recommend me some good japanese singers/artists

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― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 19 August 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

tadao ando

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:05 (nineteen years ago)

takashi murakami

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:08 (nineteen years ago)

mister children

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

bump of chicken

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

rio natsume

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

outstanding. great starting point

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:14 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha. i knew i'd seen the name rio natsume before. i've seen some of her modelling on youtube

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

plz 2 b specific

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

rio natsume erotica preview

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 19 August 2006 08:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.skingraftrecords.com/graphics/photogalleries/melt_banana_pics/mb_1.jpg

― Pier Paolo Semolina (noodle vague), Saturday, 19 August 2006 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

Yellow Magic Orchestra were like the Japanese Beatles, from what I understand. They were the quitessential Japanese pop band.

― Public Radio (public_radio), Saturday, 19 August 2006 08:15 (nineteen years ago)

Mikami Kan

― rizzx (Rizz), Saturday, 19 August 2006 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

Supercar
Number Girl
Kuruli
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Ego Wrappin'
Boom Boom Satellites
Tujiko Noriko
DJ Kentaro
Denki Groove

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Saturday, 19 August 2006 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

Shiina Ringo
Tokyo Jihen

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 19 August 2006 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

the Shiina Ringo thread

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 19 August 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

Boredoms, obv.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 19 August 2006 11:07 (nineteen years ago)

douji morita

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Saturday, 19 August 2006 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

Shiina Ringo seconded, thirded, and fourthded.

Yuki is good, simple quirky pop. The video for her song "JOY" is awesome, it's a good "What the hell planet are the Japanese from?" moment.

― Adam J. (In Place of Something Clever), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Supercar is not quite my thing, but not bad. Also the Zazen boys, mentioned by milton parker recently, are worth checking out. I don't like their (regular) vocalist though.

I remain curious about Altered States, but can hardly recommend what I haven't heard (or can I?--I'm sure I've done it before).

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh OH there's this guy named Kazuki Tomokawa, he's a really intense folk singer who's in a recent Takeshi Miike film, 'Izo'. I like him; his guitars are all mangled around the pick guard because he strums so furiously.

― Adam J. (In Place of Something Clever), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

some albums i like
eddie marcon "shining on graveposts" - gentle acoustic folk, some sort of boredoms connection?
halcali "bacon" - goofy jpop/rap hybrid.
tujiko noriko & aoki takamasa "28"
takako minekawa "cloudy cloud calculator" - really goofy electronic jpop weirdness.

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

Haco! "ash in the rainbow" is beautiful. Her vocals are really comforting on this album.

― ross m (Snorb), Saturday, 19 August 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

excellent

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Sunday, 20 August 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

Acid Mothers Temple

― Scourage (Haberdager), Sunday, 20 August 2006 10:53 (nineteen years ago)

piana
instant cafe records
macdonald duck eclair/electronic tomato

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 20 August 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

high rise, white heaven, les rallizes denudes

― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Feeder's bassist is of Japanese extraction.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Shugo Tokumaru

― darin (darin), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Prog: The Shingetsu Project, The Far East Family Band, Ain Soph
Psych: The Flower Travelling Band, Kuni Kawachi &
The Flower Travelling Band,
Avant-Rock: Happy Family
Late-Boredoms-like tribal psychedelic insanity: Rovo

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

I had pretty much gotten over my j-pop/shibuya-kei obsession at the tail end of the 90's, but Capsule is a newer act in this style that I've recently gotten into.

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

You could do worse than Gitogito Hustler, but you could do better as well.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

Kyu Sakamoto
Misora Hibari
Hard Gay

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

eX-Girl
Afrirampo
Shonen Knife

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I would second these:

Tujiko Noriko
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Boredoms
Melt Banana
Halcali

And add:

Nikaidoh Kazumi
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Nobukazu Takemura

― emil.y (emil.y), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

yo em, where to start wiv Nobukazu Takemura?

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

HARUOMI HOSONO

― bangelo (bangelo), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Re: Nobukazu, I have the Scope record, which I do like a lot, but I started out with Funfair by Child's View (I think that's just him solo as well), and that latter totally charmed me. Basically, if you take the name of the record and his pseudonym and then filter them through distorted electronics, that is what it sounds like.

Also, I really love 'Kuru Kuru Miracle' by Tomoe Shinohara, but that might just be me.

― emil.y (emil.y), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll blog has had a lot of excellent heavy blues/psych/avant garde stuff from Japan that I'm enjoying:

http://citiesonflamewithrockandroll.blogspot.com/

― M Taylor (BlackIronPrison), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

Cornelius - Fantasma
Cornelius - Point

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

envy.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

mono too.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

Plus-Tech Squeeze Box
The Aprils
Refely
Capsule
YMCK

These are pretty much the 5 best indie label pop acts in Tokyo right now (though I hear Capsule are bringin' it to the charts this year). See also:

Overrocket
EeL
Hazel-Nuts Chocolate
Sonic Coaster Pop
Motocompo
Perfume
Utrecht
The Brilliant Green
Love Psychedelico
Kahimi Karie
Tommy February/Tommy Heavenly6
Hideki Kaji
Maki Nomiya
Flipper's Guitar
Plamo
Dritt Drittel
Micro Mach Machine
Doopees

Probably reco'd 1/3 of this thread at one point too!

― Badrock Example (Barima), Thursday, 24 August 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

What on earth is Haco up to these days?? Would kill for something new from her

― life behind bras (admrl), Saturday, 14 August 2010 03:28 (fifteen years ago)

seven years pass...

hey, you only had to wait 7 years... but the new album Qoosui is rather lovely.

― calzino, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 08:36 (eight years ago)

Yuji Takenouchi

― saer, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 09:26 (eight years ago)

Haco - Ash in the rainbow
Tujiko Noriko

― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:55 (eight years ago)

What are HALCALI doing these days? They were my favourite band for a couple of weeks, a decade and a bit ago.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 21:15 (eight years ago)

three years pass...

Just rec'd notice of a new Piana record on Bandcamp, _raula_. Always nice when faves pop up after an absence.

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:37 (four years ago)

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