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  • Weekend Control

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    I actually did quite a bit of shopping at Tower today, and picked up another album by Taichi, WEEKEND CONTROL. It’s on the Revirth label, and you can listen to the tracks here. The reason I found it was because it was sitting right next to… (see next post).

  • Kiiiiiii in Concert

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    Patrick’s Agenda brings us news that Kiiiiiii, alongside Nihao! and Petty Booka, will be performing at Shinjuku Red Cloth on August 11. I’ll definitely try to go to this if I’m in town (it’s during my holidays, and I still don’t know if I’m going anywhere).

  • Dress Code

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    Yesterday marked the release of ex-P5 vocalist Nomiya Maki‘s 3rd solo album, DRESS CODE (you can listen to a few tracks here). This time we see production duties handed over to Sunaga Tatsuo, which has given us a cool bossa influenced album. To my ears, it’s much better than her second effort, which didn’t do…

  • Hirano Midori

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    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…

  • Japan Release for Night Piece

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    Patrick lets me know that Tokumaru Shugo’s NIGHT PIECE (read about my love for this album) will get released in Japan at the start of August. It’ll still be on the Music Related label.

  • Karly

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    Nomoto Karia’s first full length album, KARLY, is getting released at the end of the month (July 28), and you can now pre-order a special version that is signed and includes a DVD. More info from Patrick here. Update: Patrick went to the launch party at the just opened Lounge O in Aoyama, and reports…

  • Maximum Joy RIP

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    Patrick brings news that the Shibuya record store Maximum Joy, often associated with the ol’ Shibuya-kei scene, is closing its doors tomorrow. Everything is 50% off. There will also be a closing party (already sold out), featuring Cornelius, Kahimi Karie with Kanda Tomoki, Kaji Hideki, Naka Masashi, and more.

  • OK FRED Raps

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    Issue 4 of OK FRED is coming soon, and it’ll be the “hip-hop” issue. That would explain why Robert pointed this out to me a while back.

  • Am I

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    Thanks to one of the waitresses at Pause, I finally got a copy of Taichi’s AM I album last week, and I’ve been enjoying it since. I mentioned my first impressions here, and further listenings just confirm that initial feeling. The new release he was talking about when I saw him the other night is…

  • Remix Album by Taichi

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    After my big gushing over Taichi recently, I was very pleasantly surprised to see Pause selling a new remix album by him at their cash register (first time I see them selling a CD), which I quickly picked up. It’s an exclusive release from Jet Set Records, featuring 21 remixes of artists like Matmos, Tortoise,…