Tag: 80s

  • ‘I had no idea about the resurgence of Sunset Road’: An Interview With Reiko Takahashi 

    ‘I had no idea about the resurgence of Sunset Road’: An Interview With Reiko Takahashi 

    One of City Pop’s greatest mysteries has finally come to an end. After the 2018 release of Victor Records’ City Pop compilation album, DJ Notoya Presents: Tokyo 1980s Victor Edition, which included the seminal track ‘Sunset Road’, artist Reiko Takahashi has racked up a new generation of fans online. A defining track of the 2020s…

  • INTERVIEW: MITSURU TABATA -The Final Tabata 

    INTERVIEW: MITSURU TABATA -The Final Tabata 

    Photos by Alex Zucco From Boredoms to Acid Mother’s Temple, Mitsuru Tabata has an impressive and influential decades-long career of solo, band and collaborative projects, working alongside notable and renowned figures in Japanese and English music. Combining traditional Japanese folk-music and early post-punk in Noizunzuri, post-hardcore noise rock in his 20 years with Zeni Geva,…