 2013
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FPM
One of Japan’s most well known, and well liked, electronic music DJ-producers, FPM was born in Kyoto as Tomoyuki Tanaka. Short for Fantastic Plastic Machine, ...
February 27, 2013