The next years saw a rise in the “city pop” style of music, which became a staple genre in the Japanese music industry within the 80s, merging the funk, R&B, jazz fusion of its sound with retro urban aesthetics which evoked a sense of escapism, matching the aura created by the musi...
Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR And Boogie 1972-1986(Cassette,Compilation,White Shell)Light In The AtticLITA 179US2020 Recommendations msmariJan 2, 2024 Report Impossible not to rock out to this album while I paint. Happy throwback synth vibes all the way through. Bass and gu...
city pop—which coincided with bigger studio budgets and advancements in recording technology—is carefully arranged by well-respected professionals: “king of city pop” Tatsuro Yamashita, for example, is one of Japan’s most successful solo male artists ever, with over a dozen studio albums and...
The first volume ofPacific Breezecovered city pop’s halcyon years, from 1976 to 1986, and the second volume stretches a little further back into the past. By 1972, the Beatles- and Bob Dylan-influenced “group sounds” period of Japanese popular music had come to an end, and several of ...
Nihongaku Radio Episode 63: City Popping Economic Bubbles It’s summer! That means it’s time for a city pop episode. Jonathan17 Jul, 20200 comment Page 1 of 22123»1020...Last » Last Time On Nihongaku Radio Nihongaku Radio Episode 68: Aimer Sparks Again ...
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City pop has become the big bright neon core of how many people (at least online) see older Japanese music, and while plenty of great stuff has received newfound attention, it results in a distortion about just how varied this corner of Japanese pop could be. Wai Wai expand the memory ...
as does their formidable hatred for city folk that suddenly erupts when she continues to refuse, but viewers may appreciate this jolt given the movie’s slow pace. Also, that it’s what propels her to her third job at a large gardening store in a city an hour from Tokyo, where a roma...
Has recorded albums and instruction books including Okinawa sanshin playing Okinawan shima uta, J-pop and Studio Ghibli. Runs a studio, teaches and is a college lecturer. Wasshu Yoneya (shinobue, noh flute) Born in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture (real name, Kazuyoshi Nakamura). Moved to Tokyo...
Is this EP the prophesised city pop EP that you were talking about years ago? Seiji Oda:For sure, it’s been planned for a minute. It’s been kind of a rolling thing where I’ve done city pop playlists and city pop events too, but now, with the‘~ a gentle gigg...