Sixty musicians have been chosen to take part in this year’s Red Bull Music Academy, with Japanese artists taking three of the available spots. Sapphire Slows, Haioka and Albino Sound will take part in the monthlong electronic music event, which will be held this autumn in Tokyo. According to organizers, ...
Rock act Bump Of Chicken has announced it will perform live on the small screen for the first time since ...
The largest record labels are closing in on a deal for a stake in buzzy digital-music service SoundCloud Ltd., in ...
Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant will make his final appearances with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra this month, before his contract with the organization officially expires in August. The 68-year-old Soudant stepped down from his position as music director at the TSO in March, but will ...
“There are people who like aggressive music the way they like sports, but I think ‘hardcore’ is about being self-aware of what you’re doing, about how to create your own space,” says Tadashi Hamada, manager of independent music label Daymare Recordings. “That’s my first ...
When Jason Brown came to Nashville to start his career as the country artist Colt Ford, he couldn’t find songwriters who would write for his singing style. No surprise. Ford was bringing an unlikely mix to town: country rap, combining hip-hop beats and rhythms ...
Paul McCartney returned to a concert stage Saturday after being sidelined for two months because of a virus, spinning out songs from the Beatles, Wings and a solo career that has spanned more than 50 years of rock ‘n’ roll. McCartney, who turned 72 ...
Idol group Momoiro Clover Z has been selected by Lady Gaga to be the opening act for one of her Japanese performances next month. The pop star’s “ArtRave: The Artpop Ball” tour is set to hit QVC Marine Field in Chiba on Aug. 13 ...
In his Strange Boutique column last week, Ian Martin wrote about the need for a canon in Japanese music in order for newcomers to the scene — especially those writing about it — to gain some context into what is being released. Without a ...
“I used to be a video-game nerd,” says Takahide Higuchi, the experimental footwork producer also known as Shokuhin Matsuri in Japanese and Foodman in English. “I thought that guys who were popular with girls made music, but I was sort of stubborn and didn’t ...
The International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC) staged a concert, featuring “The People’s Diva,” Renee Fleming, in Tokyo on June 18. The Tokyo Global Concert was sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the ...
Exploring the world of Japanese music can be a baffling experience for those who don’t speak the language. Where do you start if you’re new to the scene? Entry points are fragmented at best, woefully uninformed much of the time and actively damaging at ...
Ursula Bogner (1946-94) was a German pharmacist, wife and mother with a passion for the unfamiliar, which included electronic music. At her home studio, she layered sonic textures and her own voice to create explorative, playful pieces that have a slight outer-space feel. She ...
Famous for its neon lights and wild nightlife, Tokyo’s status as one of the world’s clubbing capitals looks set to survive a potentially ruinous police crackdown on — of all things — dancing. In the topsy-turvy world of Japan’s clubland, party-goers currently risk being ...
“I don’t think of this as a reunion. We didn’t break up; we just paused our activities and came back to life,” says Sugizo, guitarist and violinist of rock group Luna Sea. Sitting next to bandmate Inoran, he speaks calmly and softly, his eyes ...
