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…
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…
Tokyo 2016 #3: Tokyo Health Club, Macka-chin, Zombie-Chang, Yosa & MCpero @ Shibuya WWW, 2016.09.04
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. After the first night's…
[Area Check] #001
Area Check, yet another one of Japan Vibe's irregular series, will feature a selection of the best and / or most interesting recent hip-hop music videos from Japan, everything from…
Macka-chin: Maririn Café Blue – new album and video from Tokyo’s master of laid-back hip-hop
Ever since he first showed up as a member of the now-disbanded Tokyo hip-hop crew Nitro Microphone Underground (that gave a lot of great MCs to Japan's hip-hop scene, including…