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Jumbled rock & diversity – an interview with Tricot (2016.03)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Jumbled rock & diversity – an interview with Tricot (2016.03)2016-08-09T22:19:10+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Tricot, the Japanese all-girl trio that mixes complex, irregular rhythms with a soft, pop sound came back to Europe in early 2016, so I did an email interview with them…
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Satsuki interview (2016.03)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Satsuki interview (2016.03)2016-08-09T22:19:15+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Before his lengthy European tour in early 2016 promoting his new double album and before his concert at Mondocon in Budapest, I did email interview with visual kei singer Satsuki,…
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From Wild Style to Butterfly Effect – DJ Krush Interview (2015.11)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 From Wild Style to Butterfly Effect – DJ Krush Interview (2015.11)2016-07-01T18:30:05+00:00 Interviews No Comment
DJ Krush finally released his new album, Butterfly Effect in 2015, 11 years after Jaku, his previous one, so when he returned to Budapest during the album's tour on and…
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Psychedelia & Cosmic Sounds – an interview with Acid Mothers Temple’s Makoto Kawabata (2015.11)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Psychedelia & Cosmic Sounds – an interview with Acid Mothers Temple’s Makoto Kawabata (2015.11)2016-08-09T22:19:22+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Makoto Kawabata and French guitarist Jean-François Pauvros played a duo show in Budapest on and we did an email interview with Mr. Kawabata a week or so before the gig.…
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Zeni Geva interview (2015.05)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Zeni Geva interview (2015.05)2016-08-09T22:19:25+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Before the start of their EU tour in 2015 and their two gigs in Hungary, me and Bálint Kollár (from the crew of A38 ship, the venue where they played in…
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Haruka interview (2014.09)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Haruka interview (2014.09)2016-08-09T22:19:31+00:00 Interviews No Comment
The independent Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Haruka was playing her first ever overseas show in Budapest at Mondocon (the local anime & pop culture convention) and before the concert I…
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Lycaon interview! (2014.09)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Lycaon interview! (2014.09)2016-08-09T22:19:38+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Lycaon had its first (and last, as they disbanded about a year later) European tour in Spetember, 2014, together with another visual kei band, Born (which, by the way, also…
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[Alexandros] (ex-[Champagne]) interview (2013.05)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 [Alexandros] (ex-[Champagne]) interview (2013.05)2018-11-16T10:13:55+00:00 Interviews No Comment
The Japanese indie-rock foursome (which, since the interview, the band changed its name to ) played its first ever overseas show in London on at The Pipeline club, so, as…
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Girugamesh interview (2011.03)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Girugamesh interview (2011.03)2016-08-09T22:19:45+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Before their concert in Budapest, back in in March, 2011, I sat down with the guys from Girugamesh to ask them a couple of questions about their music, history and…
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Versailles interview (2007.09)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 Versailles interview (2007.09)2016-08-09T22:19:51+00:00 Interviews No Comment
This email interview was done back in , when Versailles was just a new, promising band, formed by Kamijo and Hizaki, two very important figures of the visual kei scene…
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