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  1. The Scooters "Shindo Mitsuo presents The Scooters Complete Box ~Tokyo Disco Nite~" (5CD+DVD)
    "Tokyo Motown Sound" band The Scooters (Instagram, 𝕏) are releasing a massive boxed set in honor of their leader Mitsuo Shindō, also known as the famous Shibuya-kei art director, who passed away on February 10, 2023, at the age of...
    Posted on February 1, 2025 at 12:34. | Released on February 10, 2025
  2. The Scooters "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji" (7" / 8cm CD)
    This 7" by The Scooters is a brand new recording of a cover of Pizzicato Five's hit song, "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji" ("The night is still young"). It was decided to record the song after Yasuharu Konishi asked...
    Posted on July 7, 2023 at 00:30. | Released on July 7, 2023
  3. "'Be My Baby' Shindo Mitsuo Retrospective" (Book)
    Shindō Mitsuo has been active as a prolific art director since the 80's, creating countless CD, record and poster artworks for Japanese artists of all kinds including many of the Shibuya-kei scene such as Pizzicato Five, Flipper's Guitar, Cornelius,...
    Posted on July 22, 2018 at 20:10. | Released on July 24, 2018

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  1. 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.
  2. The Scooters "Listen" (7")
    "Tokyo Motown Sound" band The Scooters (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new song on 7". The song "Listen" is an original written by the band's bassist Sally Kubota, though it had been conceived several years ago when leader...
    Posted on October 23, 2025 at 23:03. | Released on October 22, 2025
  3. Tanzaku CD (8cm CD) Day
    What's going on in 2023? Well, it's the 35th anniversary of the 8cm CD, also known as "Tanzaku CD" (or also 3" CD or "mini CD"), which was a very popular format for singles in Japan in the 90s. A...
    Posted on July 8, 2023 at 01:15. | Released on July 7, 2023
  4. Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.6
    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 25, 2020 at 01:32.
  5. Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.1
    This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's first official episode of its own radio show (following a Christmas special)! The show is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada), it brings you some...
    Posted on December 26, 2019 at 01:31.
  6. Hoshino Michiru "Moonlight Confessions (tsuki ga kirei desune)"
    Hoshino Michiru, who this year started her own label and released 4-song EP "gyakkō", is now back with a new full-length album! It's also her first album in her singer-songwriter style, which puts the focus on gentle and beautiful melodies....
    Posted on October 13, 2019 at 13:16. | Released on October 23, 2019
  7. Pizzicato Five "The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001"
    Pizzicatomania all over the world! Check this out! This is a compilation of the best from Pizzicato Five's Nippon Columbia years (Triad/Readymade), which featured vocalist Nomiya Maki. The whole was supervised and selected by Konishi Yasuharu himself, with art direction...
    Posted on August 2, 2019 at 23:40. | Released on November 3, 2019
  8. Hoshino Michiru "gyakkou"
    Hoshino Michiru, who just started her very own label "yoi Record gaisha" (translates to "Good Record Company") at the end of last year, has a brand new EP being released! Included are three songs of which she wrote the music...
    Posted on February 20, 2019 at 22:38. | Released on March 6, 2019
  9. Nomiya Maki "Shibuya-kei Songbook" (2 CDs), "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji c/w Happy Sad" (7")
    This new album by Nomiya Maki comes with 2 discs. The first is a collection of songs from her recent albums of the "Shibuya-kei Standards" series (released from 2014 through 2017), and the 2nd is of a previously unreleased entire...
    Posted on October 20, 2018 at 21:26. | Released on October 31, 2018
  10. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Japamyu"
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a 4th album about to be released! "Japamyu" comes over 4 years after "Pika Pika Fantajin" (2014). Included are the previously released songs "Harajuku Iyahoi", "Kimi No Mikata" and "Todoke Punch", as well as a new...
    Posted on September 21, 2018 at 23:52. | Released on September 26, 2018
  11. The Scooters "Be My Baby" (7"+CD)
    The Scooters have a brand new single that has just been released! "Be My Baby" is a new original song that was made as the theme of leader Shindō Mitsuo's exhibition held a few months ago sharing the same title....
    Posted on July 14, 2018 at 22:58. | Released on November 14, 2018
  12. Pizzicato Five "On Her Majesty's Request -Analog Edition-" (12")
    Pizzicato Five's 3rd album, "On Her Majesty's Request" (1989), is being released on vinyl for the first time! This follows a 7" EP release of 3 songs earlier this year. Just for the record, back in the day a 4-song...
    Posted on July 7, 2018 at 01:15. | Released on July 13, 2018
  13. Scooters "The Scooters Comes Alive! (The Basement Tape)" (Cassette+CD+T-shirt)
    The Scooters are releasing a first live album, recorded at Shimokitazawa Basement Bar on November 1st, 2017. The show also featured guest vocalist (and labelmate) Nakano Aya. This limited release comes as a cassette tape with a CD of the...
    Posted on February 15, 2018 at 22:57. | Released on March 7, 2018
  14. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Holiday Shibuya-kei o utau." (2x7")
    4 songs from Nomiya Maki's recent winter song cover album are being released on vinyl in the form of a set of two 7"'s. The exclusive artwork was designed and photographed by Shindō Mitsuo in Shibuya's Nonbei Yokochō. Valentine's Day-themed...
    Posted on December 24, 2017 at 10:48. | Released on December 27, 2017
  15. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Holiday Shibuya-kei o utau."
    Nomiya Maki's new album is coming this month, and this time she sings Shibuya-kei standards that share a winter theme. Included are duets with Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), Watanabe Marina, Takano Hiroshi and Suzuki Masayuki, with also chorus by...
    Posted on October 8, 2017 at 21:11. | Released on October 18, 2017
  16. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Vacances Shibuya-kei o utau." (7"x2)
    From the album of the same name released in May, here's a set of two 7"'s containing four summer-themed Shibuya-kei related covers sung by Nomiya Maki. The two records come packaged in a gatefold jacket, designed and photographed by art...
    Posted on August 13, 2017 at 09:37. | Released on August 30, 2017
  17. The Scooters "Kaiso-Rasputin" (7"+CD)
    The Scooters have a brand new single coming this month! The title track is a cover of German disco band Boney-M's "Rasputin" (Japanese title "kaisō Rasputin") completely rearranged into a "strange polka rock" in The Scooters' manner. B-side "Hang On...
    Posted on January 24, 2017 at 23:27. | Released on January 25, 2017
  18. Various Artists "Japanese Sounds - A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix", "Japanese Sounds mixed by Muro"
    Here are two mix CDs of "Japanese sounds", selected and mixed by DJs Sunaga Tatsuo (Sunaga t Experience) and Muro. Check out the sampler clips below for details. Shindō Mitsuo does the art direction for this new label called Tokyo...
    Posted on November 17, 2016 at 00:05. | Released on November 16, 2016
  19. Nomiya Maki "otoko to onna 'Un Homme et Une Femme' ~ Nomiya Maki, French Shibuya-kei o utau."
    Nomiya Maki has a brand new album just about to be released! This album has a theme of "French Shibuya-kei", highlighting bits of the French culture that influenced the Shibuya-kei scene. This is a 2-CD release of both a studio...
    Posted on August 29, 2016 at 23:22. | Released on August 31, 2016
  20. Nomiya Maki "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
    Nomiya Maki has a new album coming! Following her live album from last year, "Miss Maki Nomiya Sings Shibuya-kei Standards", this time she takes some of those standards (and then some) to the studio! Included are songs by Pizzicato Five,...
    Posted on November 8, 2015 at 11:05. | Released on November 11, 2015
  21. The Scooters "The Scooters NOW !" (7"+CD)
    The Scooters have a brand new single coming this week! This consists of two covers, the A-side of the Jackson Sisters' hit single "I Believe In Miracles", and the B-side of David Bowie's "Young Americans". Both are sung in Japanese,...
    Posted on July 3, 2015 at 22:20. | Released on July 7, 2015
  22. Gig report: The Scooters, Juicy Fruits, Kotaro & The Bizarremen at Shibuya WWW
    Text and photos Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound On December 5 was a show featuring The Scooters, and it was held at my favorite venue, WWW in Shibuya. Since their official come-back last year, after some 30 years, The...
    Posted on December 14, 2013 at 23:51.
  23. No Lie-Sense "First Suicide Note"
    No Lie-Sense (official Facebook page) is a new unit formed of Suzuki Keiichi (Moonriders) and Kera (aka Keralino Sandorovich, of Kera & the Synthesizers, ex-Long Vacation, ex-Uchōten). Featured artists include Nomiya Maki (ex-Pizzicato Five), Sakamoto Miu, Ueno Yōko, Inuyama Inuko...
    Posted on November 15, 2013 at 23:36. | Released on November 6, 2013
  24. Muro "Diggin' Salsoul Breaks"
    Following Towa Tei's recent Salsoul mix CD, here comes another one from DJ Muro. This features a unique selection by the "King of Diggin'", and the right dose of his top mixing skills. The art direction was done by Shindō...
    Posted on April 21, 2013 at 22:40. | Released on April 10, 2013
  25. Gig report: Happy X'mas with The Scooters
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound On Christmas day, I went to a show of The Scooters who got active again this year after some 30 years! Last summer was released new album "Une Manche et...
    Posted on December 28, 2012 at 23:48.
  26. Various Artists "Red Diamond ~Tribute to Yukihiro Takahashi~"
    This is a tribute album to Yellow Magic Orchestra's Takahashi Yukihiro who celebrated his 60th anniversary last June 6. Included are new covers of Takahashi's songs from his whole career. O/S/T (Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius), Sunahara Yoshinori and Towa Tei) offers...
    Posted on July 29, 2012 at 13:37. | Released on August 8, 2012
  27. Scooters "Une Manche et La Belle"
    It's a dream come true: Tokyo's Motown sound girls' group the Scooters are back! The band directed by Shindō Mitsuo have a new album coming, 30 years since their previous only original album "musumegokoro wa Scooters" (1982). The first cut...
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 00:04. | Released on July 11, 2012
  28. kayōkyoku bangaichi ~ Live & DJ event: arcorhyme live
    arcorhyme, the unit of Takanami K-taro (ex-Pizzicato Five) and singer Nishimura Ikuyo, will take the lead at this kayōkyoku live event organized by Hotwax, celebrating the release of a related book sub-titled "Queen of Japanese Pops" . Also featured will...
    Posted on July 22, 2008 at 14:43. | Released on July 25, 2008
  29. World Happiness
    Takahashi Yukihiro (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sketch Show) and art director Shindō Mitsuo (Contemporary Production) present this summer festival where can be caught pupa (Takahashi's new all-star unit), HASYMO, Suzuki Keiichi (Moonriders), Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Bonnie Pink, NRT320 (Shindō Mitsuo's...
    Posted on May 8, 2008 at 13:56. | Released on August 10, 2008
  30. Tower × Club King × Contemporary Production T-shirt and ecobag
    Art director Shindō Mitsuo (CTPP) has designed a T-shirt and ecobag to be sold only at Tower Records online, in a collaboration with Club King (publisher of the popular free magazine Dictionary). The items promote Earth Day Tokyo 2008 and...
    Posted on April 15, 2008 at 15:51. | Released on April 19, 2008
  31. Music Jacket Gallery 2008 + Shindō Mitsuo "fukuwauchi" exhibition
    Entertainment Package Award presents a free exhibition of record jackets, currently touring other cities and stopping by Tokyo from April 9. Only in Tokyo is also shown a calligraphy exhibition by graphic designer Shindō Mitsuo (C.T.P.P), part of which will...
    Posted on April 2, 2008 at 13:37. | Released on April 9, 2008
  32. Nomiya Maki Recital vol.2 ~Eleganceholic~
    Nomiya Maki's 2nd recital is coming this spring, and it's titled "Eleganceholic"! The Japanese title is "Elegance chūdoku" which translates to "Elegance poisoning". This time the musical director is Kikuchi Naruyoshi (Spank Happy, DCPRG), and like last year the stage...
    Posted on January 16, 2008 at 15:04. | Released on April 3, 2008
  33. Various Artists "Bossa Nova 1991 Shibuya Scene Retrospective"
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    Posted on April 27, 2007 at 11:21. | Released on August 8, 2007
  34. "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai" (DVD)
    -->Shindō Mitsuo's film immortalizing Shimokitazawa, "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai", is being released on DVD in a deluxe edition. Aside from the movie, the DVD will also contain 40 minutes of bonus features. "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai"...
    Posted on December 22, 2006 at 16:11. | Released on March 9, 2007
  35. "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
  36. "Daikanyama monogatari ~ The Detective Is Born" (DVD)
    Accompanying this year's release of Shindō Mitsuo's new film "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai", his all-star 1998 film "Daikanyama monogatari", previously only available on VHS, is being re-released on DVD! The film features Sasaki Jun (Cosa Nostra), Natsuki Mari,...
    Posted on June 13, 2006 at 14:34. | Released on August 23, 2006
  37. Flipper's Guitar "Three Cheers For Our Side", "Camera Talk"
    Two days after Cornelius' new single "Music" will be re-released the two Flipper's Guitar albums "Three Cheers For Our Side" and "Camera Talk". What distincts these from previous re-releases are that these are remastered, include bonus tracks, and the jackets...
    Posted on June 5, 2006 at 18:08. | Released on August 25, 2006
  38. "otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai -Un homme ne peut endurer ça-"
    There's a new film by Shindō Mitsuo (C.T.P.P.) coming out this year, titled 「男はソレを我慢できない -Un homme ne peut endurer ça-」 ("otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai"). The film is shot in Shimokitazawa and one of its goals is to archive...
    Posted on May 7, 2006 at 12:06. | Released on July 29, 2006

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