GRIM + Linekraft @ Mannheim, 2016.06.17/18
Jun Konagaya's industrial solo project Grim and his previous band White Hospital (that he formed together with Tomo Kuwahara, who later started his own project, Vasilisk) were something of a…
Goth-Trad: Psionics – new album + exclusive tracks with Boris and Dälek!
Japan's dubstep pioneer Goth-Trad announced that he will be back with a new album, his first since 2012's New Epoch and while his previous one was released on UK's famous dubstep…
The last days of Girugamesh – an exclusive interview (2016.05.25)
When you do an interview with a band there are some usual, almost obligatory influences, songwriting, the band's history and future plans. Now, these were all left out in part…
Japan Vibe – an introduction
There are many sites out there that deal with Japanese music, however most of them only cover one or just a few genres or concentrate on a certain segment of…
Jumbled rock & diversity – an interview with Tricot (2016.03)
Tricot, the Japanese all-girl trio that mixes complex, irregular rhythms with a soft, pop sound came back to Europe in early 2016, so I did an email interview with them…
Satsuki interview (2016.03)
Before his lengthy European tour in early 2016 promoting his new double album and before his concert at Mondocon in Budapest, I did email interview with visual kei singer Satsuki,…
From Wild Style to Butterfly Effect – DJ Krush Interview (2015.11)
DJ Krush finally released his new album, Butterfly Effect in 2015, 11 years after Jaku, his previous one, so when he returned to Budapest during the album's tour on and…
Psychedelia & Cosmic Sounds – an interview with Acid Mothers Temple’s Makoto Kawabata (2015.11)
Makoto Kawabata and French guitarist Jean-François Pauvros played a duo show in Budapest on and we did an email interview with Mr. Kawabata a week or so before the gig.…
Zeni Geva interview (2015.05)
Before the start of their EU tour in 2015 and their two gigs in Hungary, me and Bálint Kollár (from the crew of A38 ship, the venue where they played in…
Haruka interview (2014.09)
The independent Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Haruka was playing her first ever overseas show in Budapest at Mondocon (the local anime & pop culture convention) and before the concert I…