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[Nomadic Sparks]

Yes! Seconded. They are absolutely amazing, the most psychedelic noise ever created.
Funnily enough, because it's posted on the gaming side, is that I found this band just because of a video game. Space Funeral, to be exact, which has a very unusual soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2FSqFxXeTY

Catchy af battle music

 

[Teknopathetic]

Shibuya-kei is my jam:

Towa Tei - Technova
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Honolulu Calcutta
Cornelius - Mic Check
Pizzicato Five - The Earth Goes Around

Mondo Grosso (and by extension, Shinichi Osawa) - Do you see what I see?

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Member TM Revolution?

 

[Mobius 1]

Awesome thread

 

[Patrick Bateman]

It probably has been posted, but I find this Mixtape pretty great:

Starfunkel: A Mixtape From Japan

Pretty much every song is a hit in my ears.

And my absolute favorite is this song from that mixtape:

Yuiko Tsukobura - Tsukanoma yotogi bito

 

[MaxDOL]

Zard

and

Tatsuro Yamashita

 

[Just_myles]

Char - Smoky

 

[Steamlord]

Random assortment of stuff I like

Les Rallizes Denudes
Jun Togawa
Pizzicato Five
Cornelius
Takako Minekawa
Fishmans
eX-Girl
Boredoms
Boris
Melt-Banana

 

[mamoniadas]

shinki-chen was killing it in the 70s too
psych rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7_RDTAsBI

 

[Jake.]

i have seen keiji haino a handful of times (including his 'birthday' show in 2009 which was 3hrs long) who has constantly recorded and performed since the 70s.

Les Rallizes Denudes are my favorite (and best band ever) to come out of Japan. Not for everyone though.

yup.

 

[Jakten]

I could probably make a massive list but here are some 80's songs that popped into my mind:

PINK TANK - 未来仕掛けのBaby Pop
MENU - ンキンテリアでドテカボチャ
有頂天 - BYE-BYE
Plastics - Top Secret Man (Please ignore the horribly racist Dave Thomas at the beginning)
BARBEE BOYS - 目を閉じておいでよ
PSY・S - PARACHUTE LIMIT
ケラ - テレビのボリュームを下げてくれ
ZIN-SAY! - All Night Long
ヒカシュー　びろびろ
P-MODEL - ART MANIA
Megumi Mori - Spark! Umi e
戸川純 - すきすきだいすき
THE MODS - 激しい雨が
Kawakami Yukie + Tsutomu (HP 25) - Heart no Neji
吉幾三 - 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ

 

[sixteen-bit]

Check for Yellow Magic Orchestra. Pretty cool music.

I love YMO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv5jMLJQ9f4

 

[shnurgleton]

subbed so hard

seconding the shibuya kei suggestions:

Pizzicato Five - ice cream meltin mellow
Cornelius - Drop
Towa Tei - Radio
Takako Minekawa - Plash
FPM - L'Aventure Fantastique
Lamp - Heya no Madobe
Maki Nomiya (of Pizzicato Five fame) and Fernanda Takai - A Message Song

edit:

Shintaro Sakamoto - Disco-ish funk

love the remix of this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38sf1zi_Fk
Shintaro Sakamoto is a treasure

 

[Hello? This is Hailun!]

Shintaro Sakamoto - Disco-ish funk

Yura Yura Teikoku - Psyche/Garage Rock

Kazuki Tomokawa - The Screaming Philosopher - Folk

Les Rallizes Denudes - 70's Freakout Psyche inspired by US 50s rock

Boris - Psyched out Doom Metal and sludge rock

Acid Mothers Temple - Speed freak Freakout Psyche

Ai Aso - Gentle Psyche Folk

Ghost - Progressive Rock/Chamber Folk/Psyche (all time favorite band)

White Heaven - Freakout psyche rock/jazz rock

The Seatbelts! - Big Band Jazz

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Prog Rock (first album)/Choral Music/World Music

Bubblelovele - Japanese Bubble Gum Pop Punk

Kikagaku Moyo - Krautrock inspired psyche

LSD March - Acid Folk/Freakout Psyche

Marble Sheep - Garage Rock/Psyche Rock

Zeni Geva - Hardcore/Noise Rock

Dot(.) - Blackened Doom

The Stalin - Hardcore Punk

マグダラ呪念 - All Female blackend stoner doom

CORRUPTED - The Greatest Doom/Noise band ever

 

[Porcile]

P-Model's In a Model Room is a classic album which transcends just being a cool piece of Japanese music. Really awesome.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Im a REALLY big Japanese music fan, favorite foreign music by far so heres a short list of favourites

Jazz,
Ryu Fukui
Hiromi

Jazz Hop,
Takuya Kuroda

City Pop/Jazz Fusion,
Ryo Kawasaki
Taeko Ohnuki
Casiopea

Folk,
Hako Yamasaki

Rock/metal,
Cyntia
Band Maid
Babymetal
Mad capsule markets
Marty Friedman (former Megadeth guitarist)
Maximum The Hormone
The Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno
X Japan
Galneryus
Loudness

Electronica,
Susumu Hirosawa

Pop,
Itou Kanako (originally born in Vietnam i believe)
Maaya Sakamoto

Hip hop,
Nujabes
DJ okiwari
Uyama hirito

Traditional/Noh/other,
Osamu Kitajima
Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Cool but OP said 70s/80s/90s

 

[Jakten]

Hudson Honey - Mr. B Bee Hudson Soft's own Idol dressed as the Pink Bomber.

 

[Vard]

I forgot to add:

Supercar - Three Out Change (1998)

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/cultur...ing-debut-japanese-rock-history/#.WdWgqK2B28o

 

[cryptosporidium]

Cool but OP said 70s/80s/90s

eh true, but hey at least 3/4s of that is within what OP wanted.

 

[Infinite]

edit: nvm

 

[Infinite]

Shibuya-kei is my jam:

Towa Tei - Technova
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Honolulu Calcutta
Cornelius - Mic Check
Pizzicato Five - The Earth Goes Around

Mondo Grosso (and by extension, Shinichi Osawa) - Do you see what I see?

takako minekawa tho

Also I cant believe I forgot Citrus.

 

[Despera]

GAF, I just started getting into older Japanese bands and I am in fucking love.

It all started with This is a 1980's Japanese mixtape. Every song on the playlist is good if not down right spectacular. I've started looking up some of the artists I liked best, and so far my favorite find is this Miharu Koshi song, which I think lead me to this Miki Matsubara song, which lead me to this pleasantly upbeat Haruomi Hosono song. Then my housemate suggested Sandii and the Sunsetz and they are fucking aaaamzzzzinggg I'm obsessed

I want more! I know there's at least a few people here who love this stuff. Give me some suggestions please!

edit: ugh wrong forum lmao

haha was gonna suggest Miki Matsubara but I see you got that covered. Stay With Me is one my favourite tunes from that era.

 

[Koozek]

Man, I got the first song (Chakra - Free) from the OP's mixtape stuck in my head since yesterday So good.

 

[Saladinoo]

Thank god for this thread, I've heard some before on various mixtapes and enjoyed it, this has reminded me to listen to this stuff more.

 

[Koozek]

Bumping that mixtape from the OP.

 

[Clod83]

My favourite album of all time.

 

[Fhtagn]

Les Rallizes Denudes are my favorite (and best band ever) to come out of Japan. Not for everyone though.

Hell yes.

 

[Forkball]

Flipper's Guitar is a quintessential Shibuya-kei band.

I really like Groove Tube

Doctor Head's World Tower is all around a great album.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Oh shit, I was listening to that shit earlier. Good shit there.

 

[psyfi]

Wow you all came THROUGH, It's going to take me so long to go through all this. Not that I'm complaining. I appreciate all the recommendations and I'm glad other folks are enjoying the thread.

 

[skny]

Long Season by Fishmans is insanely good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EKEwMXmXY&t=482s

 

[Anteater]

the checkers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwppixf4VjQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4a9l9URY4M

 

[#Phonepunk#]

seeing Cornelius in a week or so, and ive been listening again to his 90s stuff. rocking some Fantasma era tracks.

this badass cut up video for "Mic Check" was projected behing the band when i saw him in 99:


trippiest typewriter lesson with 3 letter acronyms. Takako Minekawa is on this as well:


awesome turntablist remix of Planet of the Apes where he has Roddy McDowell rapping over a beat & monkey grunts.

 

[lock2k]

Shonen Knife!!

 

[Kataploom]

Maria Takeuchi - Plastic Love

Shit's wonderful.

Also all the X-Japan.

Loving this! Youtube just put it on my feed and now I got a playlist of these wonders! ♥

 

[Shadowplay1979]

 

[ROMhack]

Obligatory

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Shonen Knife!!

my favorite song of theirs:

 

[lock2k]

my favorite song of theirs:

Love ESP. MTV used to play it here back on the day (how far we've come...) awesome song and band. I introduced them to my daughter and she loves them, especially Banana Chips!!

 

[#Phonepunk#]

yeah the 90s were a golden era for discovering Japanese music. i remember blasting Boredoms in my car (Super Are) and listening to new releases by Pizzicato Five and Fantastic Plastic Machine. the Shibuya-Kei stuff has a huge legacy and it is fun to go back and rediscover things. last year i started buying old vinyl compilations from the 90s and there is still so much to discover. and it all feels so 90s to me now, all the heavy 70's references mixed with grunge and pyschedelic rock. all the funk soundtracks bleeding into easy listening and go-go music. the Serge Gainsbourg fixation. the spectacular taste in international pop.

recently i've gotten more into the 70's and 80's, going thru a big YMO phase. they recently reissued a lot of the classic Haruomi Hosono LPs and i think Mac DeMarco covered some of his stuff, so that era is getting trendy again. Philharmony and Paraiso are incredible LPs. earlier this year i realized i was pretty much in the dark for City Pop but luckily it's all on youtube. it's been a joy discovering that stuff.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I like Casiopea:

 

[Cybrwzrd]