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…
Dark and hypnotic techno straight from Japan’s underground on Mirae Arts’ latest 12″
Mirae Arts is a new label that started last year and even though it is based in California it mostly releases experimental techno from Japan. They dropped four 12" so…
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,…
[Mixology] A triple dose of Tomihiko Sagae’s heavy industrial techno (+ EU dates!)
Just a few years after his first releases in 2012, Tomohiko Sagae already became a household name in the international rhythmic noise (aka. power noise) scene, a genre has its…
Akiko Kiyama: Feuertanz – new EP from one of Japan’s best known female techno artists
Akiko Kiyama is back with a new 12" out on Tokyo's Gabriiela and the samples are already up on the label's Soundcloud page! After several more experimental releases (some under…
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…