Yet another day; 11:08 PM

I have been into this track since I got the Teppan-Yaki remix compilation by Shinichi Osawa, but haven't posted. It's another Japanese track by him, but one that is great and will definitely be coming out of my ipod for a while~ I have gotten into Shinichi's style a lot over the past months, I feel like I'm cheating on Nakata a bit. Oh well, all is good so long as I have good music~ No video was ever made, and the slide show has an... interesting photo. The first one I don't mind but can't say I'm a fan of the second one. You'll see what I mean... haha. Don't let it scare you away from the song though!! Please!!!

Turbo Love; 11:22 PM

Just got Shinichi's latest album, Teppan-Yaki, which is a compilation of his remixes. One disc is English and the other is Japanese, and that makes no difference in the quality of his sound. I fell in love with this album in probably 5 seconds flat. Here is just one of the many amazing tracks, I HIGHLY recommend checking out the full album!

DJ's got style and I like his vibe; 10:22 PM

Show some love for a top Japanese DJ, Shinichi Osawa, with this english track. Quite catchy and some of you may have even heard it before! The vocals are okay, I like them in the corus, but at other times I could do without them. But Osawa's work with the track is really what holds this one together,

Lose your way with me, come boundin', steppin', Jumpin' JUMPER; 9:06 AM

This has been a favourite song of mine for about a year now, I should have posted it much earlier, but for some reason haven't. And to start off I'll just say one thing, Yasutaka Nakata is a genius!! He has produced many successful electronic-music acts in Japan and even has his own, capsule. Capsule's sound has changed a lot over time, from something with a soft, retro, pop feel to it, to this hard synthed sound. JUMPER will always be my favourite track by capsule, but there are a lot of close seconds. Toshiko's voice is always sounding good, whether it is synthed or not, the lyrics are hard to make out, but yes they are in english. The video reminds me of some motion sensor tests on acid. Sounds weird? Yep. But in the best way possible.

Let it shine for you, come on; 12:04 AM

Recently after surfing youTube I came across the Shinichi Osawa song "Our Song". I had tried to get some of his music previously but had no luck, this time I came out with the CD! Lucky me! Also another favourite on album of mine is "Star Guitar"... I'm addicted to these songs... ugh so good!! Here's the videos for both, and don't hate just because it's not made by an english producer!

Don't be on the defensive; 5:07 PM

For the next song I'm going to talk about I'm not expecting many people to pay attention because well... It's Japanese. Andddd most people I know only want to listen to music in their own native language, which is beyond lame.

So here we have Ayu's newest single. And in case you weren't aware, Ayu is basically the Britney Spears of Japan, only she used to be a model, is in 198321083 more commercials, and doesn't lip sync. So back to the song... It's titled "Sparkle". Opposed to previous Ayu tracks it has a pretty strong electro undertone to it. (Because most of the rest of the world is smart and knows that Techno/Electro > Rap/HipHop.) It still feels like pop-rock though, so don't expect anything on the level of Perfume or capsule here. But I really enjoy the sound of the track.

As for the video it's kind of weird. To me it is Britney Spears Oops I Did it Again meets Lady Gaga meets gas masks?? Yeah you read right, gas masks. It definitely has some things that you would not ever see in a "popular" artist over here, that's for sure. I'm not quite sure I'm sold on the creepy gas mask dancers, butttt... knowing Japanese culture compared to ours, I could see how it could work. As a side note, the tight vinyl-esque suits she is wearing show off her super tiny model frame. I had no idea how tiny she really was until this video! But none the less she manages to make everything look hot, minus the over the hooker boots she wears in the black outfit... because those she could have done without.