Guitarist hide passed away in 1998 just as his solo career was getting going. Band leader Yoshiki composed the theme for the Golden Globe awards in 2012. X Japan: The most legendary of all "Visual Kei" bands, one of the 2-3 bands most associated with the start of that style. "madan ~Der Freischutz~" (live at Inazuma Rock Festival 2010): T.M.Revolution: The king of "anison (anime songs)." Pretty well-known already to anime fans in the west but worth listening to if you want something REALLY J-Pop sounding. Guitarist Tak Matsumoto won a Grammy award with Larry Carlton for their instrumental jazz album "Take Your Pick." They have a star on the Rock Walk. They've dabbled in a ton of genres but 80's style pop-metal is their specialty. Yumi Matsutoya aka Yumi Arai: You can hear her song "Hikoki-gumo" in the trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's newest (and final) film "The Wind Rises." VERY prolific singer/songwriter, hugely influential to many solo female vocalists even today.ī'z: Rock duo with record-breaking sales.
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I don't skip any tracks on "kazemachi roman." Their song "kaze wo atsumete" was on the soundtrack to the movie Lost in Translation.
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They range from sounding like Simon & Garfunkel to Fleetwood Mac to Led Zeppelin. They have a folky sound, GREAT command of nostalgic melody. Happy End: Their first two albums, "Happy End" and "kazemachi roman," were instrumental in the public's acceptance of western-style genres in the Japanese language. The big artists that everyone knows are probably the following: The Japanese Beatles, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Elvis, if you will.īecause I'm learning Japanese, anything with a lot of Japanese lyrics would be great, but I am also into classical music, so I'd love to hear some traditional Japanese too.Įdit: I didn't expect to get so many responses! I'm currently making a playlist on YouTube to listen to while I get on with my work today - thank you for you time and effort putting these lists together :D The groups every Japanese household has heard of. I particularly want to know what you consider the biggest musical names in Japan to be. I like Pamyu Pamyu, 2012, Joe Hisashi, and that's about all I know! Please, broaden my horizons! I've been wanting to get into Japanese music, but have no idea where to start! I figured I might get some help here :) I'm learning Japanese, and I would love to start doing more immersive learning by filling up the ol' iPod with Japanese tunes! What bands/songs/pieces do you think I absolutely need to hear? I'm into pretty much any genre rock, bubblegum pop, folk, traditional, indie, electronic. Keep them general, for searchability:įLAIR: Please use the subreddit flair to categorize your post. MUSIC AND PV LINKS: please use one genre and one year tags. Please tag your posts according to the following guidelines. Additionally, any covers must be of Japanese music AND performed by artists in the Japanese music scene/industry.ĭo not submit more than one link by the same artist per day. No karaoke, instrumental covers, remixes or reaction videos.
Simply singing in Japanese or sampling Japanese music does not meet this criterion. Music submitted to this subreddit must be created in or for the Japanese music scene/industry.
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No requests for or sharing of unauthorized download links. Maybe you're a fan of classic rock? Or hip-hop? Contemporary pop? Traditional music? Noise and other experiments? You name it: we're interested. The goal is to be as far-reaching as possible, so that we can all share in our knowledge of the best music that Japan has to offer.
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