Who are the essential jap artists?

when did city pop get so big here
anyway check out ymo, taeko ohnuki, pmodel, mariah, fishmans, casiopea, hiroshi sato, akiko yano, hiroshi yoshimura

Takatsu
Locon
Nagi Ichi

>>68185822
les rallizes dénudés

Yasushi Ishii

Anri
Seiko Matsuda

>Coaltar of the Deepers (shoegaze, some metal)

>Fishmans (early dub, later dream pop)

>Shinsei Kamattechan (idk)

>Uchu Conbini (math rock with female vocals)

Cornelius

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Ryo Fukui. He's definitely my favorite japanese jazz artist.

>>68186768
This

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Merzbow

Rustle

Akira Yamaoka, Shiina Ringo.

Humbert Humbert
Aoba Ichiko

Hikaru Utada
Perfume
The Pillows
NUMBER GIRL


Arbitrary selection, yes - but give 'em a go, anon.

>>68185822
Nujabes.

Toe

>>68186768
RIP, you beautiful soul :(

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melt banana

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Osamu Kitajima
Kan Mikami
Wataru Takada
Carmen Maki
Doji Morita
Keiji Haino
Maki Asakawa

Asian Kung Fu Generation.
Flow.
Do As Infinity.

While a very small selection I think those three (and Utada Hikaru, but everyone knows her) are a good representation of what I like to call "anime pop".

>>68185822
Hnnnng, who is this qt?

>>68189951
Miki Matsubara. She died in 2004.

>>68186381
This. Fantasma is sick

>>68189705

> Utada Hikaru
> Anime pop

Lolk

>>68186768
>implying you know other japanese jazz musicians

>>68189585

Shitty chart tbqh

Anyway try People In The Box and THE NOVEMBERS. You also want to check out Yura Yura Teikoku.

And also >>68189705

Which album have you heard so far? I wouldn't consider Magic Disk and some of their albums (Surf Bungaku Kamakura) as "anime pop".

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What purpose does categorizing music from different genres by it's country of origin serve unless you're a weeb?

Also, stillichimiya aren't essential but fun nonetheless ;-)

>>68191098
>stillichimiya

Don't tell me they are ska band.

>>68191098
>What purpose does categorizing music from different genres by it's country of origin serve unless you're a weeb?
I wondered this.
Just americans who wish they were asian, for some reason.

>>68191133

Please tell me you guys have this in America.
https://youtu.be/tR64Xn5syrw

>>68191098
>What purpose does categorizing music from different genres by it's country of origin serve unless you're a weeb?

Don't know if bait, but I'll bite. Talking about a country's music has always been a normal thing to do.

>>68185822

I only know a few artists, but these are pretty essential IMO


Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
Pasteboard
Tipographica
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Ground Zero
Hiromi
Mouse on the Keys
Tatsuro Yamashita
a picture of her
Yoshiki
Envy
Jeff Kashiwa
Gaia Prelude

>>68189982
Why do all of these Japanese artists die so young?

>>68191215
>Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
>first mention

You are my fucking nigga.

Also,
Quasimode
Nino ft. Round Table
World Order

toe
kashiwa daisuke
world's end girlfriend
kinoko teikoku has some good songs

>>68191073
This.

>>68191098
Because as with games and cartoons too, Japanese music is always better than the Western equivalent.

Maybe not electronic music though...

Jizue
Anamanaguchi
Tricot
My Dead Girlfriend
Wintermute
36g

FUCKING HELL

Zero mentions of Mass of Fermenting Dregs, wtf /mu/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtJv7xPqiHE

>>68192820
also anamanaguchi is from nyc fuckin pleb

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>>68192885
You know I had a feeling that they weren't actually Japanese for some reason, but I still put them in there.

>>68191073
Hiromi
Masayuki Takayanagi
Toshiyuki Miyama
Yosuke Yamashita
Takeo Moriyama
Satoko Fujii
are among my favourites as well

Motoi Sakuraba
Nobuo Uematsu
Hisayoshi Ogura

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>>68192790
I laugh

>>68191111
nah
they're kind of comedy hip hop