20 Trending Japanese Tiktok Songs You’ve Been Searching For
From cute summer bops to heartbreaking anime soundtracks, Tiktok has...
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The History of Jazz in Japan: Finesse through Cultural Osmosis
The story of jazz in Japan is one of cultural...
The Evolution of ChilledCow and Lofi Girl: The Perfect Study Music Channel
Picture this: you’ve got an important task—maybe you have a...
Lofi Music for Beginners: What You Need To Know
“lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to aka...
EIGAKAN Jazz Kissa Project: Preserving a Tokyo Legend
Imagine a sanctuary. It is a place where time slows...
Anime Soundtracks in Gaming: A Harmonious Blend of Two Worlds
Anime and video games are two vibrant subcultures that have...
Misora Hibari: The Face of Girlhood Evolution in Japan
To the casual audience of Japanese popular culture and media,...
Enka: Taste of Traditional & Modern Japanese Pop
Different music genres took up Japan’s soundscape during World War...
Embracing and Re-creating Music: A Remembrance of the Japanese Jazz Age
The early years of jazz music trace its home in...
‘Rokabiri’: The Music That Shook Japan
It can be surprising how culture affects style, creativity, and...
Blast from the Past: The Nostalgic & Multicultural Experience of City Pop
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear...
Japanese Hip-Hop DJs in the Western Music Scene
As early as the mid-1800s, amidst growing Westernization in the...
Breaking Down the Stellar Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
The timeless charm of an eighties jazz club, coupled with...
Everything You Need to Know About Japanese City Pop
It was 2017 when a curious YouTube recommendation plopped into...
The Mental Health Benefits of Lo-fi Hip-Hop & Chill Beats
Surely, you’ve heard of lo-fi hip-hop since it seems to...
Top 10 JPOP Classics to Sing At Karaoke EPOC
What do the famously hard-working Japanese salarymen do after a...
Analysing The Top 10 Songs from Studio Ghibli Films
We can all agree that Hayao Miyazaki's films are magnificent...
Japanese Musicians You Should Be Listening To
Japanese music has, whether you’re aware of it or not,...
Vomitspit: Erupting Japan’s Dubstep Scene
Next level sound system music is flowing through Vomitspit, the...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano for the Isolated
Japanese musical innovator, Ryuichi Sakamoto, has recorded a touching live...
Top 10 Japanese Inspired Lo-fi Hip-Hop Youtube Channels
Who among us hasn't gone down the rabbit hole of...
3 Relaxing Albums by Japanese Composers
One of the things that makes these soul-clearing albums so...
Vaporwave: More than a Micro-Genre
Squeeze the play button on your cassette player and let the beats start flowing; vaporwave is the retro glamour of the ’80s
Haruomi Hosono at the Barbican
Last Saturday, five decades into his musical career, the legendary...
Ongaku Yoru at Matilda’s Sake Bar
Bubbly music jiggled the floorboards of Matilda’s Sake Bar, which...
Japanoise: The Originators and Innovators
Noise takes it further than any other genre. Rhythm, melody,...
