Japanese Mu/core/

>>52400881
Midori - Hello Everyone
Boris - Flood
the first Kyary album
Perfume - Game
probably some te', or Worlds End Girlfriend
that Kashiwaki Diesuke whatever album that always gets made fun of.
Nujabes - Modal Soul

What's the deal with these threads about Japanese music?
I don't think I've ever went and thought "gee, I sure could go for some Japanese music right now", the nationality of the artists I like has very little to do with why I appreciate their music. The fact that some of those artists are Japanese is something I barely take note of, since "Japanese music" isn't an actual genre.
Is it just some weeaboo thing?

>>52400881
>(chart of relatively obscure albums covering many genres, so no, not just shitty mathrock and poprock.)
you actually think /mu/core is obscure and covers many genres?

let's see

>NMH
rock
>Spirit
pop
>Kid A
pop
>Spiderland
rock
>Loveless
rock
>Burial
electronic
>Talking Heads
pop
>King Crimson
rock
>GYBE
rock
>MBDTF
hip hop
>ExM
hip hop
>American Football
pop

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this please

I don't know about the albums in general but if there isn't a japanese hardcore section then it's gonna be automatically trash

>>52400927
There is a notable difference in musical stylings of bands from Japan. Some do it because they are weeaboos, some do it because they want a similar sound within certain genres.

>>52400932

STGSTV really reminds me of Remain of light,
amirite

>>52400963
What if you do it for both reasons?

>>52400932
>american football - pop

TOP KEK.

They don't even follow the standard pop structure what teh fuck are you on about

>>52400983
There's nothing wrong with that.

>>52400924
These and that Melt-Banana album from last year.

>>52400932

I even included specific genres in the post but you still used such vague genres?

>>52400924

but perfume is just a popular idol group, no different then those all girl kpop groups

>>52401130
and?

>>52400932

>Loveless
>rock

Ok so there are only four genres in the universe : rock, pop, hip hop and classical, thanks for the opinions friend

>>52401167
i mean there arent any mucore albums nearly as popular

>>52401221
Kanye.
but that doesnt even factor in.

/mu/-core was always just a list of albums commonly talked about, praised, joked about, or shitted on.
It never had anything to do with popularity outside of /mu/, or even whether or not they were recommended albums

>>52401176
They are rock, shoegaze is a subgenre of rock.

>>52400927
you'd make sense if it weren't for the blatant fact the vast majority sing in Japanese

>>52401176
You missed electronic, jazz, funk, reggae, blues, and latin

>>52400881
Someone here have a pic like this only with essential Shoegaze albums?

who cares really

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this makes me comfy

>>52400927
Yea, it's a weeaboo thing

>>52401418
reggae and latin are traditional folk

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>>52401511
here

>>52401631
Thanks

>>52400927
>I don't think I've ever went and thought "gee, I sure could go for some Japanese music right now"
I did. I also was like this with Greek music, Icelandic music, Balkan music, and, right now, Caucasian music.
You gotta explore, anon

>>52401749
And I bet every time you listened to Western pop/rock/electronic genres.

>>52400963
This. Especially true in math rock. While they may not as often be as rhythmically impressive as their western counterparts, a lot of Japanese stuff is more melodically-focused, I've noticed.

Motoro Faam - ...and Water Cycles

maybe?

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The image I have posted this relevant to the topic of this thread.

Why is it that Japanese music often sounds cheesy as fuck, to the point of it being a detractor in the music?

Program Music I, Seven Idiots, Midori...all super cheesy.

>>52404094
Do people genuinely like Dir En Gray? They sound like they make conscious effort to stay as bland and generic as humanly possible.

>>52404703
/b/tards and Death Grips fans love them

>>52400932

>NHM
folk
>Spirit
noise/experimental pop
>Kid A
electronic/alternative rock
>Spiderland
Dunno, postrock or something
>Loveless
Shoegaze
>Burial
2-step/UK Garage
>Talking Heads
Post-punk
>King Crimson
Progressive Rock
>GYBE
Post-Rock
>MBDTF
Hip-hop
>ExM
Industrial Hip-Hop
>American Football
Emo


Learn2Genres. Don't go arround labelling shit like a an autist who only knows 3 words.

>>52404869
>folk
Folk

>noise/experimental pop
>electronic/alternative rock
>Dunno, postrock or something
>Shoegaze
>Post-punk
>Progressive Rock
>Post-Rock
>Emo
All rock

>2-step/UK Garage
>Hip-hop
>Industrial Hip-Hop
Electronica

>>52400940
seconding this, GOAT shoegaze

>>52404944
>everything on that list
All music

Your argument is dumb

>>52405006
>muh sub, subgenres

Fuck off, /mu/core is extremely narrow no matter how many bullshit subgenre labels you come up with.

>>52400927
its a weeaboo thing.

>>52404703
>bland and generic as humanly possible

I never really got that vibe from their music, the album in the chart is quite the stand out, atleast in the metal scene. Kyo has always been a pretty distinct and versatile vocalist too.

>>52400927
It's kind of hard to find good Japanese music, but once you find it, it's usually fantastic.

>>52400963
Japanese music lacks leading tones a lot.

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>>52401130
>no different

Pls, no other group has mai waifu

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A desperate plea for the necessity of regional essentials list:

everyone who says Japanese shoegaze is the same as UK shoegaze is somewhat right - there are genre particular stylistic necessities to account for.

But they'd be wrong to say regionality don't matter. The evolution of music and value systems within a particular region influence just as much what sort of melody an artist spins.

On another note, I'm confused, perplexed, disgusted even - why must y'all consistently sleep on Supercar

>>52405330
Rock is rock, techno is techno, hip hop is hip hop, only the language changes country to country.

The only regional charts should be for traditional music of the country.

>>52400881
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- That chinese guy with the mustache that keeps popping up on youtube
- Akiko Yano

>>52405156
I can't help but notice this type of vocals on too many Japanese bands. For example Aldious, Girugamesh, D'espairsRay and a bunch of older J-rock bands like X Japan or One Ok Rock. Those are just some I could remember. Sure they are different enough to be recognizable but similarities are overbearing.

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>>52404944
>>52400932
>electronic
>electronica

>>52405507
Electronica is a music genre encompassing a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities. Unlike electronic dance music (EDM), not all examples of electronica are necessarily made for dancing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica
http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/electronica-ma0000002574
http://www.last.fm/tag/electronica

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>>52400881
>shoehorning Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished in the place of Merriweather Post Pavilion

You guys never rest, do you?

>>52405623
Can I download your meme? I think it's pretty whoopin'

>>>52405369
I dunno man - take Japanese Hip hop (Kimidori for instance) - one the style of delivery is a lot different (which can be chalked up to language) and the way instrumentals are constructed are different. Tonality and atmosphere are totally different from, say, De La Soul. I'm not saying there aren't cross-regional comps, but it's not just dumb luck that there are so few.

Personally, I think the idea that there is only one rock/hip-hop/etc. is pretty dumb. What are we, cavemen still buying into the existence of an enduring primordial self? Same with music - the game dun changed. Music and the means of its production are constantly gnawed at, traded, regurgitated, shitted out, and eaten again. The point being it lives a fragmented existence (but this is all very basic knowledge I 'spose)

>>52405555
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock
http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/alternative-indie-rock-ma0000012230
http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative

nice quads

>>52405330
this
supercar is the best thing from japan

>>52405369
Performing lobotomy on you could be considered grade A medical prank on the doctor who will have dig inside your shit filled head.
Every music genre has roots planted in one place or the other, roots that can be vary significantly from place to place affecting what grows on them.
Two bands of one genre could be significantly different from one another simply based on their place of origin which could be proven by comparing it to other bands from same place.
That's why regional genres were born, you fucking meat factory dropout.

>>52405557
mah nigga

ゲスの極み乙女。 is petty dope

http://youtu.be/apr2JCdpTbQ

And this too:

http://youtu.be/Z-C_5vGYqXA

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Any of Daoko's albums.

>>52405677
also some nominations

>Jazz
Ryo Fukui - Scenery
>Post-Punk
Number Girl - Sappukei
>Rock 'n Roll
Sadistic Mika Band - Black Ship
>Beats
Yoshinori Sunahara - Pan Am
>Shoegaze
Supercar - OOyeah!!
>Experimental Rock/Electronica
Cornelius - fantasma
>Psychedelic Rock
Speed, Glue, and Shinki - Speed, Glue, and Shinki
and this >>52405557

>>52406073
Could you please upload this, man? It's not even on soulseek and I've been looking for days.

>>52406299
adding blog and/or zip usually helps for shit like this.
add tumblr this time though, someone uploaded a bunch of her singles and albums there.

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>>52406073
Whenever I listen to daoko I feel like she's trying to steal my soul.

I don't speak Japanese so I don't know what she's saying.
I don't know what she wants from me.
But I'm more than willing to give it to her.

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>no utada

>>52406485
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q5-4yMi-xg
And for a good reason it seems.

>>52406569
That's a good song faggot?

She has only one bad Japanese album, her English albums are kill yourself tier tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpsUUO8nyQw

>>52406299
Not him, but here's what I got:

Daoko - UTUTU
https://mega.co.nz/#!J0tm3Raa!PjI_1KO6K1jg3a2Fm6wc_HN8ryn8GTwI8we9MCOc1zQ
Daoko - HYPERGIRL
https://mega.co.nz/#!px1BmDBK!JTQG5WMCH6aG9VA19iLkf06aG6P3g3-mgrycnk3PGlk
Daoko - GRAVITY
https://mega.co.nz/#!FldRlKoQ!rQSKrLPZARSDYRIYUzidQcyoeSdjHcXgpMRnD4IB614

>>52406591
If you think cut-and-dried pop song about love is good then yeah. Doesn't change the fact that there's nothing that puts it above absolutely any other pop song, or that there's nothing unique about any of her music.

>>52406635
Many thanks, friend.

>>52406591
>her English albums are kill yourself tier tho
read OP faggot?

>>52406653
I'm not going to argue with a retard, her music is very well made and she makes it which is a + in my book especially for a female.

But if you wanna not be a retard and ACTUALLY listen to her music, I recommend Deep River

>>52406681
What are you talking about?

On my phone right now so can't type in runes

But Enka is beautiful.

Listen to Misaki Iwasa for some modern Enka which respects all the pioneers who paved the way.

And then Meiko Kaji who is probably the most well known Enka singer.

>>52406701
>Japanese /mu/core
>English albums

>>52406786
All he said was that her english albums suck, I don't see your point either

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You know, we're never gonna have a decent chart if all that happens is people shout out names and hope a consensus builds. Make a case, and give a sample in case it's something people haven't heard.

As for me, it's gotta be Supercar. Their influence is manifest in many current-day shoegaze outfits (Civic, Kinoku Teikoku, Pop-office) as well as more elctronica-charged stuff (Mitsume, Plastic Girl in Closet). And yet their sound is singular. Shoegaze, but with the bass as the guiding light as the rhythm scratches along with distorted snares and reverberating cymbals offering a new kind of distortion. Vocal dissonance of delivery between Miki's vibrancy and Nakoko's apathetic coolness amazingly work to bear the meaning of their lyrics via sound over language. And their more electronica infused stuff is just as unique, synths that sound organic in the way they create earnest (there's no better word) soundscapes for everyone to croon/play over.

As for which album, I'd say go with Futuruma, but that's not the most popular nor most accessible.

It'd have to come down to between 3 Out Change and Highvision - shoegaze versus electronic alt rock (with some shoegaze sensibilties). And I think you have to go with Highvision - you won't find anything remotely similar that is as remotely good.

No Long Season? That album pops up so often here

>>52408507
People who like it and saw this thread probably don't want it getting memed on even harder than it has been

>>52400881
Flower Travellin' Band's Satori is /mu/ core damn good psych rock/early metal

Dir En Grey's Uroboros is varied metal stuff

X Japan's Art of Life is one of the GOAT symphonic/power metal albums

>>52408616
Also GISM and Zouo did some interesting stuff as far as punk is concerned.

>>52405392

YMO's s/t, SSS, or Naughty Boys.

Come on though, YMO is easy to listen to, one of the most important electronic music bands of all time, and critically respected. Honestly weird never seeing YMO on /mu/ considering how fun they are and how easy it is to see their importance in hip-hop's growth.

>>52408688
Then P-Model too.

>>52409262
>>52408688

Either would be good, seems like people just don't know about Japanese music other than stuff like Supercar, Fishmans and Merzbow here.

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>>52409316
... and her

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>>52409386
damn she is cute

>>52400881
>Exmilitary instead of TMS
you're trying too hard

>>52400932
holy fuck this is a new level of autism

someone did make a japanese /mu/core chart once, i remember being in the thread but i didn't save the chart because i didn't care enough.

>>52404944
make a diverse genre list so we can know what's really right anon :^)

>>52405031
God what are you 15? It's always clear someone is underage when they go from trying to sound intelligent to randomly tossing in some cussing for edgy flare.

>japanese mucore
Boris
Midori
Fishmans
Melt-Banana
Merzbow
Nujabes
World's End Girlfriend
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kashiwa Daisuke
>other good shit
Shinsei Kamattechan
Ryoji Ikeda
Uchu Conbini
jizue
Capsule
Nenem
Ling Tosite Shigure
Kinoko Teikoku
Mouse On The Keys
Tricot
Mutyumu

>>52400881
what was that midori song when she keeps screaming something like TASTERAAH

>>52409871
so we got /mu/core and sub /mu/core

>>52410077
that's just the stuff that I like personally, but yeah, kinda
>>52409915
second track off Hello Nice To Meet You

>>52410135
the other good shit or the japanese mucore? because the japanese mucore section, whether they're your favorites are not, pretty much pins down japanese /mu/core exactly.

>>52410135
>second track off Hello Nice To Meet You
but it's not, this is the one that starts with an almost accapella (just her voice over drumsticks hitting each other and a piano note)
do you have a yt link mayb?

>>52410299
oh, yeah, the /mu/core section is on point. I meant the second section is just stuff I like, and would have to be expanded

>>52410304
ok i found a yt link but it's p weak, she had a better one somewhere damn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6A_du8Rupg

anyone knows what im t

alking about

>>52410408
the track you want is ゆきこさん

>>52400881
what the fuck is that terrible chart?

is this what the newfangled tumblrinas on /mu/ consider /mu/ core?

fucking morons

Why would we need a Japanese /mu/core.
The weeaboos on /mu/ already have narrow as fuck taste.

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>>52410408
the actual song on jpopsuki

>>52409915
>>52410135
TASTERAAAAAAAAAAAAH
http://vimeo.com/104563003

Tricot as sub-moo core though? I'd be cool with that. Doesn't really get discussed much though, does it?

Can anyone rec any good jap metal besides Boris?