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Acid folk inspired psychedelic rock band Tō Yō in Europe... now! Check the post for further info and tour dates:
There was a Japanese psychedelic rock overdose going on in Europe these last few months, with Acid Mothers Temple, Dhidalah and Minami Deutsch all doing EU
Savage Rock'n'Roll from Tokyo... comes to Europe, when the Stompin' Riffraffs play eight EU shows in late May / early June!
The Stimpin' Riffraffs, one of the many amazing bands from Tokyo's flourishing garage rock scene will be travelling around Europe starting late May. The qua
In this in depth interview with techno pioneer Ken Ishii we dig deep into the history of Japanese techno and also talk about his career, his plans and his inspirations.
Ken Ishii, one of Japan's techno pioneers returned to Budapest in February to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his career with a special DJ set and I took this
* album review*
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO & MERZBOW: EXTINCT (2024)
Japan's god of noise meets the UK dance music pioneers!
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There are new Merzbow releases all the time... new albums, reissues, collaborations and so on. Any many of these are actually pretty great, but due to the hig
* album review *
PRANA: SENSE OF UNITY (2024)
Tsuyoshi Suzuki & co.'s legendary goa trance project returns after 27 years!
This album, released 27 (!) years after the project's previous full length is easily one of the nicest surprises of this year (and yeah, I know it is only Mar
* album review *
SUGAR HOUSE: SUGAR HOUSE (2024)
post-punk, indie-rock and dream pop meets on the first album from one of the most promising new bands around.
Sugar House popped up on my radar last year and became an instant favorite thanks to their songs that belenced between groovy post-punk and sometimes edgier,
Interview with Japanese singer-songwriter MION about her background and her career in Japan and Europe.
Mion is a Japanese singer-songwriter who started her career in Japan, playing pop-rock songs, but during the last few years, she spends most of her time in UK a
The site is finally being properly relaunched with a lot of new stuff coming up! Reviews, interviews, live galleries and so on! So, stay tuned!
つしまみれ tsushimamire is back in Europe!
TsuShiMaMiRe is back in Europe! So, top level Japanese art punk madness is hitting cities around the continent again as the trio embarks on their latest tour,
MONO (Japan) is back in Europe!
Mono will be back on the road in Europe starting tomorrow with yet another massive tour that takes them throughout the continent, this time accompanied by dut
A Year In Reviews - CAPSULE: Metro Pulse
http://japanvibe.net/capsule-metro-pulse-2022reviews/
jpop, synthwave
Capsule was always about change, right from the start when the duo of producer Yasutaka Nakata and singer Toshiko Koshijima released their first album in 2001
A Year In Reviews - FEMM: Tokyo Ex Machina (Far East Mention Mannequins - FEMM)
http://japanvibe.net/femm-tokyo-ex-machina-2022reviews/
jpop
Tokyo Ex Machina's release had the worst timing ever, which almost ruined an otherwise decent EP. Let me explain this: it was released sort of out-of-nowhere
A Year In Reviews - FAKY: F
http://japanvibe.net/faky-f/
jpop
Most pop acts in Japan aim their music only at the local market, not caring much about worldwide trends and international audiences... however there are a few
A Year In Reviews - Moon In June: evergreen (out on DREAMWAVES RECORDS)
http://japanvibe.net/moon-in-june-evergreen-2022reviews/
shoegaze / dream pop
Moon In June is a Tokyo based band and before evergreen they only had one other release out, 2020's uminari (海鳴り), another 6 track EP. That one closely
Acid Mothers Temple Official in Europe until late November!
Acid Mothers Temple's main incarnation, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is currently touring Europe after a years long break! After skipp
The unique and amazing Minyo Crusaders / 民謡クルセイダーズ is on a Europe tour now, with ten more shows to go!
Another tour that is already about halfway thru, but still more than worth to mention... as Minyo Crusaders is a very special and unique band. The base of the
Late warning, but you still have a chance to catch Melt-Banana during their European tour happening right now!
After long years Melt-Banana finally returned to Europe and is on tour right now! A couple of shows are already done and they are playing in Weinheim, Germa
Crossfaith returned to Europe and starts its latest EU tour... today! With stops in Czech Rep., Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium!
Last minute news: Japan's most popular metalcore band Crossfaith is launching its first post-covid European tour today! This current tour is mostly about fe
MONO (Japan) announces 2022 tour dates and reissues an earlier digital-only xmas single on vinyl as an extended EP out on Temporary Residence Ltd. and Pelagic Records!
At the end of 2020 Mono released Scarlet Holliday, a surprise digital only single through its Bandcamp page, which included two songs "written with the idea
The indexed list of all 31 reviews of the A Year In Reviews 2021 series for easier navigation:
This is an indexed table of contents to the series of reviews that was published throughout December 2021. Japan Vibe was somewhat neglected during 2021 an
A year in reviews 31: Asura by Linekraft (Masahykou Linekraft Masaki) out on TESCO ORGANISATION GERMANY
power electronics / industrial
Masahiko Okubo's Linekraft was never one of those extra-prolific industrial / noise / power electronics acts that drop new material literally every few weeks
A year in reviews 30: Ongaku by Tokyo Jihen
jazz / pop / rock
When you pick up a new release by Shena Ringo, be it one of her solo efforts, or like this one, a new album by her band, Tokyo Jihen, you never know what to e
A year in reviews 29: Zero Diver or Puroto Guru by Acid Mothers Temple Official (out on Necio Records)
rock / psychedelic rock
Well, technically this album is not from 2021 as its digital version was released on the 4h of December, 2020, but the vinyl edition only hit the shelves summ
A year in reviews 28: Tiers by Ryo Murakami (out on Bedouin Records)
ambient / dark ambient / experimental
Ryo Murakami came from a tech house / minimal techno background, but sometime around 2013, after he built up quite a name for himself in those circles with a
A year in reviews 27: Jōdeki by tricot
pop-rock / math rock
After long years of independence, which included running their own label, Tricot recently signed to Cutting Edge, the sub-label of record company giant Avex t
A year in reviews 26: Imaginary by MIYAVI.
rock / pop-rock
When Imaginary was announced Miyavi said that it will be a fresh and innovative album and while at some points it is, for the most part it is more like yet an
A year in reviews 25: Survival Research by Goth-Trad (Goth-Trad Music official) out on Back To Chill.
dubstep / electronic music
After his 2016 album, Psionics, Goth-Trad, the godfather of Japanese dubstep have not released any new dubstep material for a long while. He kept doing live a
A year in reviews 24: Sake Mamire by つしまみれ tsushimamire
punk / indie
So, what we learn from this new TsuShiMaMiRe album is that... these girls obviously get pretty wild when they drink! I am guessing this because the theme of S
A year in reviews 23: New Metropolis by NEHANN (out on KiliKiliVilla)
post-punk / goth / alternative rock
Nehann is a relatively new, Tokyo based band, which formed in 2019 and New Metropolis is their first album, preceded only by a few singles and demos. Includin
A year in reviews 22: Black Crows Cyborg by Merzbow Official @ Prurient
noise / dark ambient
As each and every year, there were a lot of Merzbow releases in 2021, including a fair share of new material (besides all the reissues) and as always, they we
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