Category: Music
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Karaoke Kalk Night
For fans of the Karaoke Kalk label (of which I am): While the popularity of jam bands like M, M & W in Japan has to be credited primarily to the Organic Groove series, events in recent years tend to include also electronic music. Cologne-based Karaoke Kalk is one of the labels you’d consider virtually…
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Marxy Vs. J-Wave
Catch Marxy on J-Wave early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning here in Tokyo. Tommorow morning around 8:30 AM, there will be a live phone-interview with me, Marxy, on John Kabira’s J-WAVE Good Morning Tokyo (81.3 FM). Tune in if you’re in town.
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Radio OK Fred 5
Radio OK Fred 5 is now up. You can access the old shows here, and subscribe to the podcast feed. Also, the order pages at the OK FRED site have been updated, so you can order the fifth issue (pictured above) directly from them. As for buying it in shops, it should be readily available…
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NPRMX
Music Related has started a spinoff CD-R label called Our Small Label, and the first release is NPRMX, a remix album of Shugo Tokumaru material. Contributors include Midori Hirano, DJ Codomo, Marxy, Digiki, Pandatone, Tokumaru himself, and more. You can listen to a mix of all the songs here. Info on how to order the…
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OK Fred 5 Launch Event
Today marks the release date of the brand spanking new issue of OK FRED (5): “This Is Our Tokyo.” If you’ve listened to the latest episode of Radio OK Fred (4), you’ll have an idea of what you’ll find inside. To celebrate the launch, an exhibition will be taking place at Caniche Courage in Aoyama…
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A Video Reprieve
I’ve been rather hard of late on the music video channels — with good reason — but all is not lost, as I was just reminded of the weekly SpaceShowerTV show PUSH JAPAN TYO. Just now they were playing a Groovisions directed video for a band called Freenote, for the single “Walkmen.” The song itself…