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  1. Gig report: "Swing in the JICOO" with Nakatsuka Takeshi
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound Last Saturday, May 7, was another swinging cruise hosted by Nakatsuka Takeshi aboard JICOO, the water bus-turned-floating bar designed by manga artist Matsumoto Leiji. The event was a sort of...
    Posted on May 12, 2011 at 22:58.
  2. Gig report: Farm Party #6: Abikyokan, Hosaka Akane, Young Fratellis, N'toko
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound On Friday April 22 was a fun event held at Asagaya GaMuSo, of the Farm Party series organized by the great Tokyo Gig Guide. Started just last year, it was...
    Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:49.
  3. Supercar "RE:SUPERCAR 1 ~redesigned by nakamura koji~"
    Supercar (disbanded in 2005) has a new release coming, that's of previously released songs "redesigned" by former member Nakamura Kōji (aka Nakakō aka iLL). The songs are mainly taken from early albums "Three Out Change", "Jump Up", "OOYeah!" and "OOKeah!"....
    Posted on April 17, 2011 at 00:34. | Released on April 20, 2011
  4. Nakano Aya "zurui hito"
    Trying to move on to 2011 but here's something I had failed noticing from last year. 25-year-old hostess Nakano Aya has a debut album released at the end of November that was produced by Hase Hajimu, consisting of various covers...
    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 21:30. | Released on November 24, 2010
  5. Gig report: "E*P=10Y" Elektel and Pyokn's 10th anniversary
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound Last weekend, on Sunday June 13, was held an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of two bands, Elektel and Pyokn, incidentally formed around the same time. The event was...
    Posted on June 20, 2010 at 18:21.
  6. Gig report: Rogue Wave vol.1
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound Last Tuesday after a rough day at work, I headed to Shindaita Fever (Shindaita is the station next to Shimokitazawa), a venue I had yet never been to. There was...
    Posted on May 30, 2010 at 23:00.
  7. Crazy Ken Band "Best tsuru", "Best kame"
    Crazy Ken Band's leader Yokoyama Ken will celebrate his 50th birthday this year on July 7. Fans are treated to two all-time greatest hits albums, each containing 15 tracks. This covers their whole career, and comes from two different labels,...
    Posted on February 19, 2010 at 23:16. | Released on February 24, 2010
  8. Vanilla Beans "Vanilla Beans Produce kaigi DVD" (DVD)
    Neo-Shibuya-kei idol unit Vanilla Beans has a first DVD coming. Included is a talk event held earlier this year with Okite Porsche (of unit Roman Porsche), a funny long-haired guy who's an important figure of the idol scene. The DVD...
    Posted on October 26, 2009 at 23:00. | Released on October 28, 2009
  9. Various Artists "Speedking presents: 8bit Rave"
    From Japan's first "death techno" label SPEEDKING comes this 8-bit Famicom/Gameboy chip-tune compilation featuring Yoshida Tetsuto, BUBBLE-B, KPLECRAFT, Cherryboy Function, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou and many more. See the promo sampler clip at YouTube below. This comes out at the same...
    Posted on October 8, 2009 at 21:40. | Released on October 21, 2009
  10. Fujisawa Shiho "After Hours E.P.02" (12")
    This is the 2nd of EP series from girl DJ/trackmaker Fujiwara Shiho's album "Happy Hour". Side A has DJ breakbeat tracks, one remixed by Boot Beat, and side B has great vocal tracks including a cover of Pizzicato Five's "Drinking...
    Posted on October 24, 2008 at 22:44. | Released on September 13, 2008
  11. Miura Makoto "dada volume 1"
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    Posted on September 27, 2008 at 11:18. | Released on September 6, 2008
  12. Various Artists "Joke Collection 02" (12")
    Gotta keep things quiet, but this is big... Someone is back into club music mode and brings us a brand new track under the new moniker The 5243's. Produced by 5243, programming by Yoshida Tetsuto. A must! Not negligible are...
    Posted on September 11, 2008 at 23:55. | Released on September 12, 2008
  13. Perfume "love the world"
    Here comes a first new single from Perfume since the release of hit album "Game". This includes 2 brand new songs, of course produced by Nakata Yasutaka (capsule). As usual, there will be a limited edition with a bonus DVD....
    Posted on June 2, 2008 at 13:24. | Released on July 9, 2008
  14. Fujisawa Shiho "Happy Hour" Release Party
    Girl DJ/trackmaker Fujisawa Shiho (MySpace) offers us this release party to celebrate her first album "Happy Hour"! Featured will be a live show with 5 female vocalists from the album, with support from Yoshida TetsutoReadymade)-->, Iwaya Shigeru (Groovy Sauce), Ishigaki...
    Posted on April 14, 2008 at 16:36. | Released on May 4, 2008
  15. Various Artists "Wall of Sound Japan"
    Like Sudō Kaoru's "Tender Love" (1989), produced by Konishi Yasuharu, quite a bit of J-pop took inspiration from Phil Spector's "wall of sound" technique. This compilation offers us a selection featuring many essential artists such as Matsuda Seiko, Watanabe Marina,...
    Posted on February 21, 2008 at 14:20. | Released on March 19, 2008
  16. "standard of 90's" re-issue series part 1
    EMI and BMG have got together and decided to re-issue a bunch of Shibuya-kei related CDs, under a "standard of 90's" theme. Part 1 and 2 (out in October and November) got my interest with titles by Original Love, Spank...
    Posted on October 21, 2007 at 14:33. | Released on October 24, 2007
  17. Various Artists "oyasumi nasai: Reaching Series No.3"
    Labels 333DISCS and commons offer us a 3rd of the youngster-oriented "Reaching Series". This time, we get brand new recordings of original bedtime lullabies by artists including Minekawa Takako, Harada Ikuko (clammbon) and Hanaregumi (Super Butter Dog). Label official release...
    Posted on October 4, 2007 at 17:01. | Released on December 12, 2007
  18. Ram Rider "kimigasuki + Remix Tunes"
    Ram Rider's next album(?) will include two new songs plus 8 remixes, including ones by artists such as Ishino Takkyu (Denki Groove), Nakata Yasutaka (capsule) and i-dep. One of the new songs is co-produced by Konishi Yasuharu! Ram Rider "kimigasuki...
    Posted on February 13, 2007 at 16:53. | Released on April 11, 2007
  19. La Querencia Peligrosa "koten"
    Graffiti artist QP is having a new exhibition at The Ghetto! My review of previous exhibition "1+1=333" La Querencia Peligrosa "koten" La Querencia Peligrosa 「個展」 At The Ghetto 2F 1-1-10 Hyakuninchō, Shinjuku-ku (Shin-Ōkubo) (Yahoo! map) Tel: 03-5287-6213 From 9/23 until...
    Posted on September 7, 2006 at 21:06. | Released on September 23, 2006
  20. "minna wa kore o 'kōkai made' gaman dekinai ~The Making of 'otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai~" (DVD)
    After having seen Shimokitazawa comedy "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai", the new film by art director Shindō Mitsuo, I definitely need to get this making-of DVD! "minna wa kore o 'kōkai made' gaman dekinai ~The Making of 'otoko wa...
    Posted on July 7, 2006 at 11:26. | Released on July 28, 2006
  21. Plastic Folk / Plastic Knife "Billion Knives & Folks and Disk One"
    After their Plastics revival unit Plastic Sex that released an album last year, ex-Plastics' leader Nakanishi Toshio and ex-Pizzicato Five singer Nomiya Maki are back again with another brand new project, Plastic Folk / Plastic Knife ("folk" when written out...
    Posted on May 25, 2006 at 15:20. | Released on June 20, 2006
  22. "Readymade＊Hasebe-shachō no himitsu Diary" (Book)
    Well worth a mention, Readymade Entertainment, Tokyo. / Readymade International boss (and wife of Konishi Yasuharu) Hasebe Chisai's popular "secret diary" blog is being published as a book. The obi has a comment by manga artist Anno Moyoko. Her previous...
    Posted on May 8, 2006 at 15:15. | Released on May 17, 2006
  23. girl it's U "girl it's U"
    girl it's U, the unit of ex-Love Tambourines' Ellie and Saitō Keiichi, will have an album out in time for summer. It will include the title track from EP "Lonely Buffalo" released on New Year's Day. girl it's U "girl...
    Posted on April 24, 2006 at 10:19. | Released on June 16, 2006
  24. Crue-L Grand Orchestra "Psycho Piano (Prins Thomas Remix)" (12"/CD)
    A great instrumental piano track from "Crue-L Grand Orchestra II" , remixed by Norwegian label Feedelity's Prins Thomas, will be released as a single. "Psycho Piano" is an obvious word play on Museum of Plate pianist Tsukamoto Saiko-Lee's name. Out...
    Posted on October 4, 2005 at 17:23. | Released on November 1, 2005
  25. Various Artists "Rhythm de asobō: Reaching Series No.2"
    A compilation of clapping songs for kids will feature Cornelius, Cubismo Grafico, World Standard, Harada Ikuko (clammbon), Hanaregumi (Super Butter Dog) and many more. Fun for all ages. Various Artists "Rhythm de asobō: Reaching Series No.2" (Track / Artist) 1....
    Posted on June 3, 2005 at 14:32. | Released on July 12, 2005

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