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Okamoto’s – Run Run Run (mp3)

Okamoto’s
http://www.myspace.com/okamotos1969

OKAMOTO’S are a four piece hailing from Shinjuku, Tokyo. They take their name, just as the Ramones did, with all four members having the same surname; Drums – Reiji Okamoto, Bass – Hama Okamoto, Guitar – Kouki Okamoto, Vox – Shou Okamoto (taking the surname from their favorite Avant Garde painter Tarou Okamato). At only 18 years old, this band is ready to fill the boots of the Ramones and become legends themselves.

June of 2009 saw them release their debut album “Here are Okamoto’s” and with over 100 live shows under their belt, Okamoto’s are going to just get better and scarier with every step they take.

Okamoto’s @sxsw2010
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/1268

OKAMOTO’S – INSANE MAN

Miho Wada – Piss Off (such a loser!) (mp3)

Miho Wada
http://www.myspace.com/mihowada

Miho Wada is a well established multi-instrumentalist and singer from Japan/New Zealand. She has performed all around the world touring with many groups, including performances at WOMAD festivals, Love Box, Havana International Jazz Festival (Cuba), Tanja Latina Festival (Morocco) and Nagaoka Winter Festival (Japan). She has recently recorded with Iggy Pop for Orcon’s project to re-record “The Passenger” in which she played the flute and piano. She has also performed with Jarvis Cocker, Nigel Kennedy, members of Buena Vista Social Club and the list continues…

Miho Wada appears on SXSW, this year.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/203

Call Girl

Omodaka – Kyoteizinc (video mix) (mp3)

OMODAKA (Sohichi Terada)
http://www.fareastrecording.com/
http://www.youtube.com/fareastrecording

OMODAKA is a solo project of Soicchi Terada, a composer, arranger, and remixer who has been musically active since 1989. Terada studied computer science at the University of Electro-Communications, and it was while still in college that he launched his music career. He is also the founder of FarEast Recording, the label which releases all of OMODAKA’s music. He has been producing a wide variety of electro/techno music collaborated with other artists (some of them visual artists, not musicians). OMODAKA’s sound is characterized by the seamless mixture of Minyo. “KOKIRIKO BUSHI” , the collaborative work with a veteran Japanese traditional folk singer, Kanazawa Akiko, got over 750,000 views at YouTube from 2007 and it will knock over your existing image toward a music video by a beautiful trajectory.

Omodaka is Soichi Terada and
an Apple MacBook Pro, a Nintendo DS Lite,
a Sony PSP, a Gameboy Color,
a Korg Kaossilator, and the LCD monitor

OMODAKA appears at SXSW this year.
http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/1271

asadoya yunta

LITE – The Sun Sank (mp3)

LITE
http://www.myspace.com/liteband

Here we introduce LITE, one of the most enthusiastic performance bands in Tokyo. LITE are compared to Battles and Mogwai, and combine math-rock power and precision with emotionally charged compositions. They are scheduled to do U.S west coast live tour with Mike Watt and The Missingmen on March. Check and listen to The Sun Sank from from their latest EP, Turns Red.

“LITE US TOUR 2010″　w/mike watt + the missingmen

Mar 4 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Mar 5 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
Mar 6 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Mar 7 Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters Coffee House
Mar 8 Sacramento, CA – The Blue Lamp
Mar 9 San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
Mar 11 Portland, OR – Dante’s
Mar 12 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey