NewsThe fin., Ålborg and She Her Her Hers, go!go!vanillas and more at The Great Escape festival (+additional UK shows)
The Great Escape festival in Brighton, UK is one of the best showcase festivals around Europe and them featuring some Japanese acts is nothing however this year their straight-from-Japan lineup…
ReviewsKarnage: Moments of Fleeting Existence
While Karnage is mostly known as one of the best known figures of the Japanese dubstep scene, he's been doing noisy experimental music for quite a while as well. His…
ReviewsShinichi Atobe: Discipline
When Shinichi Atobe returns with a new release you can never really know what to expect. Even the four tracks on his first EP, Ship-Scope from 2001 (out on German…
ReviewsSoshi Takeda: Secret Communication
When house music hit the shores of Japan back in the late '80s, local producers quickly developed a style of their own. Clearly influenced by early Balearic, Italo and deep…
ReviewsOver Kill: The Purge
It is often a problem with Japanese trap acts that they start out with hard-hitting tracks, then, as they are getting more popular, they start to tone down their sound…