Scars Borough
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 16. Sep, 2011 | 2 Comments
This music recommendation must be the most personal one I have ever done… Here’s the story. So a long time ago in Japan I met a French dude. We became friends, time passed, I moved to Osaka and he was still in Tokyo, and we didn’t see each other so often anymore. Then a few [...]
Bright Siren by androp
Posted by harvey in Art, Music on 08. Sep, 2011 | 3 Comments
If you’re into Japanese rock and… camera flashes… you’ll probably find this to be pretty interesting. This is the video for the song Bright Siren by a Japanese band called androp. They used 250 cameras to set this up. Pretty impressive in terms of scale! Fun stuff. If you check their official website you can [...]
OMODAKA Video
Posted by harvey in Culture, Media, Music on 03. Aug, 2011 | 1 Comment
A newish video from OMODAKA! I really like OMODAKA’s style. He mixes traditional Japanese folk music with his modern digital beats and the results are really fun. OMODAKA in action Check out some of the links below for more OMODAKA videos and information. Related Posts: New OMODAKA drops Tuesday! More OMODAKA Get OMODAKA Albums on [...]
TINA – I’ll be there
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 03. May, 2011 | Comments Off
I was introduced to this song back in 1999 when I was living in Japan long term for the first time as an exchange student at Nanzan University. A pretty hip older friend turned me on to it, and later she also introduced me to a similar artist named Bird. I remember I just loved [...]
Japan Fan encourages you to donate
Posted by harvey in Music on 14. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
There are many many ways to donate, but here’s another one. If you buy this girl’s songs on Band Camp she’ll donate 100% of the proceeds to Red Cross. She studies Japanese too. Her songs only cost one dollar. Support her dream, support Japan, support a JapanNewbie. What more could you ask for? Go young [...]
Shing02 Video – Muchi no Chi
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 13. Feb, 2011 | Comments Off
Here’s a Japanese rap video called Muchi no Chi 無知の知 that I stumbled upon recently. The video is certainly not new, it was done in 2006! I’m late to the party – that doesn’t mean it isn’t still cool though! This video was directed by Shing02, and includes lyrics from him and five other Japanese [...]
RADWIMPS
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 30. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
Some J-Rock for ya. RADWIMPS. My brother-in-law introduced me to this band, so I guess it’s the kind of music that 20-something Japanese guys are into these days! RADWIMPS are a four-member rock band with record label EMI Music Japan. Japanese who are in the know shorten their name to RADdo (ラッド). I’m getting this [...]
Do you know the lyrics to Sakura?
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language, Music on 24. Dec, 2010 | 2 Comments
So we’ve all heard the famous Japanese tune Sakura countless times. Have you ever paid attention to the lyrics? I took some time with a Japanese friend and hacked through the lyrics a while ago. Pretty interesting epic, and not so easy, so here’s some knowledge sharing for ya! There are actually two versions of [...]
