Re: (313) japanese electronic artists - nobukazu takemura
i know that i'm crazy late, haven't checked my list mail in a few days: nobukazu takemura. i love him. sorry if someone mentioned him already. throw his name in google. he's got a tune, i believe its called sign, some ol' double time-1/2 time-timbaland 3003-vocoded insanity. i first heard it during his set @ demf 2001 it cracked my head. he does some ambient stuff, some glitchy stuff... pretty diverse. here's a nice busy (yet mellow?) tune of his called cogwheel. peep. http://www.thrilljockey.com/NobukazuTakemura-Cogwheel.mp3 tschuss! :brownstudy
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did anyone mention kaito yet? On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Jason Hogans wrote: i know that i'm crazy late, haven't checked my list mail in a few days: nobukazu takemura. i love him. sorry if someone mentioned him already. throw his name in google. he's got a tune, i believe its called sign, some ol' double time-1/2 time-timbaland 3003-vocoded insanity. i first heard it during his set @ demf 2001 it cracked my head. he does some ambient stuff, some glitchy stuff... pretty diverse. here's a nice busy (yet mellow?) tune of his called cogwheel. peep. http://www.thrilljockey.com/NobukazuTakemura-Cogwheel.mp3 tschuss! :brownstudy
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some artists: takagi masakatsu aoki takamasa (silicom) ogurusu norihide world's end girlfriend some labels: progressive form romz records jasonb -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 8:59 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Japanese electronic artists Curious to see who has explored the work of Japanese techno artists - been getting into the Sublime label lately and there seems to be a lot of names (on that label and other) that should be better known as they create some really good techno/ambient techno/house music - however seeing that Japanese imports are so expensive I can understand why shops don't stock them but if anyone would like to discuss Japanese techno (especially ambient/melodic techno) please hit me back (maybe off-list) MEK
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I found the limited yellow vynil version of YMO Compute Game at my local used book and record store. (I also found a scratched up 12 of Human Resource Dominator on RS with no record sleeve for .49 cent's) One of my favorite YMO albums is BMG even though the vocals sound a little slured still some cool electronics being used. They have a gear list on the back of the album for the trainspotters, I'm pretty sure I hear a TR-808 although it's not listed.
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Here are a few I haven't seen mentioned yet: o PARK AVENUE are on Frogman sublabel USB, and are a great mixture of relaxed techno and house with more idm-ish elements. The track Park Avenue on their debut LP _Mexico_ is one of the nicest vocal techno / house tracks I've heard in a while. Most fans of Aril Brikha and Optic Nerve would find something to like on _Mexico_. It's probably my favorite techno / house album from last year (I really couldn't tell you whether it's more techno or more house, but it doesn't really push any tech-house buttons, which I personally think is a good thing). o DJ Q'HEY is more of a DJ than a producer (he has one EP out but is one of the residents at Tokyo's Maniac Love), but his mix CD REBOOT #01 is a manic three-turntable mix of stuff people here claim to hate (Adam Beyer, Cari Leikebusch, Chris Liebing) put together by someone with serious mixing skills and a good ear. Most looped- banger style mixes get tedious after the first half-hour or so, but this one stays consistently interesting. Fun and high-energy without ever getting overly monotonous or hectic. o I assume we all know about FUMIYA TANAKA by now, but I thought I'd mention that his MIX.SOUND.SPACE mix CDs are an interesting idea (2 CDs' worth of short, 10-20-minute micro-sets) that I think is very well executed. Akufen, Basic Channel, Stewart Walker, Jeff Mills, Twerk, Kit Clayton, and the Advent all make appearances, and nothing ever has time to get boring, but neither does it get as hard as you might guess from listening to Tanaka's tracks. o KAGAMI takes house, disco, techno, mildly progressive bits, and a tiny tinge of the electro revival, and throws it all in a blender. The net result is maybe a bit poppy for the more discerning 313 tastes, but Kagami's recent album _Star Arts_ is a fun listen. o If you can find them, the Isolated Audio Players comps are idm-ish comps of more abstract Japanese electronica. The quality is variable (like on all idm comps), but there are a couple tracks on the first one that I wouldn't part with. And of course, DJ SHUFFLEMASTER, RYOJI IKEDA, KEN ISHII, and DJ KRUSH all put out albums last year. I'm surprised the Ishii (_Future In Light_) didn't get mentioned more prominently here, as it's his most obviously dancefloor focused album, and it owes a strong stylistic debt to one D. May. It's very 313 and very good. I guess maybe it hasn't found a distributor outside Japan yet (Ishii started his own label to release it), which is really too bad. The DJ Krush album (_Message at the Depths_) is probably his strongest effort as well, with guest appearances by Anti-Pop Consortium, Anticon, Sly Robbie (!), and a bunch of less well-known talents. share and enjoy, F -- . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)823-6356 http://www.pushby.com/forrest/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::
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I went back and read MEK's original message, and of the releases I list, the most heavily melodic are the Park Avenue and Ken Ishii, and the most ambient are the DJ Krush and the Isolated Audio Players comps. The Ishii, in fact, is probably the most melodic techno record I've heard since I finally bought my copy of _The Innovator_, and is almost as good. On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 05:15:12PM -0800, Forrest L Norvell wrote: Here are a few I haven't seen mentioned yet: -- . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)823-6356 http://www.pushby.com/forrest/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::
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On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 04:51:25PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to know if any list members have done some techno tourism in Japan and what it was like - I've always wanted to go there. Let me live vicariously through you I spent last October kicking around Japan (Tokyo mostly, but I got down to Kyoto, Osaka, and Himeji as well). I tried to make it to a bunch of events while I was there and failed utterly, from which I draw these two sage bits of advice to any other would-be Japanese techno tourists: 1. Make some friends there who know how to find the venues you're going to, because the Japanese don't use street addresses the way we do and the maps that they do use to find clubs take a while to decipher (even if you can read Japanese). 2. Try really hard to avoid coming down with any major colds before you spend two hours wandering around Roppongi and Aoyama trying to find Luners. Also, knowing what night Jeff Mills and Claude Young are actually going to be playing there helps a lot. Part of the challenge and fun of being in Tokyo is that it's got one of the most confusing street layouts in the world. You can have a clearly labeled map that points you right to, say, that highly recommended techno record store in Shimokitazawa (Time To Galaxy), and you can spend hours crawling over the same three blocks looking for it until giving up and asking a policeman for help, at which point you're pointed to an alley you must have passed about a zillion times without seeing. Even if you've got a good sense of direction and are good at getting around in cities with lots of little back streets, Tokyo will humble you the first time you're there (I had no problem getting around in Kyoto and Osaka, so it's not Japan as a whole). That said, the Tokyo club scene is awe-inspiring. The dance music focus is firmly on disco / house / funk and (increasingly) progressive trance, but there are club nights that cater to just about everything (I went to a bar in Shibuya where one of the members of Pizzicato 5 was playing a set of straight-up bossanova), and there's a decent number of techno nights as well. Luners, Maniac Love, Sugar High, Milk, and of course the Liquid Room all have technoish nights happening on a semi-regular basis. There are a number of fabulous record stores in Tokyo, with the Disc Union in Shinjuku being the best place for newcomers to start, but beware -- most of the dance music sold in these stores is imported, and even with import duties, imported music is cheaper than records produced and made in Japan. If anything, Japanese imports are cheaper in the States than they are in Japan. That said, the frickin' Virgin Megastore in Shinjuku (also a fabulous place to take your wireless laptop for some free (unauthorized) net access in the VM coffee shop) had more stuff on Kanzleramt than I've ever seen in one place in San Francisco. Since the trains stop running at midnight and because Tokyo is so large, if you want to go out and hit the town, you either have to have deep pockets (for cab fares) or be willing to make a night of it. Go out with your friends, check out a few of the thousands of tiny bars in Shibuya (many of which will have amazing DJs and music selections), take a cab over to Omote-Sando and spend the rest of the night at Maniac Love, then at 5, when the trains start running again, head over to the big fish market at Tsukiji and get some tuna sushi and sake for breakfast before dragging your ass back to your cheap lodgings in Minowa and passing out. You'll definitely feel like you've made a night of it, especially if you've been hanging out with some Japanese folks (who like to drink and act even drunker than they are). People will tell you that Japan is expensive, and they won't be lying. That said, if you save money on accomodations and food, you can save the bulk of your money for important stuff, like record shopping, clubbing, and buying exotic pornography / dating sims to amaze and repel your friends back home. I spent about $40 a day on accomodation and food _combined_, which is less than the door at Luners. Of course, door at most Japanese clubs and bars gets you a couple drink tickets, which takes the edge off a little (if you drink, which I don't). And I ate a lot of Japanese convenience store food, which was tasty, nutritious, and cheap, but probably took years off my life expectancy what with all the preservatives and MSG. All that said, I had the most fun being neither a techno tourist nor a regular tourist -- mostly, I just hopped on the subway and went to a neighborhood I'd never been in before and poked around in it. When you read the guidebooks (recommended: the Time Out guide to Tokyo and the Rough Guide to Japan; not recommended: the Lonely Planet guides to Tokyo and Japan) you get a lot of cliches (Blade Runner, city of the future, etc), but the reality is a lot weirder and shares a lot more in common with the decayed
Re: (313) Japanese electronic artists
There was an interesting article about the Cisco store http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/ on Jeff Mills Electronic Directory http://www.electronicdir.com/ You would think there would be a huge influx of techno artist from Japan but that's not the case.
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japanese techno artisits i like.. none of them really ambient or melodic however: Fumiya Tanaka Takaaki Itoh Hiroaki Iizuka Chester Beatty DJ Shufflemaster - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: (313) Japanese electronic artists Curious to see who has explored the work of Japanese techno artists - been getting into the Sublime label lately and there seems to be a lot of names (on that label and other) that should be better known as they create some really good techno/ambient techno/house music - however seeing that Japanese imports are so expensive I can understand why shops don't stock them but if anyone would like to discuss Japanese techno (especially ambient/melodic techno) please hit me back (maybe off-list) MEK
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I have heard some great ambient stuff from Susuma Yokota. He has recently released The Boy And The Tree on Leaf. I have only heard a couple of tracks from it on the label's sampler but the album is on my current wish list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:14 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (313) Japanese electronic artists japanese techno artisits i like.. none of them really ambient or melodic however: Fumiya Tanaka Takaaki Itoh Hiroaki Iizuka Chester Beatty DJ Shufflemaster - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: (313) Japanese electronic artists Curious to see who has explored the work of Japanese techno artists - been getting into the Sublime label lately and there seems to be a lot of names (on that label and other) that should be better known as they create some really good techno/ambient techno/house music - however seeing that Japanese imports are so expensive I can understand why shops don't stock them but if anyone would like to discuss Japanese techno (especially ambient/melodic techno) please hit me back (maybe off-list) MEK Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rei Harakami is always fun. jeff
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I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. -Original Message- From: The REAL Mxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 2:50 PM To: Robert Taylor; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists Rei Harakami is always fun. jeff Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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At 07:51 AM 1/11/2003, Robert Taylor wrote: I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists --- Rei Harakami is always fun. Well then, how about Yoshinori Sunahara? Denki Groove is a hoot, albeit a manic hoot. (try Voxxx) Ryuchi Sakamoto started a label called Progressive Form not too long ago which may be interesting (dunno about 313ish, though) There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. jeff
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There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. rei mitsui...but he's not really japanese, he's a brit under an alias... some japanese peeps that havent been mentioned (i don't think): matrix (chain reaction) keyo laboratories (creme/bunker...knowing these labels tho, it may just be a cover-story that he's japanese :P) jt _ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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Yosihinori Sunahara makes beautiful lush music for sure. -Original Message- From: The REAL Mxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:10 PM To: Robert Taylor; Robert Taylor; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists At 07:51 AM 1/11/2003, Robert Taylor wrote: I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists --- Rei Harakami is always fun. Well then, how about Yoshinori Sunahara? Denki Groove is a hoot, albeit a manic hoot. (try Voxxx) Ryuchi Sakamoto started a label called Progressive Form not too long ago which may be interesting (dunno about 313ish, though) There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. jeff Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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one other i forgot to mention: Tomito Satori. although that's actually another name for brit Inigo Kennedy. ;) On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 06:46 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: Yosihinori Sunahara makes beautiful lush music for sure. -Original Message- From: The REAL Mxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:10 PM To: Robert Taylor; Robert Taylor; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists At 07:51 AM 1/11/2003, Robert Taylor wrote: I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists --- Rei Harakami is always fun. Well then, how about Yoshinori Sunahara? Denki Groove is a hoot, albeit a manic hoot. (try Voxxx) Ryuchi Sakamoto started a label called Progressive Form not too long ago which may be interesting (dunno about 313ish, though) There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. jeff Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I picked up a double cd a couple of years ago called Pacific State that was just all Japanese techno artists, and had little bio's of each of them. It was pretty cool, might have to check it out again. Also, although he's not techno, DJ Krush, does some great instrumental hip-hop. nath - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'The REAL Mxyzptlk' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 4:50 AM Subject: Re: (313) Japanese electronic artists one other i forgot to mention: Tomito Satori. although that's actually another name for brit Inigo Kennedy. ;) On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 06:46 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: Yosihinori Sunahara makes beautiful lush music for sure. -Original Message- From: The REAL Mxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:10 PM To: Robert Taylor; Robert Taylor; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists At 07:51 AM 1/11/2003, Robert Taylor wrote: I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists --- Rei Harakami is always fun. Well then, how about Yoshinori Sunahara? Denki Groove is a hoot, albeit a manic hoot. (try Voxxx) Ryuchi Sakamoto started a label called Progressive Form not too long ago which may be interesting (dunno about 313ish, though) There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. jeff Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Anyone ever heard Yoshihiro Sawasaki? Apparently he is primarily a drum bass producer but has dome some ambient techno. I'd like to know if any list members have done some techno tourism in Japan and what it was like - I've always wanted to go there. Let me live vicariously through you MEK Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: 'The REAL Mxyzptlk' [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Taylor 4.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED], '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313@hyperreal.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/11/03 08:46 AMcc: Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists Yosihinori Sunahara makes beautiful lush music for sure. -Original Message- From: The REAL Mxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:10 PM To: Robert Taylor; Robert Taylor; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists At 07:51 AM 1/11/2003, Robert Taylor wrote: I'm not sure if I would call him fun! A pal of mine played me his Opaque CD (I think that's what it's called) when I was in a rather addled state of mind and I had to take it off! Very abstract - possibly too abstract for someone as shallow as myself. Subject: RE: (313) Japanese electronic artists --- Rei Harakami is always fun. Well then, how about Yoshinori Sunahara? Denki Groove is a hoot, albeit a manic hoot. (try Voxxx) Ryuchi Sakamoto started a label called Progressive Form not too long ago which may be interesting (dunno about 313ish, though) There was someone Japanese on Ferox as well, but I can't recall the name at the moment. jeff Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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my very most favorite japanese release is the 'romance' lp by web on syzygy records. one thing on green vinyl, from the same guy who did the eva ep on fatcat records the album in from 1995, in a very smooth b12/art-way, but with a smooth very lofi feel. the album is really along the way of old carl craig / eevo lute / connection machine stuuf.. takuya sugimoto is his name, i tried to contact him - but without much success yet from what i've heard he produced also as Tanzmusik, but as far as i can remember those things didn't impress me as much 313 forever .. . :: http://nomorewords.net
