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Tokyo Walking

An Afternoon in Ginza and Aoyama

Although I tend to not mention their shows here anymore since it’s such a regular part of my routine (I post on other shows in part as a reminder), I was at the Ginza Graphic Gallery and Creation Gallery G8 earlier (I’m at the Apple Store now) for this month’s shows, which cover the prize-winners […]

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Music

L.S.T.

Marxy shares the great, great news that Shugo Tokumaru‘s second album, L.S.T., has a release date: August 25! What? You don’t have his first album, NIGHT PIECE? Why not?

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Music Stores

Mlshop

Trevor, of the Music Related label — you’ve all ordered the Shugo Tokumaru album, right? — has recently launched a mail order website, mlshop, with lots of hard-to-find Japanese indie stuff.

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Music

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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Events Magazines Music

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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Music

MP3 Selections by Trevor

Trevor runs the Music Related label, who released the excellent Shugo Tokumaru album NIGHT PIECE, and now he’s started linking to Japanese indie artists’ MP3s that he finds on his blog. Time to start downloading!

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Music

Japan Release for Night Piece

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.

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Music

Sonido Uzumaki

Trevor’s Music Related label (now sporting a new site) is doing it again with an interesting new release. This time it’s a compilation CD going by the title SONIDO UZUMAKI, and it features a mix of Japanese and non-Japanese artists alike. Again, you can download an MP3 preview track, and that’s what got me hooked. […]