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  • Zonies Live Report

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    Patrick Benny went to the first show by the Zonies, a new band featuring Yasuharu Konishi, of Pizzicato Five fame. Patrick writes up a full report.

  • Polypunk 31

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    Digiki presents Polypunk 31, a Daft Punk special called “Polypunk After All.” I have a feeling I’m really going to like this one. Cover photo by Alin.

  • Testing the Tenori-on

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    Me trying out Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-on electronic music device at the Spiral building in Aoyama. They have two on display for demo-ing, in front of Spiral Records. It’s fun to play with, but I couldn’t really get a feel for how deep you can go with composition. Thanks for the photo, Julie!

  • Cornelius Flies a Kite

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    For Cornelius‘ tour of the US, Anthem magazine commissioned a custom-made kite. This video includes an interview with Cornelius, talking about the project (subtitles courtesy of Marxy).

  • Egg Beater

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    I really need to point out an album I’ve been quite enjoying of late. EGG BEATER is the second album by a band called Legofriendly, out on Intervall-audio. Both the group and the label are Tokyo-based, and although I’ve come across the label before (posted about it here), this was my introduction to Legofriendly (but…

  • Samurai.fm Tokyo Showcase

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    Check out the Samurai.fm site for Max Mackee’s “Tokyo Showcase,” the first of a series of projects that will focus on a single city. Lots of other good stuff to listen to there as well. Thanks, Martin!

  • Cornelius’ Omstart

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    Music video for Cornelius’ “Omstart” track, directed by frequent collaborator Koichiro Tsujikawa. Via Motionographer.

  • Neojaponisme: Emori Takeaki

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    Emori Takeaki of iconic band Citrus gets the interview treatment over at Neojaponisme. Also, listen to the Neojaponisme podcast, with David and Trevor chatting about the band, and playing a few tracks.

  • Omodaka

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    Video directed by Hiroshi Kizu, featuring dancer Masako Yasumoto. From Warren Ellis’ blog: OMODAKA is the name of the project developed through a trial and error process of mutational fusion of music and motion graphics. It will knock over your existing image toward a music video by a beautiful trajectory.

  • Forty Years From Now

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    Marxy’s new album, FORTY YEARS FROM NOW, is now out! I personally love it, but don’t take my word for it, go and check out the first single, “Cat vs. Mouse,” that also features vocals from Kiiiiiii‘s UT. This post at the META no TAME blog includes links to some of the physical stores that…