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ELECTRONICA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 19, 2016
Yoshino Yoshikawa switches up his ‘kawaii’ sound on ‘Event Horizon’
The Japanese word for cute, “kawaii,” has been popping up more and more in the English lexicon in recent years. From the popularity of Hello Kitty to singer Gwen Stefani’s new kawaii-filled cartoon “Kuu Kuu Harajuku” being cute means making money, and it’s no different in the world of music.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 6, 2016
Thank God it’s Wednesday: Kom_I and her band are shaking up Japan’s pop scene
Kom_I, the lead singer of electro-pop trio Suiyoubi no Campanella, could very well be the personification of the term “free spirit.”
CULTURE / Music
May 22, 2016
Seiho’s rise out of the clubs results in ‘Collapse’
Seiho Hayakawa knows how to work a room. After his show at Black Bear Bar in Brooklyn — a performance that saw him thrashing his long hair back and forth to electronic beats — the Osaka-born musician takes a walk through the crowd. He chats with the locals and poses for selfies. The overall verdict...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 3, 2016
The shape-shifting landscape of Japan’s electronic underground
Detroit techno pioneer Derrick May joined Tokyo’s DJ Emma on New Year’s Eve to say goodbye to one of the capital’s most respected electronic music venues, Air.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 11, 2015
Albino Sound explores angles on ‘Cloud Sports’
When musicians from around the globe gathered in Tokyo last autumn for the 2014 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) — an intensive series of lectures, gigs and studio sessions that aims to nurture promising artists — many of the participants had already found a foothold within the music...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2015
Akiko Kiyama’s twisted techno turns to new kind of sound
Akiko Kiyama has made a name for herself as one of the most prominent female Japanese techno artists. Since returning to Tokyo this past December after living in Berlin for several years, she has already launched her own label, Kebko Music, with two releases in a matter of months.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015
Young Juvenile Youth courts clubs and charts
Whether it’s younger stars like Sam Smith and Charli XCX whose pasts have seen collaborations with producers such as Disclosure, Alex Metric and Starkey, or established names like Bjork delving into the underground to work with Arca and The Haxan Cloak, the trajectories of pop and club music have never...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2014
Ryan Hemsworth gives Japan’s budding music producers some support overseas
Canadian music producer and DJ Ryan Hemsworth is always on the move. He’s zig-zagged across North America, Europe and Australia multiple times over the last two years, an endeavor he has said is “such a crazy luxury, but the most exhausting thing as well.” His upcoming trip to Japan, however, is special....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2014
Haioka wants to represent Japanese style at RBMA
By his own admission, Shintaro Haioka was a late bloomer. The 32-year-old producer, one of only two Japanese artists taking part in the upcoming Red Bull Music Academy Tokyo, says he was an avid music fan as a teenager — but a lousy musician.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 16, 2014
Dommune welcomes British broadcasting platform Boiler Room to Tokyo
It might not be a substitute for experiencing music in a night club, but the live-streaming medium has become increasingly popular over the years, offering viewers a chance to watch their favorite DJs from the comfort of their own bedroom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 1, 2014
LA lifestyle gives starRo a new take on making music
Video-chatting with Los Angeles resident Shinya Mizoguchi toward the tail end of a particularly testing Tokyo winter, it’s hard not to feel a twinge of jealousy. I deliberately avoid defaulting to my typically British weather-related opening gambit of small talk, but it’s not long before the topic is...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 18, 2014
Hiroto Kudo “Omoid”
The musical subgenre glitch reflects our modern relationship to digital sounds, something Hiroto Kudo has picked up on for his new EP, “Omoid.”
CULTURE / Music
Mar 4, 2014
Tim Deluxe makes ‘Radicle’ move to get healthy
We’ve all been there before. Sometimes it’s a New Year’s resolution, sometimes it’s the realization that you’re out of breath just running up the stairs to catch your last train — but at one point or another, we’ve all decided to try and get in shape.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 4, 2014
Eadonmm’s beats prove black is back
“Black is the new black” always seems like a safe motto when it comes to picking clothes, but in an electronic-music world that is constantly churning out micro-genre ephemera, some would argue that black has gone out of fashion.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 21, 2014
Ventla, i-fls and the road out of the Web
Tokyo bedroom producer Ventla has one goal and one goal only.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 30, 2013
After breakthrough covers, James Blake proud that ‘Overgrown’ belongs to him
For most, the passage from underground dubstep sensation to critically acclaimed, Bon Iver-collaborating, Kanye West-endorsed artist is the kind of career path you can only dream of.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 4, 2013
Sonar festival sounds out Japanese hopefuls
For two decades, it’s entertained, educated and — on more than a few occasions — polarized electronic music fans. As Barcelona’s Sonar festival enters its 20th year, it’s still as contrary as when it first started: an event with equal space in its heart for abstract electronica and the Pet Shop Boys,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / IN THE RECORD
Jan 23, 2013
Eadonmm
Known to most as Eadonmm, Shinya Wada is a Kansai-based producer and DJ. In addition to organizing an event called Idle Moments in Kyoto, he is now busy finishing a new album, “Aqonis,” due out this spring on Osaka label Day Tripper Records. Here’s a look at what he’s got in his record bag (he even gave...
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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