[Music] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)

Hm.. seeing that your Jpop experience is vastly greater than mine, I guess it's one of those "maybe it's just me" thing. Oh well, I hope TBG and ELT would release something soon.

Vemp: new TBG single coming like wut (12th December).

Don't think ELT have anything on the release list at the moment, but I'm sure something won't be far away. Hopefully both will release new albums soonish.

P.S. LOVE PiECE = <3

LOVE PiECE is <3, and so is Angela Aki's new album: mucho <3. The Tokyo Jihen album is alright. I'm not as high on it. As for ELT, they had that single back in August, one year minus one day after their last single; and they're releasing another single at the of this month. TBG's on pace for their first album in over 5 yearsprobably next year. I think some kind of best-of is coming soon though. Good times in the wonderful world of J-Pop.

It certainly is. I also agree that Angela Aki's new album is <3

My recent delivery of goods was:
- YUI - LOVE&TRUTH (Single)
- Otsuka Ai - LOVE PiECE
- Angela Aki - Today
- Tokyo Jihen - Variety
- Maki Goto - How to use SEXY

A pretty decent haul I'd say.

And in my good-time-in-the-wonderful-world-of-J-pop high, I forgot to make mention of the latest m-flo remix album. It's alright, though it ain't no DOPE SPACE NINE. And while I'm a big fan of electronic music, none of the tracks really striked me as outright amazing, but some are still <3. The second disc was nice though, a joyride through the all that was and is the meteorite flow.

For those following and interested in J-Pop from the late 1960s to just after 1989, the eighth volume of randomly chosen songs is uploaded.

You can download it here

track list:

01 - ヴィレッジ・シンガーズ (Village Singers) – バラ色の雲
02 - オフコース (Off Course) – 群衆の中で
03 - 渚ゆう子 (Nagisa Yuko) – 京都の恋
04 - 郷ひろみ (Go Hiromi) – 裸のビーナス
05 - テレサ・テン (鄧麗君) (Teresa Teng) – 今夜かしら明日かしら
06 - 荒井由美 (Arai Yumi) – 生まれた街で
07 - キャンディーズ (Candies) – 年下の男の子
08 - 新沼謙治 (Niinuma Kenji) – おもいで岬
09 - 岩崎宏美 (Iwasaki Hiromi) – 思秋期
10 - 小林幸子 (Kobayashi Sachiko) – おもいで酒
11 - 石野真子 (Ishino Mako) – プリティー・プリティー
12 - 敏いとう & ハッピー&ブルー (Toshi Ito with Happy & Blue) – 我慢できないわ
13 - 寺尾聰 (Terao Akira) – Shadow City
14 - 五木ひろし & 木の実ナナ (Itsuki Hiroshi & Kinomi Nana) – 居酒屋
15 - 早見優 (Hayami Yu) – アンサーソングは哀愁
16 - 小泉今日子 (Koizumi Kyoko) – 迷宮のアンドローラ
17 - C-C-B – Romantic が止まらない
18 - 本田美奈子 (Honda Minako) – キャンセル
19 - 和田加奈子 (Wada Kanako) – サルビアの花のように
20 - 渡辺満里奈 (Watanabe Marina) – 虹の少年

Any feedback on this and other volumes is welcome, whether you are curious about other works from certain singers or the era in general.

Oh wow, this place had no activity in such a long time.

Anyways, to those who listen and follow the music industry of Japan, I would like to ask for recommendations. I used to listen to a lot of jpop back then (give or take 3 or so years). I enjoy rock/alternative bands with female vocals, such as Do As Infinity, The Brilliant Green, Every Little Thing, Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen, Yui, hmm, I like some Utada Hikaru (since her songs aren't really that rnb-ish, or too sugary). Basically if you think you know bands/artists that belong to the same category, I would like to try them out.

I guess I just kind of missed the jpop sound, and would to listen to it again.

Yeah, this thread sort of went a bit dormant. I guess I tend to discuss my J-Pop stuff elsewhere these days.

As for your request Mr Vemp, to be honest I'm still listening to a lot of those acts, since a lot of them are about (YUI's latest album is rather good). Actually Shiina Ringo has a 2CD album of B-sides out, I believe it is, which I picked up and would heartily recommend as it is ace.

I just discovered Evil Musume today. Haha! This stuff is awesome! XD

Also listened to YUI's and ELT's latest albums, pretty happy with them. Nothing that can make me go "WOW" but it's all nice and happy. Or something. Gonna get some other stuff to try.