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Pop, dance & mannequins: an interview with FEMM

Japan Vibe 2016-10-04 Pop, dance & mannequins: an interview with FEMM2017-01-10T22:45:48+00:00 Interviews No Comment
FEMM is clearly one of the most interesting Japanese pop acts from the last few years: their unique take on electro pop with a bit of a hip-hop influence here…
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Girl rock, Europe & anniversary – Scandal interview

Japan Vibe 2016-09-13 Girl rock, Europe & anniversary – Scandal interview2016-10-04T17:47:15+00:00 Interviews No Comment
Japan's most successful all-girl rock band Scandal just started its longest European tour so far on the 10th of September and they will be on the road till the end…
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Food, love & art punk – an interview with TsuShiMaMiRe

Japan Vibe 2016-09-07 Food, love & art punk – an interview with TsuShiMaMiRe2017-05-26T17:11:03+00:00 Interviews No Comment
TsuShiMaMiRe is getting ready for its current tour in Japan, that involves a bunch of quite interesting local and international and also, they are preparing for their first ever European…
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An interview with Jun Konagaya of GRIM

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 An interview with Jun Konagaya of GRIM2019-06-04T16:20:49+00:00 Interviews No Comment
This interview, which I believe is the first ever English one with Jun Konagaya, the man behind Grim and White Hospital, was conducted right after Grim's first appearance overseas, a…
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The last days of Girugamesh – an exclusive interview (2016.05.25)

Japan Vibe 2016-07-01 The last days of Girugamesh – an exclusive interview (2016.05.25)2016-08-09T22:19:06+00:00 Interviews No Comment
When you do an interview with a band there are some usual, almost obligatory influences, songwriting, the band's history and future plans. Now, these were all left out in part…
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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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