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…
Capsule: the club pop duo’s first new song and music video in more than six years!
Capsule is back with a new more than six years after their latest release, 2015's excellent Wave Runner album! The duo of Yasutaka Nakata (lyrics, music) and Toshiko Koshijima (vocals)…
m-flo is back! But… who or what is m-flo?!?
During the last couple of months one of the most talked about news at Japanese entertainment sites was the long awaited return of m-flo, one of the most unique, interesting…
80:XX releases collection of monthly singles with a bonus track! [Updated!]
Back in January I wrote about the four new monthly digital releases by Japanese electro house pioneers 80kidz and now, as after their first four 80:XX singles back in 2013,…
Tokyo 2016 #5: DJ Daruma, kiLLa and more @ Contact, 2016.09.06
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. The trip's first overnight…
80kidz returns to club music with another round of their 80:XX series [Updated]
80kidz was one of the three acts (along with The Lowbrows and Dexpistols), that pretty much revolutionized Japan's club scene with their excellent tracks and fresh take on electro house…