Capsule: Metro Pulse / #2022reviews
Capsule was always about change, right from the start when the duo of producer Yasutaka Nakata and singer Toshiko Koshijima released their first album in 2001. That one was a…
FEMM: Tokyo Ex Machina / #2022reviews
Tokyo Ex Machina's release had the worst timing ever, which almost ruined an otherwise decent EP. Let me explain this: it was released sort of out-of-nowhere just a month after…
FAKY: F / #2022reviews
Most pop acts in Japan aim their music only at the local market, not caring much about worldwide trends and international however there are a few exceptions, including the currently…
Moon In June: evergreen / #2022reviews
Moon In June is a Tokyo based band and before evergreen they only had one other release out, 2020's uminari (海鳴り), another 6 track EP. That one closely following the…
A Year In Reviews: 2021 – The Index
This is an indexed table of contents to the series of reviews that was published throughout December 2021. Japan Vibe was somewhat neglected during 2021 and as an effort to…
Linekraft: Asura / #2021reviews
Masahiko Okubo's Linekraft was never one of those extra-prolific industrial / noise / power electronics acts that drop new material literally every few weeks and in 2021 he only released…
Tokyo Jihen: Ongaku / #2021reviews
When you pick up a new release by Shena Ringo, be it one of her solo efforts, or like this one, a new album by her band, Tokyo Jihen, you…
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Zero Diver or Puroto Guru / #2021reviews
Well, technically this album is not from 2021 as its digital version was released on the 4h of December, 2020, but the vinyl edition only hit the shelves summer so…
Ryo Murakami: Tiers / #2021reviews
Ryo Murakami came from a tech house / minimal techno background, but sometime around 2013, after he built up quite a name for himself in those circles with a series…
Tricot: Jōdeki / #2021reviews
After long years of independence, which included running their own label, Tricot recently signed to Cutting Edge, the sub-label of record company giant Avex that was always known to house…