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Midori Hirano’s Klo:Yuri

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten news from my friend Midori Hirano — or seen her, since she moved back to Kyoto a while back — and now I hear that not only is she moving to Germany at the end of this month, she also has a new full-length album coming out on […]

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New Tracks from Midori Hirano

Midori Hirano has put up some new tracks online for our listening pleasure (and you can download her first EP, “Poet at the Piano,” here). The first two tracks, “Kalimba” and “PN,” are from her upcoming full-length release, and the third one, a non-final version of “Orb of Day,” will be on her second album, […]

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Hirano Midori at Mperia

At my urging, Midori has now created an account at the excellent Mperia site. This means you can now show your love and support for her music by easily purchasing the tracks she has to offer: “Another Root” ($0.75) and “Dim” ($1). You just need to create a Bitpass account, which is wicked easy, and […]

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Hirano Midori

Right now I cannot stop listening to a track by electronic artist Hirano Midori, “Another Root,” and you can listen to it here. You should also check out her site, where you’ll find her blog and photolog, as well as info on what she’s up to. She has recently released an EP called POET AT […]

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Midori Featured at Mperia

Hirano Midori is a featured artist right now at the Mperia site, and you can read a short interview with her. You can find, listen, and buy some of her tracks here.

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Mperia Loves Midori

This weeks top tracks at Mperia. 1. RazorBladeKisses – “A Death in The Dollhouse” 2. RazorBladeKisses – “Lure of The Temptress (Pairikas)” 3. Chion Wolf – “Sing Swan Songs” 4. RazorBladeKisses – “Illusions” 5. Darby O’Gill and the Little People – “Gates of Hell” 6. Chion Wolf – “valentine’s day” 7. midori hirano – “another […]

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Intervall-Audio

Intervall-audio is an MP3 netlabel that offers “electronic music between Dusseldorf and Tokyo” as free downloads, all under Creative Commons licenses. I was just listening to samples of a release by Sora, a Kyoto-based electronic artist, which quickly led to me downloading his LIVE AT METRO release. They also have a web shop that specializes […]

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Creative Japonica

Looks like Karl Escritt is creating his own sort of PauseTalk in Kyoto, at Japonica Music Kyoto, adding to it a great live element that will kick off this coming Friday (December 1) with guests that will include O.Lamm and Digiki (as part of their current Japan tour), and Midori Hirano. Here’s how Karl describes […]

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RF Japan Tour 2006

I just learned that Midori Hirano is in town for a gig tonight at Shibuya Lush (alongside RF, Fourcolor, and Hell). Start time is 19:00, 2500 yen at the door (including a drink). More info here.

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LushRush Out

A while back I posted about Midori Hirano‘s upcoming album, LUSHRUSH, featuring a cover illustration by OK FRED‘s Audrey Fondecave, and since yesterday you can now get your hands on it. She also has a new site up, where you’ll find links to some stuff you can listen to online.