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newest one by edawakare. They've released their 2nd EP in june, seems like I missed it back then... first half is pretty slow but picks up later and is totally worth the wait. A really really nice track totally down my lane!

onomatopel ... a small alt-pop duo I just stumbled upon; with a really cute piece this time. sounds a lot like classic shibuya-kei with some pico-pop added to the mix. It's pure sugar but I like it.

random *this thread must not die!* push... shoebills... slow build up with post rock finish, nice keyboard presence and male vocals fitting the music... nothing groundbreaking but I can dig it.

Just noticed Odile will release their debut album 'WARMDUSCHER' (xD if you know the german meaning) with 10 tracks on Zankyo at 12th of july No PV's as of yet, and no full song samples, only two previews (Zankyo YT & Soundcloud) - but from judging those I guess it will be something I can dig. Official web: https://odile.themedia.jp/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-956643704

Aaaand EU-Tour with the new Album announced already^^ F*** YEAH!!! *___*

Daemon & Airdrie - China Shop I'm stuck on a loop with this one today... It's just beautiful!

For German artists there is this 2007 compilation which is called Poptastic Conversation Japan, bundled with a language-course/study CD and released in both Japan and Germany, where German bands / band-members re-recorded their songs in Japanese language (with support of an professional interpreter). I features bands like Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Ärzte, Wir sind Helden, Stereo Total... And is pretty funny and interesting in my opinion (there is also a 'China' version of the compilation btw). You can listen to samples of all songs here (not much up on YT sadly); https://www.exlibris.ch/de/musik/cd/various-artists/poptastic-conversations-japan/ (scroll down to 'DISK 2' on the left side, 'DISK' 1 is the language course CD) YT-Sample from Die Ärzte: Short TV-piece about it in English (with a few cringe-worthy moments, but still interesting):

Basically because it applies its own rules of resizing & [re]compressing if you don't follow their rules first hand. You can find those rules here; https://www.facebook.com/help/266520536764594/ And there are other things to know and tricks as well if you really care about the quality, but I don't want to get into detail here - you should be able to easily find guides on that on the web; just google a bit... or ask me if you really want to know it.

Morinaga Caramel Candy! *__*

Oooh... Canada. I'm always a bit envious because you guys have Steve with his NEXT MUSIC FROM TOKYO tour. Anyways, enjoy your time here!

Not so bad on the 'understandable'-side actually (there's far worse stuff in existence) but pretty typical 'Engrish' songwriting; ^^^ lyrics ^^^ Ok, it's an obscure Indie-artist, but I see quite similar stuff pretty often... You can even get what he wanted to say/express in a way, it's just not the best English.

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