Japanese Music

[YourMom91]

Hey guys, I was just wondering if you guys knew of any cool japanese music. Rock, pop, even punk artists or groups? thanks guys =)

[moches]

Re: Japanese Music

MOSAIC.WAV is pretty sweet. Find them in FFR.

[Nyokou]

Re: Japanese Music

Too long of a list to post here.

I'VE SOUND is a group of many talented female pop singers. Check them out for starters.

[arsonistsgetallthegirls]

Re: Japanese Music

Dir en Grey seem to be pretty popular now, they aren't half bad.
They are plenty weird enough to stay interesting, but I must warn you, it's heavy.


I really never understood the obsession with Japanese music alone, especially J-pop.
We're all human beings, I don't see why people can become infatuated with music from a certain region of the world unless there is a unique style or they know the language well enough to understand what the lyrics mean.

Most of the pop from Japan sounds exactly like american R&B/pop.

[SethSquall]

Re: Japanese Music

Flow. I love them. Good place to start.

Also, Do as Infinity.

Dir en Grey seem to be pretty popular now, they aren't half bad.
They are plenty weird enough to stay interesting, but I must warn you, it's heavy.


I really never understood the obsession with Japanese music alone, especially J-pop.
We're all human beings, I don't see why people can become infatuated with music from a certain region of the world unless there is a unique style or they know the language well enough to understand what the lyrics mean.

Most of the pop from Japan sounds exactly like american R&B/pop.

Yea I agree. I always put them under the same genre. J-Rock or whatever is a sub genre to me, however.

[DarkbearX]

Re: Japanese Music

Dir en Grey

The 'g' in 'grey' is lowercase.

Anyway... B'z. They have approximately 300 songs (like one or two suck) spanned over 20 years and are still going. Google them if you want I guess.

Edit: And the singer (Koshi Inaba) can actually sing in English! Not a common feat in Japanese music (Dir en grey is the PERFECT example for this).

[jimerax]

Re: Japanese Music

yea B'z is awesome.

[omgitznpv]

Re: Japanese Music

i can easily distinguish j-rock/j-pop from american junk as long as its not generic.

as nyokou suggested, i've sound is pretty good

mosaic.wav is good as moches said, but it's moe j-pop. if you're like white-washed or anything, you probably won't be able to stand it

utada hikaru, ayumi hamasaki, hitomi shimatani, kotoko, mell, mosaic.wav (j-pop)
the gazette, dir en grey, malice mizer are pretty awesome (j-rock)

[ddr_f4n]

Re: Japanese Music

Too many to list...

[The Dragon Knight]

Re: Japanese Music

Gazette, Dir en grey, Gilgamush (or something like that), and alicenine. (with the period)

All pretty good bands.

[ShAiOnEi]

Re: Japanese Music

Nobuo Uematsu

[inflames07]

Re: Japanese Music

Dir en grey and +D'espairsRay+

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlI6oq8oSaI

[ShAiOnEi]

Re: Japanese Music

Listen to Blood Stain Child

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2oi-8xl7uZs

[Xx{Midday}xX]

Re: Japanese Music

Vocaloid feats are half the rage on nicovideo. Neat stuff. OSTER Project, livetune, Ryo, and Kz are some popular upnames on nicovideo. I'm a vocaloid artist too.

[shini-gama]

Re: Japanese Music

There is Nami Tamaki But She is J-pop >.<