MUSIC

An integral part of the LA funk scene, XL Middleton spoke about the background of his latest work which features Japanese city pop samples, his attraction to city pop and its similarities to G-funk, and Salt Box Records which is a record store he owns.

Rapper Awich had her first solo show at Nippon Budokan, and it was a success. We explore the rapper’s ideas and goals.

Daniel Takeda interviewed artist Haruno on his new EP “25”; post-release thoughts and international collaborations.

In the fifth installment of this series, we report on “MIRROR,” an android opera shown in Dubai in March of this year.

Shy Thompson, an up-and-coming American journalist who writes for Pitchfork and Bandcamp Daily, unravels Mioko Yamaguchi’s ’80s masterpiece of Japanese synthpop and her latest work “FAIRYTHM.”

The third installment of the global interview by a creative collective PKCZ® features DJ/producer Shinichi Osawa of MONDO GROSSO. This is the second part of the interview.

A global interview series by a creative collective PKCZ®. This series explores the future of Post-Covid club scene through cross-talk with world-renowned DJs. The third guest is DJ/producer Shinichi Osawa of MONDO GROSSO.

Utaha, a 20-year-old icon of Japanese pop culture, has been selected as the second lead performer and singer of Wednesday Campanella. What vision are they creating for now and the future?

Taro Nohara, who also goes by Yakenohara, released his new album Hyper Nu Age Tekno! on German label Growing Bin. He talks about the story behind the release and the thoughts he put into his new record.

In honor of the late Rei Harakami’s rare cassette tape re-release, we’re kicking off a short series of three articles. In this second installment, music journalist Masaaki Hara interviews Mark “Frosty” McNeill, who discovered Rei Harakami’s music in real time in LA.