Show some love for Japan and post them.

Malice Mizer

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Asian here!! hahahaha I never thought I'd see someone who knows Japanese music here XD

I LOVE THIS SONG http://www.youtube.com/wa...D59LJX2r38 by m-flo

And today I saw this article and it made me smile...

http://www.rollingstone.c...f-20110322

You don't have to like Japanese artist to show support^^; But I love when American artists or celebs do benefit concerts or do something to show they sincerely care......

gackt

scoobie do

dir en grey

the big three for me...absolutely amazing artists.

sextonseven said:

Show some love for Japan and post them.

Adam & the Ants & The Revolution & the Cure & the Spiders from Mars!

Mr.Sakamoto...

and that's about it

when it comes to Japanese or "asian" music, I certainly prefer folklore or ancient tunes...

don't get me wrong, I can sit through japanese pop/rock (Spotify, Youtube, etc), but I'll be damned if I'm gonna buy the albums

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I went to see these guys live years ago, in Bristol, I think, they were cute and quite rocky.

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The Plastics

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Yoko Kanno - "Butterfly" (From Cowboy Bebop- The Movie)

Yoko Kanno - Catalina

Yutaka, with Patti Austin - 'Lovelight'

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Kazumi Watanabe, with Jimsaku

Tetsuo Sakurai, with Dennis Chambers and Greg Howe

Cibo Matto - Moonchild

Cornelius -Drop and Point

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Emancipation89 said:

Asian here!! hahahaha I never thought I'd see someone who knows Japanese music here XD

I LOVE THIS SONG http://www.youtube.com/wa...D59LJX2r38 by m-flo

And today I saw this article and it made me smile...

http://www.rollingstone.c...f-20110322

You don't have to like Japanese artist to show support^^; But I love when American artists or celebs do benefit concerts or do something to show they sincerely care......

I received an email today announcing this show which inspired the thread:

There was this sort of funk/fusion band that I listened to in the 90's. Strangely, I think they were called Funkadelic, but I can't find them now (for obvious reasons)

NDRU said:

sextonseven said:

Show some love for Japan and post them.

Adam & the Ants & The Revolution & the Cure & the Spiders from Mars!

Hehe. Gackt (center) does look Bowie-ish in that pic.

I'm a huge fan of Kimiko Itoh, the Jazz singer. Hope she's okay over there. If y'all wanna check out a beautiful, creamy voice, here is a partial listing of some of her titles:

For Lovers Only 1987 Columbia/CBS

Follow Me 1989 Columbia/CBS

Sophisticated Lady 1994 Satellites Records

Live at Montreaux featuring Makoto Ozone (Oh-zone-ay)

An Evening With CD and/or DVD (I LOVE the DVD myself!)

Check her out. She's a huge fan of Nancy Wilson's.

Omg don't even get me started on that Cowboy Bebop sountrack. I collected all of them when I was younger. It's probably one of my favorite anime soundtracks.

These are some of my favorite songs/artists:

Normally I can't stand Utada Hikaru, but I really like this song.

...and for the c-c-c-c-combo breaker:

I don't know any except for this one song that I've always loved....

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Government Alpha

Merzbow

Otomo Yoshihide

Toshiki Kadomatsu (^__^)

I've been made to believe the order of appearance for the "first" and the "last" names sometimes varies according to whether the release is intended for the Japanese or the Western market. They sometimes seem to flip 'em around.

Toshiko Akiyoshi, I love that lady

and let's not forget Sadao Watanabe

Keiko & Kazu Matsui

Kimiko Kasai

Teruo Nakamura / Terumasa Hino

Sadao Watanabe

Nagasaki Peace Park

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zsasz said:

gackt

scoobie do

dir en grey

the big three for me...absolutely amazing artists.

the first time i ever heard gackt was his cover of STEVIE'S 'fire'.

i have a house-mate who's an expert in j-pop (and is fluent in kanji), so i find out a little more about it through her.

It's threads like this that make the org's nuttiness so worth it all. I love Ryuichi Sakamoto, but aside from him, Shonen Knife and the 5,6,7,8s, I know nothing about contemporary Japanese music. I definitely need to check out some of these bands.

yeah, rip slyme... crazy stuff...

i liked teengenerate.

i LOVE melt banana!!!

guitar wolf

the boredoms

zeni geva is also pretty crazy...

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MJJstudent said:

zsasz said:

gackt

scoobie do

dir en grey

the big three for me...absolutely amazing artists.

the first time i ever heard gackt was his cover of STEVIE'S 'fire'.

i have a house-mate who's an expert in j-pop (and is fluent in kanji), so i find out a little more about it through her.

I can't stand Gackt. I find his singing to be godawful. I can't even believe that people find Hyde to be the inferior singer.

Well, whatever, I have had the pleasure of seeing a lot of my favorite acts live in the States. Here's one who is up and coming:

I, briefly, saw her perform. She would do some hand movements in this huge dress and then go back and play her cello.

...

A couple more:

Taku Iwasaki- "Witch Hunter Robin" Soundtrack

Akiko Yano

Rei Harakami

Yanokami (Akiko Yano and Rei Harakami) - "Night Train Home"

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me and japanese bands nah...well here the little bands i like

Malice Mizer

Velvet Eden

Schwarz Stein

Lareine

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Jun Togawa

Ruelia

Phaidia

G Schmitt

X Japan

Kaya

BLAM HONEY
BAAL

ACO

Akina Nakamori

Akihiro Miwa

Another Cell

Art Marju Du Chain

FICTION

GILLES LOVE

LUCIFER LUSCIOUS VIOLENOUE

Baiser

Kuroyume

Buck Tick

Deadman

Soft Cell

Eve Of Destiny

Kozi

Gackt

Guniw Tools

Nookicky

Hora

Kagrra

Missalina Rei

Devil Kitty

Madeth Gray'll

Gastunk

Phobia

Pierrot

Pride Of Mind

Shazna

The Stalins

Sugar Forkfull

i have many more here some of favorite tracks and or videos

one with english subtitles

Lucifer Luscious Violenoue