Seriously one of the best subgenres of popular music ever. #ShibuyaKei
So, in case you are unfamiliar with #ShibuyaKei, it was a prominent outgrowth of late 1980s-early 1990s Japanese alt/underground pop music. Perhaps no band is associated with the genre more visibly than #PizzicatoFive, of which I am (of course) a huge fan, and they were certainly the band from the scene that had the most global impact. Nomiya Maki-chan is my #oshi.
I've had this #earworm stuck in my head, and it's some kind of #ShibuyaKei #bubblegum #madness.
I finally realized where it's coming from. It's the default music that plays inside my apartment in Shirogane in #FFXIV.
"pa paya payapa payapaya pa pa paya pa…"
OMG MIN'NA IT'S REALLY CALLED PA-PAYA.
and it's the theme music for the Hatching-tide event.
Oh, by the way … Happy Birthday, Maki Nomiya! 🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2sXihgLXXY
#music #nowplaying #PizzicatoFive #MakiNomiya #NomiyaMaki #ShibuyaKei
Le premier EP de Taiga Lain confirme tout le bien qu'on pouvait penser des quelques singles sortis depuis 2023 : un #shibuyakei venu tout droit du... Minnesota, avec des orchestrations #jazz et des mélodies qui résonnent plus d'une fois comme de douces comptines.
Le groupe s'offre même à la fin le luxe d'un instrumental #chiptune qui parvient sans forcer à ne pas jurer avec l'esthétique des cinq titres précédents.
Taiga Lain cultive assurément une singularité hors du temps qui rend leur musique particulièrement précieuse.
6 track album
RE: https://meow.social/@the_gneech/116103298943655085
Music by Fantastic Plastic Machine, slightly different mix than the broadcast version, but good to see this is back available in the world.
Un an tout juste après un très bel EP entièrement composé par small garden, Shino Kobayashi poursuit dans la même veine avec un admirable EP, totalement #shibuyakei, bien sûr.
Oui, c'est un EP de Noël, je sais, mais je ne vais quand même pas bouder une telle réussite, qui constitue par ailleurs un genre de all-stars du label Blue Very, avec, selon les titres, la participation de Koushi Ono (alvysinger) ou Kentaro Kondo (The Bookmarcs), notamment.
C'est aussi pour moi un excellent moyen de renouer avec Blue Very, qui avait été plutôt peu actif cette année, depuis la sortie de l'album solo de Kentaro Kondo en mars dernier.
Tokyo No.1 Soul Setのこのアルバム、配信にないんだよね。タワーレコードで働いてた時代に店内にずっと流れてて聞かされてた。ちなみに自分から聞いたことはない。ラップよりもこういうポエトリーリーディングスタイルのほうが日本語に合ってる気がする #jpop #shibuyakei
Tokyo No.1 Soul Set - Triple Barrel (1995) (90's Japanese Hip Hop) [Full Album] - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iVCp9Asq4
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Luxury (1998)
Luxury is the second studio album by Japanese musician Fantastic Plastic Machine. It was released on September 10, 1998, by Readymade Records. The album was released in Germany on March 29, 1999, by Bungalow Records and in the United States on April 27, 1999, by Emperor Norton Records.
Luxury is a continuation of Fantastic Plastic Machine’s previous work in Shibuya-kei, though in some tracks there are indications of a shift towards house music with 1960s northern soul and 1970s Philadelphia soul influences, a path he explored more on his next album Beautiful. Luxury features guest vocals from Lorraine Bowen, Simon Fisher Turner, and Yukari Fresh, among others.
Sarah Zupko of PopMatters wrote, “Luxury revels in international, otherworldly sounds and collaborations with musicians who perfectly suit Tanaka’s experimental bent.” She called the album “an enjoyable, eclectic effort that fans of sophisticated Euro pop are sure to adore.” In 2020, Tokyo Weekender writer Ed Cunningham wrote that Luxury was “more refined” than Fantastic Plastic Machine’s self-titled debut, “but both were inventive, slightly surreal and utterly smooth pieces of dancefloor-worthy retro pop.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_(Fantastic_Plastic_Machine_album)
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