Tag: deep-dive
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Yann Tomita’s Doopee Time & The Greater Yanniverse
An eccentric producer who shaped Hip Hop, electronic music and the outer fringes of J-pop. Yann Tomita (1952-) is a Tokyo-based musician, composer, record producer, and noted player of the steelpan. Like many young music nerds online, I became absolutely obsessed with the album Doopee Time, released 1995, and wanted to know absolutely everything there…
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The Class of 97: 3 Japanese Bands That Changed Japanese Rock
Satoru “Teshi” Teshima joins Japanese Alternative Magazine for it’s first guest feature. The Berlin based music nerd and connoisseur hosts Teshi’s Fine Hour and an Instagram page packed to the brim with musical oddities. Teshi offers a listening experience that can range from obscure anime soundtracks from the ’70s, electronica anomalies, Reiwa era gems to…
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