J-pop, J-rock

[Mokona99]

Well, I'm sure some people here likes japanese bands or artists. So, please post it here in this area and a possible link to see their music. Remember, only Japanese artists or bands, hence the title "J-pop, J-rock"
Well, okay here's my favorite, High and Mighty Color

Link:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F29XEI-dOkA


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[EJ]

I love this video that Ayumi Hamasaki made for the song game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivcOdQUp1c&search=ayumi%27s%20hamasaki%20Game

[Wyndham]

My favourite Jrock band is Duel Jewel. I have most of their songs, and I almost made it to one of their concerts.

[Eihwaz]

I'm a big fan of the pillows, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, and Psycho le Cemu.

Sample videos:
The Third Eye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWyuNXNSQA) by the pillows
BLUE TRAIN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKN0GnQ_pSQ) by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Sei~Excalibur~Ken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTr8VRTNAo) by Psycho le Cemu

EDIT: Oh, and Yoko Kanno is amazing, as well. Particularly the stuff she did for Cowboy Bebop. Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts, for the win!

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[Sord]

I've listened to the Pillows since FLCL came out, as they were responsible for the soundtrack.

Props go to Yoko Konno as well, the music director and creator for the majority of the Ghost In The Shell TV series. Pretty much all symphonic work is hers, with a few of the rock songs. Just watch the show to hear his music, I'm not going to post links and risk copyright rules, not on the forum anyways.



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[Link5]

On 2006-05-05 20:48, Sord wrote:
I've listened to the Pillows since FLCL came out, as they were responsible for the soundtrack.

Props go to Yoko Konno as well, the music director and creator for the majority of the Ghost In The Shell TV series. Pretty much all symphonic work is his, with a few of the rock songs. Just watch the show to hear his music, I'm not going to post links and risk copyright rules, not on the forum anyways.



I'm pretty sure the Yoko Kanno you're referring to is a she. My favorite music that she is responsible for is probably her most notable. The Cowboy Bebop music.
Not to mention I love jazz http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[DizzyDi]

I'm not a huge fan of J-music, but I do like some of it.
Mostly Yoko Kano and her work on Bebop.
I also like The Pillows, I've heard some Asian Kung-Fu Generation and they're pretty good.

[Sinue_v2]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of J-pop or J-rock. Though I do really like Yoko Kanno's work on the Ghost in the Shell:SAC series.

I do listen to a little bit of J-Jam though. There's a pretty good group of Bluegrass players in Tokyo - and of course I listen to Big Frog (http://www.bigfrog.jp/) on ocassion. I'd love to see them live, but they don't tour around my area often.

Like all good Jam-Bands, you can listen to their live shows on E-Tree.org. Though I won't link to their bootleg material on this site, even if it's legal. Instead, you can download their entire album Groovers on the Marble from their official site. (http://www.bigfrog.jp/bigfrog-k-works/download.htm)

http://www.bigfrog.jp/bigfrog-k-works/photo/bf2006/bf06may2/P1020213.jpg



Edit: I guess the music isn't free... or it might be, I don't know. I can't read Japanese - so I'm not sure if the Credit Card prompt was just for verification of the certificate or not.

Ah well... they fully endorse bootlegging, so if you hit up Etree.org you can find their live stuff anyhow.

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[Luis]

I love SIAM SHADE!!
besides i like Do As Infinity, and utada ikaru

[opaopajr]

just a whole bunch of weird stuff. but my major is Japanese, so i'm exposed to a lot more now -- most of it isn't very good, by the way. i despise chirpy, bubble gum pop, and Japan is saturated in that crap. but some of the stuff that i think is better:

Pizzicato Five - retro '60s lounge, chirpy electronic techno, lusty ambient... they did a lot of fun stuff. they actually had a solid run of popularity in america

Shonen Knife - keystone influence from Japanese punk. imagine punk, sung by 3 really happy women, singing about jelly beans, bug collecting, tuna sandwiches, and barbie, mostly in english with the thickest Japanese accents imaginable. they became quite an influential band on modern punk

Towa Tei - previously from Dee-lite (remember "Groove's in the Heart"? club kid hit?). left at the break up of the band and went onto a successful solo career in Japan. he's always done great jungle tunes. now he's doing fun catchy-pop electronic. check out his latest album w/ the lead single "Sometimes Samurai." pretty fun

Ryuuichi Sakamoto - from Electric Light Orchestra; ever watched Xanadu? he's moved beyond the delightfully camp light electronica. he's been exploring some interesting stuff of late, but a bit more experimental for most audiences. though, one should really know about him; he's kind of a pivotal Japanese modern musician.

X Japan - they and Luna Sea were foundational to Japanese metal and gave its trademark speed guitar its lasting influence on J-metal. great overall band, too.

Malice Mizer - a straight up trip. metal + harpsichord + operatic overtones. Castlevania gone camp is pretty much the best way to describe it. it's a delicious riot, i'd recommend giving it a whirl.

Moi Dix Mois - when Malice Mizer broke up Mana (the pretty Ice Queen looking woman in Malice Mizer, who's really a man -- this was from the age of Visual Kei, or as i like to term, J-Glam) he started this band. metal + speed harpsichord = speed-sichord. it's fun!

PIERROT, L'arc en Ciel, Pillows, Orange Range, Schwarz Stein, Kagrra, Buck Tick, Dir en Grey, Glay, Bump of Chicken, Despairs Ray, Boom Boom Satellites, they're all good places to start to explore J-music. just ask and i'll help try to match up your tastes to a Japanese equivalent. there's lots of fun stuff to find, but there's a lot of to sift through as always.

holy crap, i almost forgot! i totally LOVE Boris. it's such a kickass band. but it's doom core and not a lot of people dig that stuff. but i love them, love them, love them!



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[Blitzkommando]

I lucked out recently, well sort of, when a local music store shut down recently. Pretty much all of the import music was left untouched and had been marked down to around 50% off. Not bad considering just how much that stuff costs anyway. Got the Smile album from L'arc en Ciel, Fooly Cooly vol 2 (not import but Pillows anyway), an album called Greeting by Nami Tamaki (not quite sure who she is exactly as I don't keep up with these things much but it turned out to be a good choice), and Self Portrait by Hitomi. All of the albums worked out to be worth it in all which is great considering some of the more... interesting albums I've heard that I wouldn't pay for.

Other than those I also like Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, this rather large collection I came across recently called "I've Sound Collection" which seems to be a large grouping of albums by Kotoko, Do As Infinity, and as of recently an album called "Fate Stay Night" which is very good.

An important note that is not quite J-pop or J-rock but is important none the less is that Nobuo Uematsu has released his own album that is very good in its own right showing his talent outside writing music for Final Fantasy games.

[Sayara]

Rurutia and Youjeen. One for pop and one for rock.

BITCHIN!