Goth-Trad: Survival Research / #2021reviews
After his 2016 album, Psionics, Goth-Trad, the godfather of Japanese dubstep have not released any new dubstep material for a long while. He kept doing live acts, organized his monthly…
Dubstep goodies from the second half of 2020, with the reissues and rarities from Goth-Trad and a lot of new releases!
Even though 2020 was very strange, still it was a quiet busy year for Japanese dubstep: there weren't many physical releases, but other than that a lot happened since my…
Several new dubstep releases + an international tribute to Naoki DSZ
Almost six months passed since the last time we checked what's up in Japan's deep dubstep scene, so it is time to look around especially as there were several great…
Disc Shop Zero’s legendary owner Naoki E-jima passed away
image from Naoki's FB page I just got the news that Naoki Iijima aka. Naoki DSZ E-jima, owner of Shimokitazawa's Disc Shop Zero passed away about two weeks and I…
Dubstep update for the second half of 2019
The last time we checked what's happening on Japan's mighty dubstep scene was about half a year ago back in June. And while late spring / early summer that I…
Dubstep update with nine new releases!
After a few quiet years things are getting really busy lately in Japan's dubstep scene: only two months passed since my latest post in April and there are already a…
Dubstep overdose: new releases from City1, 100mado, Dayzero and Karnage!
Since the latest post about the Japanese dubstep scene last November there were several new releases out and not only by Dayzero and Karnage, the scene's far more prolific guys,…
Okinawan tradition meets electronic music on Churashima Navigator’s new remix album
Churashima Navigator is a band from Okinawa that mixes local traditional music with elements of dub and dubstep and after they did a couple of remixes, released several EPs, singles…
Goth-Trad goes industrial and teams up with JK Flesh for a new split release
Goth-Trad's latest venture was the debut album of his new band, Eartaker, released last September, but now he is finally back with new solo material, which (besides a few remixes…
Dagger 3 and Vena: new releases from Dayzero and Karnage!
These two just never take a break! Even thought it has already been an extremely busy year for them, both Dayzero and Karnage are back with new releases yet again!…