Japan Essentials...

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>>50187978
regards /bleep/

>>50188035
i remember when /bleep/ shat on this album so badly

>>50188078
Pretty sure peeps were joking. The album is a classic.

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>>50188078
its a meme techno classic

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdyZm08NwSI

>>50188280
but why is it a ebin maymay techno classic tho?

>>50188770
>no kenshi yonezu
literal garbage/10

pretty much everything masami made

>srs tho boris in general they can do no wrong

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>>50188800
>>50188800
no-one knows

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_TVkBm1jI

>>50188770
Add these:
>electronica
capsule - CUTIE CINEMA REPLAY
>jazz / ska
Hiromi - Alive
>noise / noise rock
Ground Zero - Revolutionary Pekinese Opera Ver.1.28
Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi - Imikuzushi
>psychedelic
Christine 23 Onna - Acid Eater
>folk
Ai Aso - Umeromono Izen
Meme - ちとてとち
>indie-rock
After Dinner - Paradise of Replica
Shinsei Kamattechan - つまんね
>pop
Haco & Sakamoto Hiromichi - Ash in the Rainbow
Kahimi Karie - Trapéziste
salyu x salyu - s(o)un(d)beams

>>50189330
THIS

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mai husbandus

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>>50189079
see also: T-Square/The Square

>>50188770
no Jun Togawa, Wha-Ha-Ha, Inu, etc.

would not bang

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Aw yiss.

>>50188770
>Post-Rock
>No BOaT

The fuck am I looking at?

>>50189695
Sample.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JNwxSNNNY

>>50189570
I like Solid State Survivor, BGM and Technodelic better than the pop stuff tho.

A lot of the solo stuff, side projects and collaborations, production for other artists, etc. is top notch too.

What makes Japan such a big hub for music? I see western artists having Japanese releases, going on tour in Japan, and of course the sheer amount of music that comes out of Japan

What makes them so important?

>>50189757
well actually i think all of that stuff is pretty bad. its old.

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This album is fucking amazing. Holy shit.

World music influenced, meditative prog rock.

Fuck.

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>>50189803

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Screamo / Post-Rock

So fucking good.

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Electronic/Progressive Rock

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>>50189823
God tier band in general, that's not even their best album, this is.

>>50189909
the early solo albums were kinda goofy sounding

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>>50189757
>I like Solid State Survivor, BGM and Technodelic better than the pop stuff tho.

I love their whole discography. Seriously.

>A lot of the solo stuff, side projects and collaborations, production for other artists, etc. is top notch too.

I will agree with you 100% there. Some people have already mentioned some artists in this thread that only came about thanks to either Hosono, Sakamoto, or Takahashi.

and I wish Sakamoto a full recovery! no fucking way he will be taken from this earth just yet.

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>>50189803
it's funny you think that, because i think most of new music is pretty bad, and prefer the old, especially anything Sakamoto/Hosono/Takahashi did from 77-84.

>>50190036
whats even funnier is that i dont even think that and have only ever listend to 3 singles by ymo

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>>50190078
okay then.

>>50189180
>Paradise of Replica
>indie-rock

>>50190461
Yeah, I was iffy on that one but I'm not really sure what else to call it.

>>50188770
Uroboros is the shit

>>50190570
A lot of that stuff doesn't really fit into any neat genre.

>>50189787

Japan is (and was throughout the 20th century) the second-largest developed country in terms of population, behind the USA.

That their cultural output is significant shouldn't actually come as a surprise... but to tell the truth I haven't ever heard anyone acknowledge or quote this statistic before.

No Boris on here yet. I'm not doin' it.

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1930

>>50189079
bought it like a week ago on vinyl, didn't knew it but I took a risk because of the cover art

>>50189720
Oh wow I love this, got a link to the album.
Reminds me of supercar, but more chilled out.

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>>50192844
May as well share just incase. I found this on /mu/ maybe 2 or 3 years ago and i still listen to it almost daily.

I don't even listen to much Japanese music but this song man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLuZubqizI#t=43


SUPERCAR - LUCKY

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Recommended Japanese Music (version 41.00)
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No M-Flo?

http://youtu.be/Wg1r9qa9JN0

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>>50193171
I really love Ghost's Hypnotic Underworld. It's possibly my favorite Japanese album ever. Do you know anything else I'd like based off it?

And not entirely related to the thread topic, but are there any non-Jap bands that had the same ideas going on?

what's a good japanese rap album?

>>50192525
is this that mars bowl guy?

>>50194478
>japanese
>any kind of good album

pick one

>>50194580
;;;;<<<>>>DDDD

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ACO - Irony

This album is incredibly beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlwlY5F_cM

https://mega.co.nz/#F!yhtRRZrY!mV5cQ9T7AJdQ287G2LUCMQ

>>50194474
Acid Mothers Temple

Holy shit Midori are fucking nuts

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Kao=s - さくら
>Japanese folk / rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppeg3rL5rGk&list=UUUEK2HPK48u7qBqq-_Y9yhw

>>50188770
add Harumi to Psychedelic

>>50195038
Midori are overrated af tbh

>>50188770
This chart is hilariously bad and innacurate. Props for including Number Girl though, they don't get enough love everywhere.

>>50194737
This is actually pretty great. Japanese bargain bin core is so delicious.

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essential Crow-core

>>50195295
Meh I dunno, I like their over the top style, reminds me of Melt Banana a bit (which are one of my favourite bands).

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New album when?

>>50188770
Needs a section for traditional music, although I'm not sure if it would go into folk or not.

>>50189330
anyone got a discography dl for these guys?

>>50189987
Did something happen to him that I missed?

>>50196489
it's all in the archive iirc

>>50188770
that Coffins album isnt the best choice for an essential chart. i also don't see Melt Banana anywhere

shit/10

>>50197198
Cellscape is on there autist

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bump

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npyOGhQZjZs

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pu7szARRfs

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PndY44ROg

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>>50189180
>indie-rock
>After Dinner