A Japanese noise & experimental Who’s Who by Ochiai Soup
While the music industry and live music in particular was hit especially hard by the pandemic, there are also some great things coming out of all this and one of…
Hijokaidan joins forces with US band Sissy Spacek on the upcoming live recording
Last September the Los Angeles based noise / grindcore band Sissy Spacek did a seven date Japan tour that included a show at Akihabara's Club Goodman, where they played a…
Hijokaidan is back with its 40th anniversary album + the DVD releases of two legendary live recordings!
Seminal noise act Hijokaidan had a simultaneous release back in March (on the 20th to be exact - so, yeah, I am a bit on the slow side reporting this…
Hijokaidan’s new joint project with ’80s idol pop singer Yoko Hatanaka
Hijokaidan (非常階段), one of Japan's most prominent noise groups really got into joint projects the last couple of years. These collaborations included some less surprising ones, like teaming up with…
Giga Noise – an overview of the next generation of Japanoise from Alchemy Records
Back in May a mini festival called GIGA NOISE took place at Tokyo's Akihabara Goodman club featuring mostly lesser known noise acts from all over Japan as part of an…