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Susumu Hirasawa: Beacon / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-13 Susumu Hirasawa: Beacon / #2021reviews2022-01-06T17:02:15+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Ever since the '70s when he formed P-Model, his influential new wave / art rock / post-punk / whatever-you-wanna-call-their-strange-music band, Susumu Hirasawa has been both a legend and an outsider…
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Toshimaru Nakamura: Culvert – No-Input Mixing Board 10 / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-12 Toshimaru Nakamura: Culvert – No-Input Mixing Board 10 / #2021reviews2022-01-06T15:44:24+00:00 Reviews No Comment
No-Input Mixing Board is Toshimaru Nakamura's long-running series, which started in 2000 and, as the title suggest, it includes music created with a no-input mixing board, which basically means that…
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Chanmina: harenchi / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-11 Chanmina: harenchi / #2021reviews2021-12-11T16:45:21+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Ever since the previous generation of Great J-Pop Divas either retired (the one-and-only Namie Amuro), became a shadow of their former self (Ayumi Hamasaki), became increasingly boring (Utada Hikaru) or…
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Chai: Wink / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-09 Chai: Wink / #2021reviews2021-12-09T17:01:02+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Chai became a surprise international sensation in recent years, thanks to their strangely charming sound, which is both naively childlike and highly sophisticated, incorporating influences from all over the pop…
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Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino split / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-08 Controlled Death / Mayuko Hino split / #2021reviews2021-12-08T19:40:44+00:00 Reviews No Comment
One of this year's surprise releases was a joint album from Controlled Death and Mayuko Hino, two seminal figures of the Japanese noise scene, that came out on UK's Cold Spring…
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Young Yujiro: 2025 / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-07 Young Yujiro: 2025 / #2021reviews2021-12-08T19:40:08+00:00 Reviews No Comment
2025 is the latest offering from rapper / trapper Young Yujiro who quickly became a huge fave of mine a couple of years ago when he surfaced with the rest…
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Candy Racer / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-06 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Candy Racer / #2021reviews2021-12-08T19:40:11+00:00 Reviews No Comment
For years, many people have been criticizing pop icon Kyary Pamyu Pamyu for being too predictable, having next to no variety in her music. Which is true after all, but…
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Grim: Totem Song / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-05 Grim: Totem Song / #2021reviews2021-12-05T16:01:02+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Unlike the previous entries in the "A Year In Reviews" series, this one is not an album, but a 7" single, however it is a very special one, the kind…
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Newspeak: Turn / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-04 Newspeak: Turn / #2021reviews2021-12-04T18:35:10+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Newspeak's been around since 2017, but I only ran into them about a year and a half ago and I don't really remember the last time a band became such…
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Mainliner: Dual Myths / #2021reviews

Japan Vibe 2021-12-03 Mainliner: Dual Myths / #2021reviews2021-12-03T19:13:48+00:00 Reviews No Comment
Mainliner was originally formed in 1995 by Asahito Nanjo (of High Rise) on bass and vocals and Makoto Kawabata (of Acid Mothers Temple) on guitars and a few years, a…
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