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Tag: Japan

Otoboke Beaver Release ‘Love Is Short!!’ EP In Time For Record Store Day

April 6, 2017

Kyoto’s punk-rock-garage quartet Otoboke Beaver have released their EP ‘Love Is Short’ via Damnably Records, in time for Record Store Day, April 22. ‘Love Is Short!!’ is their second EP and third release outside of Japan.

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Hotei “Walking Through The Night” ft. Iggy Pop

December 1, 2016

Time Out hailed Tokei as iconic, and indeed he is – a legitimate superstar in his homeland Japan, where he has sold over 40 million records.

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IGG IN JAPAN – Punk Godfather Pop Features on New Hotei Single

November 20, 2016

Iggy Pop has teamed up with Kill Bill guitar hero Hotei for a new single Walking Through The Night.

A dark tale of a stroll through the seamier side of Tokyo, it’s the latest cut from Hotei’s first international album Strangers, out now on Spinefarm Records.

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Dobolo Is ‘About To Blow’ Apart Boundaries With His New Single

November 15, 2016

Dobolo, a Nigerian-born artist living in Japan, knows that music knows no boundaries, and that the best of it is able to travel across continents and oceans. As one of the several thousand Nigerians living in Japan (the Japanese Ministry Of Internal Affairs places the figure at 2,638), Dobolo is introducing new styles and genres into Japanese culture.

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BASSETT “GHOST HWY”

November 15, 2016

Bassett are a culturally diverse and nomadic duo comprising multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter Josh Bassett and bassist Taz Ozaki. Their search for identity, peace, and creative release led them to the Californian desert, whose vast landscapes served as inspiration for their newest EP and video of the same name, ‘Ghost Hwy’.

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Meet Luka Megurine

October 25, 2016

Meet Luka Megurine, 20 year old virtual pop star, with a super powerful set of lungs.

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X Japan Documentary ‘WE ARE X’ from the producers of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ celebrates its selection to the 60th BFI London Film Festival

September 30, 2016

Passion Pictures is delighted to announce that their critically acclaimed documentary ‘We Are X’, a new film about Japan’s most iconic rock band X JAPAN, will celebrate its UK Premiere at the 60th BFI London Film Festival on the 8th & 9th October 2016.

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Hatsune Miku: The Fans Behind The Voice.

September 19, 2016

So, we all know who Hatsune Miku is now, but who is behind the voice that is taking the world be storm?

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Introducing Hatsune Miku

September 7, 2016

Hatsune Miku. A virtual pop star that over the past 9 years has been taking the world by storm, but just who is she?

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A Chat With Bentley Jones

August 11, 2015

We recently introduced you to Bentley Jones, a man with an incredible musical history. We’ve since had the opportunity to speak to him.

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Bentley Jones – ‘The Prequel’

August 6, 2015

Songsmith Bentley Jones will be releasing his new album, ‘The Prequel’, on 31 August.

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Introducing: Stone Foundation

June 29, 2015

“Stone Foundation are a group of seven like minded individuals that team together to make an exciting blend of Soul and Jazz influenced music” reads an excerpt from a couple of paragraphs into the about section on their busy Facebook page.

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