c90: Shibuya-Kei for the the Completely Uniformed Gaijin.

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Your mission, if you choose to accept it:
Construct a hypothetical Shibuya-Kei J-Pop/J-Rock mixtape that will win over a clueless gaijin raised on indie/shoegaze/hardcore punk/goth/metal/new-wave.

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― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

LCO, do you want a mixtape of indie j-pop, or as the call it in Japan, indies (which I can do)-- or mainstream j-pop (which I cannot)?

― g (graysonlane), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

just school me on japanese muzik. use whatever definition you want for "japanese muzik."
I'm sure theres somebody else out there who can cover the mainstream j-pop.
Siegbran: if you're out there and know of any j-metal, school us all.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

i like Dir En Gray, but they're...i don't know, visual rock, or j-rock or something.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I like that slip, the completely uniformed gaijin!

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

great japanese pop

― gygax!, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Pink. Fucking. Lady.

But only the intros.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

the Sushi 3003 and Sushi 4004 should be a good introduction. that and as much Pizzicato Five as your little otaku head can handle.

― Wyndham Earl, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Some picks from the obvious big-in-America Shibuya stuff:

Kahimi Karie - Good Morning World
Pizzicato Five - It's a Beautiful Day
Buffalo Daughter - Socks, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll
Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - Angel
Cornelius - The Sun is My Enemy, Mic Check, New Music Machine and Magoo Opening
Fantastic Plastic Machine - I think it was "Please, Stop!" that I liked so much, but I could be completely wrong

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 05:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, now that I'm pimping Cornelius I'm listening to First Question Award and "Silent Snow Stream" is great as well. I don't know if the pre-Fantasma stuff ever got released in the U.S., but I must have found an import somewhere, and I'm pretty pathetic about finding anything hard-to-get. (Fantasma is fantastic, but if you're looking for more centrally "Shibuya-kei" stuff I think records like 96/69 and First Question are a lot closer to its heart.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 05:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exclusively "Shibuya-Kei" but...

Supercar - Especially "High Vision", the last record

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra- fun, fun and more fun!

OOIOO - led by the Boredoms' Yoshimi, 4 cute girls who don't suck!

Mo'Some Tonebender - these guys have a lot of Pixies albums at home

Mad Capsule Markets - This band rocks HARD!

Cornelius - Fuji Rock Festival highlight

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

the Sushi albums are compilations, btw. and christ, i can't believe i posted to this thread without mentioning Puffy AmiYumi...

― Wyndham Earl, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too. Puffy are one of my favourite guilty pleasures.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

try this...inly got into shibuya kei music within the last week ut was only into pizzicato 5 and fantastic plastic machine about 3 years ago

buffalo daughter - jellyfish blues
cornelius - drop,smoke
kahimi karie & tahiti 80 - (we'll go) separate ways
pizzicato 5 - happy sad
takako minekawa - drive my car,milk rock (cornelius remix)

also try:cibo matto - sing this all together,birthday cake
puffy amiyumi - boogie woogie #5

― joffy cruz, Monday, 5 May 2003 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven months pass...

My roomie has been listening to this stuff a lot....

Pizzicato Five is meh to me
Buffalo Daughter = AMAZING,
OOIOO = obviously I am a fan!
Cornelius is meh.
FP Machine is ok

What else is there in this genre?

― NUMBER 1 TERRY RILEY FAN (ex machina), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

Is there any of the nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-ILx crowd with some insight into this? (Especially anyone making a CDRGo! mix).....?

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 19 March 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

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