Kagamine Rin "Meltdown" w/ English subtitles

Now with English subtitles, here is one of Japan's vocaloids Kagamine Rin performing "Meltdown" - a very eerie song about wanting to dive into a nuclear reactor "live" in concert:







See also Japan Nuclear Reactors in Full Meltdown

Tenniscoats Live in Ebisu, Tokyo

Here is Tenniscoats performing "Baibaba Bimba" live in one of their recent Take Away shows:



Directed by Colin Solal Cardo
Sounds & Mix by François Clos
Produced by Chryde for La Blogotheque

24 February 2010
Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan

Read more about the making of this video: Tenniscoats LA BLOGOTEQUE (French)

See more about the Tenniscoats (Japanese/English)

Turning Japanese with Kirsten Dunst

Filmed down in Akihabara, here is Kirsten Dunst in her new video:

Merepeoples - "Sherman"

One of the hottest Japanese alternative rock bands going now, here is the Merepeoples and their newly released "Sherman" video:




Merpeoples bewitch; The Party's . . . party



Sex and magic served up by two new Japanese girl bands

By SIMON BARTZ

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010

Via Japan Times

Four cute young women clad in ghostly white robes prance around in a forest holding twigs: No, it's not an outtake from the classic 1973 pagan spookfest "The Wicker Man." Yes, it is the excellent video for the Merpeoples' spankingly sublime song "Sherman."

Singer/guitarist Charlotte and drummer Rico must be the star pupils in their art-school class, as Merpeoples — completed by keyboardist Sayaka and bassist Ikuko — made the video themselves.

"Sherman," boasting a hypnotic but spiky guitar lick, is the catchiest song you'll hear this year and deserves to be a staple hit on all indie dancefloors. Like most of Merpeoples' eponymous debut album — released Feb. 17 — "Sherman" is dreamy pop melded to post-punk guitar riffage, but the band aren't afraid to experiment, and on the track "Midara na Story" ("Dirty Story") Sayaka's ivory-tinkling conjures up an exotic buzz — like the music from a James Bond scene in a souk.

Shame they spelled "Sherman" wrong.

"You mean it's S-H-A-M-A-N?" asks Charlotte.

I'm afraid so. Sherman is an old U.S. tank. I didn't see a tank in the video.
"Thanks, but on the CD it's in katakana, so it's OK," Charlotte says (she got her nickname 'cos a friend said that in profile she looks like Charlotte Gainsbourg).

Continued...

Ryuichi Sakamoto Live in Tokyo 04-28-09

Earlier this year in April, the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto performed live at Tokyo Opera City concert hall:

Lego Big Morl 'Afureru' 溢れる

Just released on July 22, 2009, here is the new single 溢れる ('Afureru' or 'Overflow') by the Japanese indie rock group known as Lego Big Morl



Starting out in March 2006 in Osaka, Lego Big Morl has quickly become a pretty popular group and has often appeared on both local and national Japanese TV and radio shows. Current members are Kanata Takehiro (Vocals & Guitar), Tanaka Hiroki (Guitar), Shintaro Yamamoto (Bass) and Asakawa Hiroshi (Drums). They will appear live at the SkyJamboree '09 in Nagasaki on Sunday, August 23 2009. For more information about this band, please visit their Official Website You can also listen to some more samples of their upbeat and catchy tunes on their MySpace page

Live Video: Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

Recently released on YouTube, here is a very good, multi-camera shot video of Mass of The Fermenting Dregs live at the Daikanyama Unit in Tokyo on September 22, 2008. And having seen them just a couple months ago, I have to say that this video really captures the intensity of Mass Dore and their fans quite well. Of course, you want to turn up the volume all the way:



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