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Japanese trance?? (pg. 5)
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| [ groovypants ] |
| Indeed! He has recently produced a "trance and techno" influenced track for the new anime motion picture Appleseed. The exclusivly produced OST also features artists like Oakenfold and Basement Jaxx to name a few - I eagerly await to hear Sakamoto's latest work, as you probably are aware by now, that I am a great fan of him. :D:D:D |
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| aspergian |
Count me in as another Sakamoto fan... OMG!!! HE'S DOING TECHNOISH STUFF AGAIN? yayyy!! I gotta hear that. I have some odd feeling it will be kind of downtempo and rich in ambience and have a sort of melancholy feel to it but I'm keeping my ears open.
I've seen the Trailer for Appleseed, thought that Basement Jaxx tune worked oddly well for it -- that looks like one heck of a movie :) |
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| spiralhelix |
about the trance scene here in Japan,
hmm...I would say trance(as in the uplifting kind) has never really been big in Japan. Clubs and raves here have always been heavily influenced by the Goa and Thailand scenes so the music that you would hear almost 100 percent of the time would be psy-goa and technoish. A while back Avex tried to promote trance alot by getting lotsa famous overseas producers to remix their artists (namely Ayu and Globe) which is why u see heaps of remixes of their songs.
Overall trance in all it's varieties is winding down here. I think the big turning point came when Liquid Room, the best club venue in Tokyo and home to many a happy time, closed down last year. There are still a few big (10,000 people+) raves being held every now again at places like the camp ground at the base of mt. Fuji and as well as in Nagano but the majority of people who were there when the scene first started to get big (in the mid-late 90's) have all moved on and there has not really been many new people coming into the scene.
Another factor is that of drugs. Shrooms were still legal and high-quality E was had very easily. The police would turn a blind eye but when high school girls started buying drugs in Shibuya, the cops said enough was enough and there was a huge crackdown. The legal system here Japan is quite archaic - 99% conviction rate, can be held 3 weeks without being charged as well as blanket anti-drug laws which classify all illegal substances as the same.
So really, the scene got too big and got too much attention from the media and govt. Currently it's in a state of hibernation that it will hopefully recover from.
As for trance dj's (The psy-goa kind), I would say Tsuyoshi and Ree-kay are two names that stick in my head. |
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| TuanAnh213 |
| quote: | Originally posted by spiralhelix
about the trance scene here in Japan,
hmm...I would say trance(as in the uplifting kind) has never really been big in Japan. Clubs and raves here have always been heavily influenced by the Goa and Thailand scenes so the music that you would hear almost 100 percent of the time would be psy-goa and technoish. A while back Avex tried to promote trance alot by getting lotsa famous overseas producers to remix their artists (namely Ayu and Globe) which is why u see heaps of remixes of their songs.
Overall trance in all it's varieties is winding down here. I think the big turning point came when Liquid Room, the best club venue in Tokyo and home to many a happy time, closed down last year. There are still a few big (10,000 people+) raves being held every now again at places like the camp ground at the base of mt. Fuji and as well as in Nagano but the majority of people who were there when the scene first started to get big (in the mid-late 90's) have all moved on and there has not really been many new people coming into the scene.
Another factor is that of drugs. Shrooms were still legal and high-quality E was had very easily. The police would turn a blind eye but when high school girls started buying drugs in Shibuya, the cops said enough was enough and there was a huge crackdown. The legal system here Japan is quite archaic - 99% conviction rate, can be held 3 weeks without being charged as well as blanket anti-drug laws which classify all illegal substances as the same.
So really, the scene got too big and got too much attention from the media and govt. Currently it's in a state of hibernation that it will hopefully recover from.
As for trance dj's (The psy-goa kind), I would say Tsuyoshi and Ree-kay are two names that stick in my head. |
how about The Velfarre? they always have the big DJs there and i know Avex does those cybertrance comps based on the velfarre (if that makes sense) |
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| spiralhelix |
| quote: | | how about The Velfarre? they always have the big DJs there and i know Avex does those cybertrance comps based on the velfarre (if that makes sense) |
I could never take the Velfarre very seriously as a club. Ever see those photos of girls in bikinis and yukatas dancing on top of podiums with a sea of suits staring up at them? That's velfarre, last relic of the body-con era. It's true their music is now trance (or cybertrance as the J-people call it to distinguish it from psychedelic trance) but the music they used to play there was tetsuya komuro style euro-beat which is the simply the cheeziest music I've ever heard. Don't take it harshly if you're into euro-beat, this is just my opinion. To be honest, I've never been there so i can't really tell you much about the place. I just can't shake the cringe feeling whenever I see that name. |
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| Mgz |
Japanese trance? OK :D
Cyber X feat Van Tomiko - Drive me nuts
Van Tomiko - Again ( yesasia link )
also Tatsumaki remix of Van Tomiko - Again is worth checking out :D (mouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuichidouuuu, kono teeee wo tsunagouuuuu :toothless
move - Romancing Train (tatsumaki remix) (this song is featured on Final Fantasy Unlimited)
They are all vocal trances.
FYI Van Tomiko is the lead voice of the Jap pop/rock-ish group Do As Infinity (have ever watched a cartoon show called "Inuyasha", they sang ED of that show) and Van-chan voice, IHMO, compareable with Sarah M :happy2:
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I intend to recommend Hamasaki-sama TOO but TONNES of you already mentioned Hamasaki-sama :toothless:
to torley (btw i saw you on RFD,and nice trance tune,too :D)
which sakamota are you talikng about :conf: , definitely not Maaya :nervous: |
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| [ groovypants ] |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mgz
which sakamota are you talikng about :conf: , definitely not Maaya :nervous: |
Ryuichi Sakamoto : composer, electronic music pioneer, actor. ;)
http://www.ryuichi-sakamoto.com/
You should know him from the popular "Heart of Asia (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence)" by Watergate - although not to be confused with Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Heart of Asia" which is totally unrelated. |
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| mndeg |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancinchink
ugh.. jpop. high pitched whiny voices, with ayumi leading the pack:p |
how come your name is trancinchink (chinese) but your flag says Taiwan?
! traitor
back on topic Ayumi Hamasaki - Trauma (Dumonde mix) |
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| DJ E-s*it |
| ^^^ maybe people from taiwan ARE Chinese? |
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| Icesotope |
| Globe - Genesis Of Next (Tatsumaki Remix) |
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| bass.exe |
The outlook on electronic music is very different here mainly due to the absnce of drugs. in Europe it seems more of an outlet for X users in emotional Trance etc. japanese DJs tend to focus more on technique and high tech aspects of DJing resulting in alot of tech influence but hardly any trance per se. i enjoy listening to Japanese DJs here because htey are so technical, but unfortunately lack the ability to generate energy ore emotion. check out:
Takaaki Itoh
Ken Ishii
Yoji Biomehanika
Kazu Kimura
Fumiya Tanaka
these arent trance but you shouldnt look to japan for trance. we have very good tech, house tho! |
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