Posted on July 26, 2026 at 12:06. | Event held on Saturday August 8, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.70
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on July 5, 2026 at 10:57.
Posted on May 27, 2026 at 00:36. | Event held on Saturday June 6, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Machi Akari "iu koto kikan! Iwashika-chan"
Singer-songwriter Machi Akari (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a rocking new EP, and it's produced and also designed by Sally Kubota (Wink Music Service, She's a Rainbow, The Scooters). The release is a collaboration with "Iwashita New Ginger" (in Japanese Iwashita...
Posted on May 14, 2026 at 00:20. | Released on May 13, 2026
Posted on January 27, 2026 at 23:33. | Event held on Monday February 2, 2026 at 10:30 (JST)
Towa Tei "ALA&MOANA" (Download)
Happy New Year 2026! The first release of the year is a surprise one from Towa Tei, a new Hawaii-insprired song titled "ALA&MOANA" out now digitally! Hear it below and find it on your favorite download/streaming platform. Last year...
Posted on January 1, 2026 at 21:52. | Released on January 1, 2026
Posted on November 27, 2025 at 00:28. | Event held on Saturday December 6, 2025 at 10:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.64
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on November 3, 2025 at 11:41.
Posted on October 29, 2025 at 21:35. | Event held on Monday November 3, 2025 at 10:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.63
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on October 13, 2025 at 10:10.
Posted on July 27, 2025 at 13:39. | Event held on Monday August 11, 2025 at 09:30 (JST)
Tanzaku CD (8cm CD) Day 2025
For the 3rd year, Tanzaku CD Day is being held on July 7 (same day as the Tanabata festival), following the 2023 and 2024 editions that revived the nostalgic 8cm CD format (3" CD/mini CD). This year again has many...
Posted on July 9, 2025 at 00:17. | Released on July 7, 2025
Posted on June 26, 2025 at 13:12. | Event held on Thursday July 17, 2025 at 19:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.59
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on May 13, 2025 at 14:04.
Posted on April 28, 2025 at 21:41. | Event held on Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 09:30 (JST)
She's a Rainbow "Pinky Fluffy"
Sally Kubota (Wink Music Service, The Scooters, ex-The Phantom Gift, ex-Les 5-4-3-2-1, ex-SOLEIL) is producing a new girl group named She's a Rainbow, featuring four young singers with the average age of 14. Members are Lin Oberndorff and Kokoa (both...
Posted on March 21, 2025 at 22:22. | Released on March 28, 2025
Posted on December 15, 2024 at 23:43. | Event held on Friday December 20, 2024 at 10:30 (JST)
Machi Akari "Machi Akari Techno Phase II"
Following "Machi Akari Techno Phase I" released two weeks ago, here comes the 2nd half of Machi Akari's take on techno. This time the songs were made in collaboration with DÉ DÉ MOUSE ("Hula Girl nya Ura ga aru!")...
Posted on December 4, 2024 at 23:05. | Released on December 4, 2024
Wink Music Service "It Girls"
Wink Music Service is a group started last year, formed of Keitarō Takanami (Playtime Rock, ex-Pizzicato Five) and Sally Kubota (The Phantom Gift, The Scooters, ex-Les 5-4-3-2-1, ex-SOLEIL). Following the release of four 7" singles (the first of which was...
Posted on November 19, 2024 at 00:12. | Released on November 20, 2024
Posted on August 9, 2024 at 19:43. | Event held on Friday August 16, 2024 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.51
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on July 19, 2024 at 13:25.
Posted on July 12, 2024 at 00:37. | Event held on Friday July 19, 2024 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.50
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on June 21, 2024 at 12:48.
Posted on June 11, 2024 at 20:39. | Event held on Friday June 21, 2024 at 09:30 (JST)
YMCK "Shining Summer Dream / Fourteen☆Revolution" (Download)
YMCK has just released a new digital single of two summer city pop tracks, of course done in their signature 8-bit style! Check them out on your favorite download/streaming platform. A limited cassette tape edition including two extra tracks...
Posted on June 6, 2024 at 00:27. | Released on June 5, 2024
Posted on May 8, 2024 at 21:29. | Event held on Friday May 17, 2024 at 09:30 (JST)
The Pen Friend Club "Back In The Pen Friend Club"
The Pen Friend Club has released a new album titled "Back In The Pen Friend Club", the first featuring their new vocalist Niina (UK-born British-Japanese). This album consists of all covers, with the exception of a self-cover of original song...
Posted on May 2, 2024 at 22:26. | Released on May 1, 2024
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.48
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on April 19, 2024 at 13:25.
Posted on March 4, 2024 at 12:50. | Event held on Friday March 22, 2024 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.46
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on February 16, 2024 at 13:05.
Posted on February 10, 2024 at 22:48. | Event held on Friday February 16, 2024 at 10:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.45
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on January 19, 2024 at 22:29.
Posted on January 15, 2024 at 21:36. | Event held on Friday January 19, 2024 at 10:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.44
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on December 22, 2023 at 20:42.
Posted on August 11, 2023 at 00:40. | Event held on Friday August 18, 2023 at 09:30 (JST)
Various Artists "Roots of London Nite Vol.2: Archive - The Birth of British Beat"
"Roots of London Nite" is a CD compilation series selected and supervised by rock DJ pioneer Kenshō Ōnuki (Instagram, Twitter) who started in 1980 the "London Nite" event which is still continuing to this day. This 2nd edition focuses on...
Posted on July 29, 2023 at 00:32. | Released on July 28, 2023
Posted on July 16, 2023 at 23:49. | Event held on Friday July 21, 2023 at 09:30 (JST)
Five II Four "tanabata no yoru, kimi ni aitai feat. Natsu Summer" (7"/Download)
Five II Four is a new unit formed of DJs Eitetsu Takamiya (previously known as Little Big Bee) and CHINTAM (Twitter), and here comes their debut release with a cover of Chappie's classic song "tanabata no yoru, kimi ni...
Posted on June 23, 2023 at 21:33. | Released on May 24, 2023
Posted on June 6, 2023 at 21:42. | Event held on Friday June 16, 2023 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.39
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on May 19, 2023 at 14:29.
Posted on March 4, 2023 at 11:22. | Event held on Friday March 17, 2023 at 09:30 (JST)
Various Artists "Roots of London Nite vol.1: Archive"
"Roots of London Nite" is a new CD compilation series selected and supervised by rock DJ pioneer Kenshō Ōnuki (Instagram, Twitter) who started in 1980 the "London Nite" event which is still continuing to this day. The music played at...
Posted on February 28, 2023 at 21:48. | Released on February 22, 2023
MANON "gabber gabber hey!!" (Download)
MANON's 4th of four consecutive monthly singles has dropped recently, titled "gabber gabber hey!!" and quite reminiscent of... gabber! The music is again written and produced by trackmaker Kiraku (SoundCloud), with lyrics by Manon. It can be heard in...
Posted on February 14, 2023 at 23:09. | Released on January 27, 2023
CHAI "jaja-n"
CHAI has released a Japan-exclusive CD EP which includes four songs out worldwide last year in digital form, plus the brand new song "Love jan" which seems so far only available digitally in Japan (, Spotify, OTOTOY). There's a...
Posted on February 13, 2023 at 00:17. | Released on January 18, 2023
Posted on January 13, 2023 at 22:40. | Event held on Friday January 20, 2023 at 10:30 (JST)
Record Day 2022 Day 2
It's still time to check out Record Day held a month ago on December 3, which had many great releases and therefore took me some time to write it up. It was the 2nd of two days, following November 3....
Posted on January 3, 2023 at 20:16. | Released on December 3, 2022
MANON "strong zero gravity" (Download)
MANON has just released digitally a 3rd of four monthly songs, titled "strong zero gravity". Like her two previous, "aura" and "Fake Friends", the music is written and produced by trackmaker Kiraku (SoundCloud), with lyrics by Manon. There's a...
Posted on December 29, 2022 at 11:34. | Released on December 16, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.34
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on December 16, 2022 at 21:03.
Posted on November 28, 2022 at 12:37. | Event held on Sunday December 4, 2022 at 18:00 (JST)
MANON "aura" (Download)
MANON has just released digitally a new song, "aura", the 2nd of a series of four monthly releases. Like her previous, "Fake Friends", it has music written and produced by trackmaker Kiraku (SoundCloud). There's a music video that you...
Posted on November 26, 2022 at 22:07. | Released on November 25, 2022
Posted on November 14, 2022 at 19:41. | Event held on Friday November 18, 2022 at 10:30 (JST)
Wednesday Campanella "Tinker Bell / Hot Pot Commander" (Download)
Wednesday Campanella has just released two new songs, "Tinker Bell" and "Hot Pot Commander". The songs are produced by Kenmochi Hidefumi as always. Watch the music video of "Tinker Bell" below, and find both songs on your favorite download/streaming...
Posted on October 25, 2022 at 00:08. | Released on October 19, 2022
MANON "Fake Friends" (Download)
MANON has just released digitally a brand new song titled "Fake Friends", with music produced by up-and-coming trackmaker Kiraku (SoundCloud). Check out the lyric video below, and find the song on your favorite download/streaming platform! It was also announced...
Posted on October 23, 2022 at 15:27. | Released on October 14, 2022
Posted on October 8, 2022 at 01:11. | Event held on Friday October 14, 2022 at 09:30 (JST)
Ryusenkei "incomplete feat. Yasuyuki Horigome"
Ryusenkei, the project of Cunimondo Takiguchi, has released last month a mini-album featuring Yasuyuki Horigome (ex-Kirinji). Included are four vocal songs that were released in advance digitally, plus an unreleased piece titled "incomplete". It had been 16 years since the...
Posted on September 17, 2022 at 23:54. | Released on August 17, 2022
Readymade mirai no ongaku Series 2nd Season: Part 4 out of 4 (7"x3)
These are the last three 7"s from the 2nd season of Konishi Yasuharu's all-time DJ classics under the title "Readymade mirai no ongaku" (aka "Readymade Oldays"). Below are the details of this month's releases. Collect them all by following links...
Posted on September 4, 2022 at 22:57. | Released on August 26, 2022
TESTSET "EP1 TSTST" (Download)
TESTSET (Twitter) is a new unit formed of METAFIVE members Yoshinori Sunahara and Leo Imai, together with drummer Shirane Kenichi (GREAT3) and guitarist Seiichi Nagai (ex-sōtaiseiriron). Last year the four had appeared at Fuji Rock Festival '21 as a...
Posted on September 4, 2022 at 20:06. | Released on August 12, 2022
Posted on August 3, 2022 at 23:47. | Event held on Friday August 12, 2022 at 09:30 (JST)
Readymade mirai no ongaku Series 2nd Season: Part 3 out of 4 (7"x3)
Here's the 3rd of four monthly batches of three 7"s, from the 2nd season of Konishi Yasuharu's all-time DJ classics under the title "Readymade mirai no ongaku" (aka "Readymade Oldays"). Below are the details of this month's releases. Collect them...
Posted on July 30, 2022 at 00:17. | Released on July 29, 2022
"Readymade mirai no ongaku Series - CD Book hen 08 'Love Ballad ja odorenai'" (CD+Book)
An eighth installment of the fun CD+Book series of "Readymade mirai no ongaku" has been released! While the series as a whole is supervised by Konishi Yasuharu (most often featuring music selected by himself), this time he has named DJ...
Posted on July 28, 2022 at 00:18. | Released on August 26, 2022
Posted on July 8, 2022 at 11:36. | Event held on Friday July 15, 2022 at 09:30 (JST)
Machi Akari "Colorful! Exciting! Pop Music!"
Singer-songwriter Machi Akari has just released a brand new album of all original songs. Of the great line-up of songs, all written by herself, four were arranged by Sally Kubota & Yumi Okada ("A Wonderful Time", "Making Up for Eye...
Posted on July 6, 2022 at 21:27. | Released on June 29, 2022
Various Artists "A Girl's Favourite Oldies Vol.2: SOLEIL Anthems"
Here's a 2nd compilation of songs that inspired band SOLEIL, which was active from 2017 to 2019. The compilation contains 28 entertaining pop songs from the 60s, selected by bassist and producer Sally Kubota. Also check out the previous: "A...
Posted on June 30, 2022 at 23:38. | Released on June 24, 2022
Takeshi Nakatsuka "kita no kuni kara / Black Screen" (7"), "Your Voice / Make Her Mine" (7")
Four songs by Takeshi Nakatsuka (Qyptone) have just being released on 7", at the same time from two different labels. Three of the songs are from his 3rd album "Girls & Boys" ("kita no kuni kara", "Your Voice" and...
Posted on June 26, 2022 at 12:11. | Released on June 22, 2022
Haruko Tajima & Bailefunk Kakeko "5000 Trillion Per Hour" (Download)
Rapper/lyricist Haruko Tajima (Twitter, Instagram) and trackmaker Bailefunk Kakeko (a.k.a. DJ nonono) (SoundCloud Instagram) have just released a collaboration EP of four tracks, out now digitally. It can also be heard on SoundCloud. The two had previously collaborated on the...
Posted on June 19, 2022 at 00:18. | Released on June 15, 2022
Posted on May 4, 2022 at 00:38. | Event held on Friday May 13, 2022 at 09:30 (JST)
Momoko Motion and Quilts "Department store" (Download)
Here's a 4th song by singer-songwriter Momoko Motion's new project, Momoko Motion and Quilts. The song "Department store" is a new original written by Momoko, actually taking inspiration from a department store. The music is performed by Kazuaki Koyama...
Posted on May 1, 2022 at 23:07. | Released on April 27, 2022
Wednesday Campanella "Orihime" (Download)
Wednesday Campanella (aka suiyōbi no Campanella) has just released digitally a brand new song titled "Orihime". Watch the music video below! This is the 5th song featuring new vocalist Utaha (Instagram) (also listen to "Alice / Buckingam" and "Maneki...
Posted on April 29, 2022 at 23:57. | Released on April 27, 2022
