800 Cherries

800 Cherries are (were?) a lovely lo-fi electronic pop folk duo from Japan. (Well, they sounded lovely; I don’t know what they looked like.) They come complete with amusingly fey almost-tuned synths and quintessentially Japanese quiet-little-girl vocals. They seemed to disappear a few years ago. I just heard some of their songs on Japanator Radio… Read more »

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Japanese electronics

Omodaka “Asa doya yuta” – Electronics with traditional-sounding female Japanese vocal over it. Sounds nice, and a touch exotic. I’d like to find out a bit more about it. (From Japanator Radio 59) Aira Mitsuki “Sazae Funkadelic” from Robot Honey – Electronic, heavily processed and very energetic J-Pop. I don’t know what it has to… Read more »

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Aira Mitsuki remix and more

Aira Mitsuki “Beep Count Fantastic” from Copy – Muscular techno instrumental with liberal sprinklings of 8-bit throughout. (From Japanator Radio 59) Mosaic.wav “Anata no Tonari no Vampire” from “Meiwaku Mailing Girl” – Awesome hyperspeed pop chip(munk) tune. (From Japanator Radio 59) Sleepy.ab “Palette” from Palette – Lovely melodic mid-tempo male vocal. (From Japanator Radio 59)

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