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Kinoco Hotel: Marianne no Mikkai / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-18 Kinoco Hotel: Marianne no Mikkai / #2021reviews2021-12-18T21:41:25+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Almost exactly two years after their previous full-length, Marianne no Ougi, Kinoco Hotel returned with their 8th album this summer and for the most part, it was a great return…
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Jody: Jody / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-17 Jody: Jody / #2021reviews2022-01-13T19:53:32+00:00 Reviews No Comment
For me, Jody's Hajimattenai is easily 2021's best hip-hop / trap track. It is so, so over-the-top, with an insane, earth shattering, subwoofer killer bassline, the crazy, trippy rapping and its…
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The fin.: Outer Ego / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-16 The fin.: Outer Ego / #2021reviews2021-12-16T20:21:07+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Back in 2018 The fin. released There, its first new album in over three years and now, another three and a half years later they are back with another full-length.…
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Anyango: Kanki / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-14 Anyango: Kanki / #2021reviews2021-12-14T21:27:06+00:00 Reviews No Comment
While at first glance "traditional African music from Japan" might sound like a strange thing, Eriko Mukoyama, better known as Anyango has been doing it for well over a decade…
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Susumu Hirasawa: Beacon / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-13 Susumu Hirasawa: Beacon / #2021reviews2022-01-06T17:02:15+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Ever since the '70s when he formed P-Model, his influential new wave / art rock / post-punk / whatever-you-wanna-call-their-strange-music band, Susumu Hirasawa has been both a legend and an outsider…
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Toshimaru Nakamura: Culvert – No-Input Mixing Board 10 / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-12 Toshimaru Nakamura: Culvert – No-Input Mixing Board 10 / #2021reviews2022-01-06T15:44:24+00:00 Reviews No Comment
No-Input Mixing Board is Toshimaru Nakamura's long-running series, which started in 2000 and, as the title suggest, it includes music created with a no-input mixing board, which basically means that…
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Chanmina: harenchi / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-11 Chanmina: harenchi / #2021reviews2021-12-11T16:45:21+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Ever since the previous generation of Great J-Pop Divas either retired (the one-and-only Namie Amuro), became a shadow of their former self (Ayumi Hamasaki), became increasingly boring (Utada Hikaru) or…
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Chai: Wink / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-09 Chai: Wink / #2021reviews2021-12-09T17:01:02+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Chai became a surprise international sensation in recent years, thanks to their strangely charming sound, which is both naively childlike and highly sophisticated, incorporating influences from all over the pop…
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Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino split / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-08 Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino split / #2021reviews2021-12-08T19:40:44+00:00 Reviews No Comment
One of this year's surprise releases was a joint album from Controlled Death and Mayuko Hino, two seminal figures of the Japanese noise scene, that came out on UK's Cold Spring…
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Young Yujiro: 2025 / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-07 Young Yujiro: 2025 / #2021reviews2021-12-08T19:40:08+00:00 Reviews No Comment
2025 is the latest offering from rapper / trapper Young Yujiro who quickly became a huge fave of mine a couple of years ago when he surfaced with the rest…
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