Japanese triphop?

[maji]

Is there any? You know of the massive attack or Portishead type... thx for any replies.

 

[Twisted]

Check out Antennasia: http://www.antennasia.com. They have full songs online in their listening booth.
I'm going to be doing an interview with them soon.

Can't think of much other Japanese trip-hop acts though. DJ Krush sometimes ventures into this area and you might wanna try the Boom Boom Satellites.

 

[maji]

Thank you a lot, I'll try those out

 

[budd]

oh this is easy, cool! dj krush! first off, i think he can be gotten even at walmart... toshinori kondo... let's see...

 

[Twisted]

Wow, somebody actually knows Toshinori Kondo?
I've seen him perform live earlier this year, since he lives in Amsterdam.

He's a trumpettist and while you could describe his music as trip-hop, he's a bit more experimental then what's going on in the Bristol scene.

Here's a picture i took from his concert:

 

[budd]

yah, he did a collaboration w DJ Krush -- thanks for the pic!
forgot Kazufumi Kodama
http://www.411mania.com/music/reviews/article.php?reviews_id=1064

Yeah yeah! dry & heavy

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[wissem]

it's trip hop !!! you can listen to dj shadow , dj krush , tosca, kruder and durfmeier, tricky, nujabes, ....................

 

[Chipi]

Uh, such a refreshing breeze of air, something else&interesting on this forum about music, instead of the endless J-pop stuff

Keep namedropping! I want to extend my knowledge. I know for sure there are many talented electronic music producers in Japan (incl. triphop), but don't have the names :/

Some interesting ones I can add to the list (hope you don't mind they're not exactly triphop..) are OOIOO, Hifana, Jazztronik, Primal (hiphop)..