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<title>Utada Hikaru</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:08:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Utada Hikaru is one of Japanese pop's guiding lights. She was writing songs before she hit puberty, and when an EMI executive caught wind of her skills, he asked her to write her songs in Japanese. She did, and became an overnight sensation in Japan. Utada jumped labels in 2004 and released her first English language album, the evocatively named <i>Exodus</i>, the same year.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Ryuichi Sakamoto</title>
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<category>Ethnic Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This Japanese superstar helped create electronica with the Yellow Magic Orchestra, has won Academy Awards for his film soundtracks, releases Alterna-Dance albums, and records Avant-Garde classical suites.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Yoshida Brothers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Yoshida Brothers are part of a new wave of shamisen players in Japan that pair a deep respect for the instrument's roots in folk traditions with a strong interest in pop and rock experimentation. The brothers grew up in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, and each began studying the three-string Japanese lute at age five, primarily pursuing the <I>Tsugaru-jamisen</I> genre. They have gone on to become respected traditional masters, winning national shamisen competitions and releasing a highly successful folk debut that earned a Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year award at the Japan Golden Disc Awards. Ryoichiro and Kenichi are also known as innovators, pioneering an aggressive, almost electric guitar-esque playing style and adding dance beats, pop stylings and blues-rock elements to their recordings. The combination of innovation and tradition has garnered the Brothers an international reputation, as well as the deal that has arguably made them the most famous: In 2006, Nintendo began using their song "Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)" for the popular commercials for their Wii gaming system.
- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:23 -0800</pubDate>
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- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>Agatsuma</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:34:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Puffy AmiYumi</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A combination of luck and perseverence brought Tokyo-born Ami Onuki and Osaka native Yumi Yoshimura together in 1995. Sony chose the two for a new pre-fab duo after auditions, and the combination was more successful than the label could have imagined. After their first J-pop hit, 1995's "Asia No Junshin," the two could do no wrong. They quickly became a cultural force, influencing fashion, inspiring action dolls, dominating radio and hosting their own television variety show. They launched a show on the Cartoon Network in late 2004.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Shonen Knife</title>
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<category>Punk</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Shonen Knife first appeared stateside in the late 80's/early '90s, no one could decide if they loved them because they played such pure Ramones-style Punk-Pop or because their bad English and pop culture fascination were so darn cute. The cute angle may have become a little tired after three records dedicated to Barbie, furry animals and Jonathan Richman, but the magnetic pull of charged guitar tunes harboring lethal hooks and sticky, confectioner's sugar vocals can still make a first-time listener repeatedly nod their head, a giddy smile plastered to their face.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Kodo</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The world's best-known Japanese Taiko drumming ensemble, Kodo produce a range of sounds from near-silent clattering to full-blown percussive thunder. Together since the 1980s, they've released several more-or-less traditional recordings in addition to venturing into Western-influenced crossover territory. Their collaborators have included DJ Krush, Bill Laswell (who produced their popular 1997 CD <I>Ibuki</i>), and Thrash Metal heroes Sepultura. Their music is more than capable of speaking for itself, however, as it communicates with a hypnotically violent power that transcends cultural barriers.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Kazu Matsui</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Master of the Japanese shakuhachi, Matsui plays the end-blown flute like a breath of wind moving though icy mountain air. He's worked with countless artists while fusing traditional music with new age and world music.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Yoshikazu Iwamoto</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gentle, modulated sustains burst to sonic heights when this Japanese Zen monk plays his homemade bamboo flute. This sincere expression of contemplative art is not softened around the edges for new age consumption.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Kohachiro Miyata</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:06:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fantastic Plastic Machine</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fantastic Plastic Machine is the plaything of Japanese wunderkind Tomoyuki Tanaka. A cheesy, club-happy submarine, FPM dives into the history of pop music, especially the '60s variety. Tanaka grabs bits from Mancini soundtracks, Beach Boys albums, <i>That Girl</i>-style theme songs and old commercials, then filters them through modern club culture. Do yourself a favor. Spit out all that postmodernist theory and chew on this: if you're having a soiree and want to dance, put some Fantastic Plastic Machine on the ol' hi-fi system and see the party kick into high gear -- or watch all your headbanger friends exits in drove.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Guitar Wolf</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Decked out in black leather, dripping with adrenaline, and straight outta Tokyo, Guitar Wolf come out swinging with what is possibly the noisiest, fuzzed-out, garage punk ever. Although drums and some semblance of melody are occasionally blasted apart with feedback, these ear-bulldozing anthems strip Punk down to its primordial force: raw power.]]></description>
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<title>Kiyoshi Yoshida</title>
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<title>Miyavi</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:12:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Satomi Saeki</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Joji Hirota</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:04:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Shoukichi Kina</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Yamato Ensemble</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:06:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Koto Ensemble Of Ikuta School</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Amduscias</title>
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<category>Death Metal</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dreams Come True</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:31:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Takako Minekawa</title>
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<category>Post-Modern Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 09:57:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Takako Minekawa creates ultra-sweet pop, draping it in a sea of choppy electronic rhythms that fall somewhere between minimalist New Wave and more complex avant-electronic squawks. With her beloved, squeaky, hello-I'm-twelve-years-old vocals, she comes across as a Lolita with turntables. The one-time child star began her career in 1995 with a structured album, <I>Chat Chat</I>, that aimed for the ironic vein -- her unique vocals tackled everything from the Beatles to Tom T. Hall. Her records have progressed since, encompassing blips and breakbeats while invoking an air of retro-futurism and providing images of toys, squirrels, and of course, kitties.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Oedo Sukeroku Taiko</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:42:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:34:32 -0700</pubDate>
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- Henry B.]]></description>
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