Tag Archives: Japan

November 27, 2011

Take a ride on a broken carousel with Japanese newgaze artist Ferri

Japanese musicians continue to inspire me. I just found an amazing new artist thanks to Mitsugu Suzuki, aka Cellz Cellar (mentioned in a piece I wrote about Japanese music a while back). Her name is Ferri. She composes, sings, plays … Continue reading →

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Filed under music, postrock, shoegaze, trip hop, video, world music

Tagged as 444, Bjork, Cellz Cellar, Ferri, glitch, Japan, Japanese, Mitsugu Suzuki, My Bloody Valentine, shoegaze, Sigur Ros

April 19, 2011

Japanese music has really come of age

Like many Americans I am fascinated by Japanese culture. Of course I appreciate the deeply traditional parts of their culture — gardens, calligraphy, geishas, sushi, martial arts. But what I really love is Japanese pop culture. Just about every generation … Continue reading →

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Filed under indie, music, Uncategorized

Tagged as 444, 7digital, anime, Army of Me, Bjork, Cellz Cellar, Chicago, Chiharu MK, Clammbon, Cornelius, earthquake, Epiphillum, Erik Satie, Gnossiennes, hydrophone, Ichiko Hashimoto, Japan, Keigo Oyamada, Mitsugu Suzuki, Nude, Pendulum, Piano Prizm, Radiohead, RahXephon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shuichi Mizohata, thesixtyone, tsunami, Underwater, White Noise/Snow Division, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yume no Tamago

April 4, 2011

Help Japan and download some cool electronic music

Just found out Electro-freaks, a group of electronic artists and fans who originated on TheSixtyOne is still going outside the website and has put together a downloadable album to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. … Continue reading →

Loving the Alien – Little Green Mixtape (or maybe not so little)

As a longtime science fiction buff, I have been very excited by recent news that there could be life on Saturn’s moon Titan. Of course, it’s a lot more likely that it will turn out to be a chemical process … Continue reading →

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Filed under music, Uncategorized

Tagged as A Flock of Seagulls, A.R. Kane, Add N to X, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Astral Army, Atomic Mosquitos, Bela Fleck, Billy Bragg, Bjork, Blondie, Blue Oyster Cult, Bonzo Dog Band, Boyracer, Brownsville Station, Buchanan Brothers, Buddy Clinton, Busters, Butch Paulson, Byrds, Cabaret Voltaire, Cacogenic Systems, Carpenters, Cibo Matto, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Comsat Angels, Cramps, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dane Cook, David Bowie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Deep Purple, Devo, DJ Spooky, Dr Octagon, ESG, Feathers, Floyd Robinson, Herman Bernard, Husker Du, Jamiroquai, Japan, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Jesse Lee Turner, Jimi Hendrix, Jobriath, Joe Meek, Joe Satriani, Jonathan Richman, Jorge Ben, Judas Priest, Julian Cope, Kaleidoscope, Kansas, Kelly Family, Klaatu, Kool Keith, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Legendary Pink Dots, Leonard Nimoy, Little Shop of Horrors, Little Walter, Lustmord, Mars, Marty Quinn, Meat Beat Manifesto, Mellotones, Meteors, Misfits, Monster Magnet, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Perrey Kingsley, Pete Johnson, Pink Fairies, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Prodigy, Queen, Radiohead, Rezillos, Robert Gordon, Roky Erikson, Sam Space & the Cadettes, Scary Bitches, Seu Jorge, Sheb Wooley, Slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, Smokey Wilson, Sonny Day, Space Lord, Spacehog, Spacemen 3, Split Enz, Stranglers, Styx, Teenagers from Outer Space, Telescopes, The Residents, Tom Petty, Tool, Towa Tei, Twinkeyz, UFO, Ventures, War of the Worlds, Webb Brothers, Wilco, Wildhearts, Wipers, Yellow Magic Orchestra

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Tag Archives: Japan

Take a ride on a broken carousel with Japanese newgaze artist Ferri

Japanese music has really come of age

Help Japan and download some cool electronic music

Loving the Alien – Little Green Mixtape (or maybe not so little)

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