Looking for good J-Techno/Dance.

[christsciple]

Hey all.

I am looking for good Japanese techno, dance, and/or club music. No J-pop like Ayumi Hamasaki or anything please, although 'Butterfly' is a good song I am not into her style.


-Thanks.

 

[dniwer]

Tongari kids, maybe? I love Megane, not exactly sure if it's what you're looking for, though.

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/tongarikids

 

[Kinsao]

Try Schwarz Stein. It has quite a dark flavour but it's damn good.

 

[yukio_michael]

I don't think there is any real such thing as "J-Techno", the way that people call music Jpop & Jrock... Japan has always had a fondness for techno purists such as Jeff Mills & Derick May, but what gets exported out of Japan isn't as well known... Ken Ishii comes to mind...

I know that some techno producers and talent have been discussed before on Metropolis, you might root around there:

http://metropolis.japantoday.com/default.asp

 

[Davey]

Dj Krush

Yoji Biomehanika is really famous in the Netherlands

 

[Harvey]

Takyuu Ishino.
http://www.takkyuishino.com/

Fantastic Plastic Machine.
FPM

 

[leonmarino]

There can be only one..

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Denki Groove​

 

[yukio_michael]

Dj Krush

You're Dutch, you know we don't call Dj Krush, 'techno'

Best record store in NL for techno (if anyone finds themselves there): Clone, in Rotterdam.

 

[Rich303]

Japan has always had a fondness for techno purists such as Jeff Mills & Derick May, but what gets exported out of Japan isn't as well known... Ken Ishii comes to mind...

I know that some techno producers and talent have been discussed before on Metropolis, you might root around there:

Yukio Michael knows the score !


check Shinichi Atobe (not sure how many releases he's done)

Satoshie Tomie has always been a key figure in Dance/Electronic music. He played keyboards on 'Tears' by Frankie Knuckles - one of the most moving house tunes ever (with Robert Owens on vocals.)

Takako Minekawa dabbles in electronic stuff, but not really Techno.


Hope this is of interest