H-hi /mu/ /u/ here. I'm studying Japanese to better translate

Listen to Midori and Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

Melt Banana

>>>/out/

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>>50608022
>yuri fanfics

fucking dropped

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>>50608022
/jp/ has the denpa thread though, which is where you should have gone for all your weeb music delights.

Also, listen to this badboy for your japanese lesbian-tinted poppy music.

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>>50608111
T-thanks boku no tripfag. But I don't really enjoy anime music.

I do like electronic. S-since /mu/ told me to listen to Mogwai and Gutter Twins I've been trying to find something Japanese that's a little less bombastic.

[spoiler]YuruYuri is the greatest.[/spoiler]

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>>50608148
Japan loves to dish out shoegaze and dream pop, so listen to a lot of that and make a manga about a bunch of disheveled looking 90s chicks forming a dream pop band and playing in a bunch of small clubs and coffee shops.

If that's not your style, listen to shibuya-kei like Pizzicato Five. They made that song "Baby Love Child" that was in Futurama

>>50608148
書上奈朋子 sounds right up your alley. Her albums Baroque and Psalm are ideal music to study to. I sure did when I was still studying japanese at uni :3

>>50608022
Although you prefer electronic music, I think you'll be okay listening to the Pillows (especially Happy Bivouac, Runners High, and Little Busters).

Midori
Boris
Kinoko Teikoku
Tricot

Some bands i like. Probably not the best for learning nip though, especially midori and boris

Janne Da Arc and Larc-en-Ciel if you want more melodic rock based stuff. Male vocals though.

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>translating fanfiction

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pic related
also check out Doopes - Doopee Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDn04KCpdR0

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>>50608323
I also like to translate AKB things anon. I like aidoru. They are also quite /u/ and /mu/ but I can't stand the music.

Thanks /mu/ you guys are way nicer than /jp/.

[spoiler]Uhm... my favorite bands are old NiN/Puscifer/How to destroy angels/nirvana etc. The 90's were my favorite musical time. I doubt there are any 日本 equivalents though.[/spoiler]

>>50608386
do you like AKB49〜恋愛禁止条例〜 ?

SCANDAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EDvabyo620

Silent Siren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTvgA2odTrg

Shishido Kavka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhPLK1Tn1GQ

宇宙コンビニ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR8CwENcgEk

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>>50608409
The musical or the manga? The manga is really quite cute. But the real lives of idols are often just as interesting. Their interactions with each other is often packed with /u/ both on stage and off which I enjoy a lot.
The musical was great too. One of my favorite idols was in it.

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We have it in writing.

Here you go OP.

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

>>50608469
This is super nice.

/jp/ here. sorry, but music isn't necessarily otaku culture. not that we had to be rude about it.

>>50608266
Solid recommendations, love the Pillows. I'd also add Please Mr. Lostman to the album list.
>>50608179
Pizzicato Five were my entry into Japanese music in like 1994 but they sound dated to my ear. Too French.

I'd say check out some Takako Minekawa - her stuff has aged really well. Fun 9 and Roomic Cube are good albums to start on. Smart woman, married to Cornelius.

Will also point out this record by Strawberry Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2i6oKERPx4

Midori, Kyary Pamyu Panyu, Jun Togawa, Dempagumi inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_cbE6oc6Ys

try 有頂天 cool band

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>>50608413
>that pic
>filename

Simply ebook

>>50608413
subtle

Saori@destiny
Ami Suzuki's album's TRUE and DOLCE
Curumi Chronicle
Aira Mitsuki
Ayuse Kozue
HALCALI
Ayaka Ikio
immi

does anyone have dl links to any of midori's stuff other than "aratamemashite..."? been looking all over the place for it but I can't find it anywhere

Try Asobi Sesku /u/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL7w6tQOCKo

>>50608022
>yuri fanfics

Remember slit vertically

try Soutaiseiriron. "gakkyuu Houkai" and "jigoku sensei" are pretty good songs from them.

Shinsei Kamattechan is the best fucking band ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxyA26gJ22E

>>50608022
i can help you photoshop pages and we can be a group together

otherwise it depends on what music that you like. if you like vocal jazz, listen to japanese vocal jazz, if you like avantcore - Midori is a good place to start, yeah.
The Boredoms, Boris, Envy, everything by Otomo Yoshihide, Melt-banana, Mono, Cornelius and shibuya-kei in general are all sme really great artists that I think can appear to a large audience.

where's a good place to learn japanese

>>50611034
/a/'s daily japanese thread.

>>50608413
Filename is a joke, but listen to this album OP

椎名林檎 - 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花
ACO - Irony
サカナクション - DocumentaLy
Zazen Boys - Zazen Boys 4

The Gerogerigegege

>>50611034
Japan

>>50611357
great band but their lyrics are in english

>>50611328
damn right

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>>50608022
Let me tell you about the wonderful world of visual kei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSzJKlV_Ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7CabHuhCYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvjbPvR8Vnw

These are some good starting points that are more "Pop" and easily accessible. From there, you can go to Kagerou, The Piass, Malice Mizer/Moi dix Mois and wherever else it might take you. Just note that from around 2005 onwards, the whole scene turned to shit as the big names experienced commercial success and every new band popping up is a copy of a copy of Dir en grey.

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You need to get down with Enka

Misaki Iwasa is a great starting point. She is a refreshing breath of young life into an ever aging genre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoXVLx1DtpU

And Meiko Kaji - she has an extensive body of work, but what first turned me on to her was her songs on the Kill Bill soundtracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InuNYmH_Nxc

Not to usurp this thread... but for the first 30 seconds of this trailer there is some kind of Japanese traditional music which sounds really good. Is there a special name for it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60LNBhskAf8

So are you just looking to take in some culture?

Or are their any genres you're interested in?

>>50608022
Guitar Wolf you fool

>>50611826
Ogre you asshole