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EXPERIMENTAL

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 2, 2019
Emamouse: Unmasking an experimental cult favorite
It¡¯s surprising to see emamouse without their signature mask. The Tokyo artist never plays live or appears in photos on Twitter without the handmade felt headwear, which features green hair with a single blue fish. Yet here it is, in emamouse¡¯s hands inside a Shinjuku Showa Era cafe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 31, 2019
The Future Eve gets experimental with prog rock pioneer Robert Wyatt
Progressive rock and experimental music personality Robert Wyatt said goodbye to the music world in 2014 when he announced his retirement with the cryptic statement, ¡°there is a pride in (stopping), I don¡¯t want (the music) to go off.¡± That didn¡¯t mean that something pre-dating his retirement wouldn¡¯t...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 3, 2018
When Ami Yamasaki begins to sing, brooks, birds and barks emerge
I first heard Ami Yamasaki¡¯s voice in 2016 at a studio where I hosted a radio show in New York. She popped by to promote an upcoming performance at the Japan Society with composer Mamoru Fujieda, koto player Kayoko Nakagawa and sh¨­ (free reed mouth organ) player Ko Ishikawa.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 13, 2016
Toyomu reimagines Kanye West¡¯s ¡®Life of Pablo¡¯ in a creatively fun way
Toyomu ¡ª ¡°Imagining ¡®The Life Of Pablo¡¯¡± (Self-released)
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 6, 2015
Punk survivor Phew changes direction on ¡®A New World¡¯
Even as a child, Phew realized she was a bit different. ¡°When I was at school, if the teacher told a joke and everyone else in the class laughed, I was always the one who couldn¡¯t see what was funny,¡± she says. ¡°I¡¯ve always been like that.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 20, 2015
Dark sounds for dark times from avant-garde group Goat
It¡¯s at a showcase for Berlin¡¯s Pan record label, where I first stumble on Osaka band Goat. As I walk down the concrete steps of Shinsaibashi venue Conpass, I can already hear the music. The gradually increasing reverberations of sound grow ever more tight and mechanical, but it¡¯s not until I open the...
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
JAL and ANA to coordinate flight schedules for first time
An All Nippon Airways airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.

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