Recommended Japanese Music

*essential and/or accessible releases that make for good entry points for the section
**personal favorites
POP GENERAL (pop rock, indie pop, art pop, baroque pop, experimental pop...)

ACO - Irony
Advantage Lucy - Have a Good Journey (1996-2000)*
After Dinner - Paradise of Replica**
Akiko Yano - Japanese Girl*
Akino Arai - Furu Platinum
Anonymass - Anonymass**
Chinatsu Kuzuu - The City In The Sea**
Citrus - Wispy, No Mercy*
Clammbon - Re-Clammbon 2*
Colored Music - Colored Music
Corina Corrina - Corina² Tour '82
Crayon-Sha - Orange no Chikyuugi
Doopees - Doopee Time**
Eiko Ishibashi - Drifting Devil
Etsuko Yakushimaru - Radio Onsen Eutopia
eX-Girl -Back to the Mono Kero
Gekko Imonkyaku - Gatsu Gadetanode
Guiro - Album
Haco - Ash in the Rainbow** and Happiness Proof
Haruomi Hosono - Paraiso (w/ The Yellow Magic Band) and Hosono House*
Hirono Mio - Fruits of the Moon
Hiroshi Fujiwara - Nothing Much Better** to Do and Classic Dub Classics
Hoahio - Ohayo! Hoahio!
Ichiko Hashimoto - Beauty
Jun Miyake - Stolen From Strangers
Kokusyoku Sumire - Anderu Meruhen Kakyokushuu
LaB Life - Planet Headphone
Lucky Old Sun - I'm So Sorry, Mom
Lullatone - Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures
Mariah - Utakata no Hibi*
Mariko Fuji - Kyousoukyoku
Mayumi Kojima - Ai no Poltergeist*
Miyazaki Takashi - Astaire**
Mihomihomakoto - Mihomihomakoto
Minako Yoshida - Flapper
Mio Fou - Mio Fou
Modern Choki Chokies - ボンゲンガンバンガラビンゲンの伝説
Mon Murmure - Le Bon Bon
Nagisa ni te - The Same as a Flower
Pizzicato V - Pizzicatomania!**
Real Fish - A Very Big Band In Heaven
Rehabilual - New Child
Rosa Luxemburg - II
Round Table Featuring Nino - APRIL
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Saeko Suzuki - Visinda og Leyndardómur
Salon Music - M★a★s★h**
Shena Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana*
Shugo Tokumaru - Port Entropy*
Soutaiseiriron - Hi-Fi Anatomia
Spangle Call Lilli Line - Spangle Call Lilli Line
Swing Slow - Swing Slow
Syzygys - Complete Studio Recordings**
Tavito Nanao - 雨に撃たえば...! Disc 2
Tin Pan Alley - Caramel Mama
World Standard - World Standard
Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakashi
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor* and Naughty Boys
Yoko Fujita - Atai no Namida
Yoshio Hayakawa - Kakkoii Koto wa Nante Kakkowaruin Darou
Yuko Ikoma - Esquisse
Yumi Arai - Hikō-ki Gumo
リュクサンブール公園 - Le Jardin Du Luxembourg
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    A. TRADITIONAL POPULAR MUSIC (ryūkōka, enka, kayōkyoku, proto-Jpop...)

	Eri Chiemi & The Tokyo Cuban Boys - チエミの民謡集*
	Hibari Misora - Original Best 50
	Ichimaru
	Idzumi Yukimura - Till I Waltz Again With You / Jambalaya
	Ito Yukari - ”Ketteiban” Ito Yukari
	Katsutaro Kouta
	Keiko Fuji- Golden Best
	Keiko Ikuta - Paraíba / Baião de dois**
	Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki*
	Linda Yamamoto - All Linda Yamamoto
    Meiko Kaji - Kaji Meiko no hajiki uta*
	Michiko Hamamura - バナナボート
	Michiya Mihashi
    Noriko Awaya - Mes chères chansons: Victor Recordings 1951-1959**
	Sachiko Nishida
	Sumako Matsui - Katyusha’s song
	Various Artists - Nippon Girls Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70*
	Various Artists - 琉球レアグルーヴ: Shimauta Pops in 60's-70's
	Various Artists - 青春歌年鑑 戦後篇① 昭和3-8年 (1928-1933)**
    Various Artists - 青春歌年鑑 戦前篇② 昭和9-12年 (1934-1937)**
	Various Artists - 青春歌年鑑 戦前篇④ 昭和15-20年 (1940-1945)**
	Yoko Kuroki and Orquesta Típica Tokyo - ベサメ・ムーチョ / 赤い靴のタンゴ
	Yoshie Fujiwara - 出船の港 / 出船
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	B. "OLD" J-POP (city pop and similarly stylized J-pop from the '70s and '80s)

	Akina Nakamori - Fushigi
	Ami Ozaki - Prismy
	Anri - Timely!!
	Cosmic Invention - Cosmorama
	Eiichi Ohtaki - A Long Vacation*
	Kaoru Akimoto - Cologne*
	Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita - Pacific*
	Hiroko Hayashi - BEST
	Hiromi Go ‎– Labryrinth
	Hitomi Ishikawa - Machibuse
	Kikuchi Momoko - Adventure**
	Juicy Fruits - Pajama Date
	Junko Yagami - Full Moon
	Juri Hamada - よろしく、朱里。
	Maiko Okamoto - Fascination
	Mari Iijima - Rosé**
	Mariya Takeuchi - Variety
	Miharu Koshi ‎– おもちゃ箱 第一幕
	Miho - California Crisis
	Miki Matsubara - Pocket Park
	Minako Honda - 1986-nen no Marilyn / マリオネットの憂鬱**
	Momoe Yamaguchi - Golden Flight
	Rajie - 真昼の舗道
	Saint Four - The Best of セイントフォー
	Seiko Matsuda - Kaze wa Aki Iro / Eighteen
	Shigeru Suzuki - Band Wagon
	Sugar Babe - Sugar Babe*
	Taeko Ohnuki - Sunshower**
	Tatsuro Yamashita - Spacy*
	Tomoko Aran - Body to Body
	Toshiki Kadomatsu - Sea Is A Lady
	Yasuhiro Abe - Cafe Flamingo / Still I Love You
	Yasuyuki Okamura - Yasuyuki
	Yoko Minamino - 悲しみモニュメン / 春景色
	Yuki Saito - 風夢* and Love
	Yukiko Okada - シンデレラ and ヴィーナス誕生
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	C. CONTEMPORARY J-POP (electropop, and J-pop from the '90s on)

	Bonnie Pink - Heaven's Kitchen
	Chara - Madrigal** and Junior Sweet
	Fumie Hosokawa - The Best Hit & Heal + Clips ~Hosokawa Fumie Best Collection~
	Hikaru Utada - Ultra Blue
	Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - なんだこれくしょん*
	Makoto Kawamoto - Makoto Kawamoto
	Perfume - ⊿
	Serani Poji - One-Room Survival*
	Tomoe Shinohara - Super Model
	Especia - GUSTO
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    D. SHIBUYA-KEI (picopop, bitpop, neo-Shibuya-kei, twee...)

    800 Cherries - Romantico
	Aikagi - Waterproof Leaf
	Bluenö - Bluenö
	Bridge - Preppy Kicks**
	Chocolat - One Too Many Chocolat
    COPTER4016882 - Perfect Joke
    Cornelius - Point*
    Fantastic Plastic Machine - The Fantastic Plastic Machine*
    Flipper's Guitar - Three Cheers for Our Side* and Camera Talk
    Frenesi - Cupra
	Havana Exotica - Hello!! Martian!!!!!
	Hideki Kaji - Mini-Skirt
    Hi-Posi - かなしいことなんかじゃない**
	Instant Cytron - Una marcia**
    Kahimi Karie - K.K.K.K.K.
    Karia Nomoto - Karly
	Kenji Ozawa - LIFE*
	Lamp - Koibito e*
	Maylove - Sing Little Clam Sing
	Microstar - Microstar Album
	Momoka Akashi - コスモポリタンパレード
    NAGISA COSMETIC - Nagisa Cosmetic
    Pizzicato Five - Pizzicatomania! and This Year's Girl*
    Plus-tech Squeeze Box - Cartooom!
    Qypthone - Montuno No. 5
	Roly Poly Rag Bear - Straw, Water, Pinstripe
	Serani Poji - One-Room Survival
	Sucrette - C'est si bon
    Takako Minekawa - Roomic Cube
	Three Berry Icecream - Three Berry Icecream**
	Tirolean Tape - Demonstrator
    Towa Tei - Future Listening!*
    Various Artists - Bossa Nova 1991: Shibuya Scene Retrospective**
    Yukari Fresh - Trefoils Hat
    Yoshinori Sunahara - Pan Am: The Sound of '70s
    Zoobombs - Let It Bomb
FOLK
    A. TRADITIONAL FOLK (soukyoku, gagaku, koto, minyou, heikyoku, shamisen, experimental Japanese folk, Japanese classical...)

    Chieko Mori - Jumping Rabbit*
    Chikuzan Takahashi - Tsugaru Shamisen
    Ensemble Nipponia - Japan: Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music*
	Gorō Yamaguchi - A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky**
	Kimio Eto - Koto Music
    Kinshi Tsuruta - Satsuma biwa
	Mamoru Fujieda - Patterns of Plants
    Michio Miyagi - Masterpieces of Koto**
    Michiyo Yagi - Shizuku
	Nanae Yoshimura - The Art of the Koto, Volume One
    Nosaka Keiko - Ballata Sinfonica: Keiko Nosaka Recital
    Rentaro Taki - Kojo no Tsuki
	Satomi Saeki & Alcvin Takegawa Ramos - Japanese Traditional Koto & Shakuhachi
    Somei Satoh - Mandara Trilogy
    Stomu Yamash'ta - Red Buddha
	Tadao Sawai - Historic concert
	Tani Senzan & Yoko Tanaka - Evening Snow
	The Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra - Gagaku: The Imperial Court Music of Japan
    Tokyo Gakuso - Gagaku: Court Music of Japan
	Toru Takemitsu - In an Autumn Garden**
	Tôsha Suihô - Die vier Jahreszeiten in Kyoto / Four Seasons in Kyoto
	Toshiyuki Tsuchitori - 銅鐸: 黄金の鼓動 Dōtaku: Ancient Japanese Bronze Bells From Yayoi Period B.C. 400 - A.D. 25**
    Umekichi - ちゃっきり節*
	Umeko Ando - Ihunke
	Various Artists - Japanese Koto Consort
	Various Artists - Japon 3 Gagaku*
	Yoshihisa Taïra - Tribute to Noguchi
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    B. CONTEMPORARY FOLK (indie folk, folk rock/pop, avant-folk, progressive folk, singer/songwriter...)

    A Qui Avec Gabriel - Utsuho
	Bliki Circus - Bliki Charine
	Charan-Po-Rantan & Cancan Balkan - Tada, Soredake.
	Cinorama - Garden, The Garden
    Eddie Marcon - Wata No Kemuri No Syotaijo**
	Freylekh Jamboree - Klezmer No Hana Ha Amaku Saku
	Fuchigami to Funato - Happy Set
	Hachiman Mae - Hachiman-Mae
	Hachimitsupai - センチメンタル通り
	Haruka Nakamura - Grace
    Happy End - Kazemachi Roman*
	Hatsuo Yamaya / Hachimitsupai - Yamaya Hatsuo no Horo Kashu: Shinjuku
    Ichiko Aoba - Utabiko**
	Ichiko Aoba, Jun Miyake, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, and Hitoshi Watanabe - Pneuma
    Jon - Smoke
    Ju Sei - Taigun-Yūei
    Kan Mikami - Onkashu: Hiraku Yume nado Arujanashi
    Kazuki Tomokawa - Muzan no Bi
    Kengo Iuchi - 犬神と家畜
    Kenichi Fumoto - 美化
	Kumiko Suyama - Yume no Hajimari**
	kyooo - 鳥が歌う
    L - Holy Letters
    Luna Park Ensemble - Mushi-Kui Mandala**
    Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Blues du jour
    Meme - Chitotetochi**
    Meso Meso - Mitten
	Minakumari - Rasa
    Morio Agata - Otome no Roman
    Morita Douji - A Boy*
	Nika Soup & Saya Sauce - Ipiya
    Noise - Tenno
    Sai Yoshiko - Taiji no Yume*
	Sakamoto Hiromichi - 「零式」
	Shoukichi Kina / Champloose - 喜納昌吉&チャンプルーズ
	Shuji Inaba - Yoenzange
    Slap Happy Humphrey - Slap Happy Humphrey
	Sonotanotanpenz - 3
	Takami - Yume no Kirigishi
	Tayutau - いちにちのながさを、はなうたできめる。
	Tenniscoats - Papa's Ear
	The Fujii - We Pray The Brooze
    Tomoaki Saito - Saito Tomoaki
	Various Artists - Kougezan KoukijiP: The Live 11th Hyakusenmansyuuraku
    Yoriko Ichinomiya - 丹後恋歌
    Yuka Ijichi - Peanuts Butter
	Yumbo - Flicker/Echo
    Zuno Keisatsu - Zunō Keisatsu 1
    古井戸 - 古井戸の世界
    ちんぷんかんぷん - ちんぷんかんぷんのしんぞう
NEW WAVE (synth pop, ethereal wave, techno kayo, zolo...)

Akebonojirushi - Paradise Mambo
Chakra - Satekoso*
Chiemi Manabe - Fushigi Shoujo
Cioccolata - Cioccolata**
Films - Misprint
Guernica - Shinseiki e no Unga
Haniwa-Chan - Kanashibari**
Hara Masumi - Yoru No Sachi
Ill Bone - 死者
Inoyama Land - Danzindan Pojidon
Interior - Interior (Japanese Yen label pressing)*
Kuroyuri Shimai - 最後は天使と聴く沈む世界の翅の記憶
Lewisite  - Time Traveller
Masakosan - MONKEYS WAX
Miharu Koshi  - Parallelisme** and Boy Soprano
Min & Kunina-Men - 猿の宝石 + 2 Songs
Normal Brain - Ready Made
Pale Cocoon - 繭**
Panasist - Hoshizora No Panasist
Plastics - Welcome Plastics
Picky Picnic - Ha! Ha! Tarachine**
Popsong's Factory - My Pops
Portable Rock - Beginnings*
Psy-S - Pic-Nic**
Salaried Man Club - Gray Cross
Salon Music - La Paloma Show
Shampoo - Tonight
SPY - SPY
Susan - Complete Susan
Tamao Koike - Unreleased Materials**
Tanoshii Ongaku - やっぱり
Togawa Jun - Tamahime-Sama*
Tomo Akikawabaya - The Castle
Variété - Location at Hollywood
Various Artists - 沫 Foam
Various Artists - Soft Selection 84
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    A. POST PUNK (synth punk, minimal synth, gothic rock...)

    3F=C - To.Ma.Do.I**
	Anode/Cathode - Punkanachrock
	Boys Boys - Monkey Monkey / Control Tower
	C. Memi - Heavenly Peace
	Coma - In a Coma
	Daisuck & Prostitute - 死ぬまで踊りつづけて*
	Dendö Marionette - Dendö Marionette**
	Duppi - Velvet Night / はつねつのみやこ
	Earthling - Slow Down the World / Urbanitrops
	E.D.P.S. - Blue Sphinx
    EP-4 - Lingua Franca-1 昭和大赦
	Gakidou - Pandora no Hako
    INU - Meshi Kuuna!*
    JAGATARA - 南蛮渡来*
    Lizard - Lizard*
    Kou Machida - どてらいやつら**
	Kokushoku Elegy - Esoderic Mania
	Mannequin Neurose - Mannequin Neurose
	Michio Kadotani - 腐っていくテレパシーズ
    Mizutama Shobodan - Otome no Inori wa Da Da Da
	NG - Ugomeku Ego
	Panicsmile - Eats Tokyo Alive!
	Papaya Paranoia - War War War** and Mohaya kore made**
    Phew - Phew and View**
    P.T.A'S - New Songs
    P-Model - In a Model Room
	Quasimode - Jeux De Vertige
	RNA Organism - R.N.A.O. Meets P.O.P.O.
    Rorie with A*T*H - Door Dream
	Russian Ballet Troupe - シンクーム
	Sarasvati - Dendrocacaglia
    Still - Pale Face
    Sympathy Nervous - Sympathy Nervous*
    Totsuzen Danball - Yokushi Oto Chikara
	Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Tsunematsu Masatoshi
	Various Artists - Music (Vanity Records)
    Yapoos - Yapoos Keikaku**
    Zelda - Carnaval*
ROCK GENERAL (pop rock, experimental rock, garage rock, indie rock...)

88kasyo - 八+八*
Accidents in Too Large Field - New Buildings
BOaT - RORO
Boris - Heavy Rocks (Orange)*
Coaltar of the Deepers - Yukari Telepath*
Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden - Report From Iron Mountain
downy - Mudai 3
Eksperimentoj - Eksperimentoj
Fishmans - Long Season** and Uchū Nippon Setagaya
Green Zone - Bayt
Kinoco Hotel - マリアンヌの恍惚
Kinoko Teikoku - Eureka
Ling Tosite Sigure - Inspiration Is Dead
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - Mass of the Fermenting Dregs*
Melt-Banana - Cell-Scape
Natsumen - NEVER WEAR OUT yOUR SUMMER xxx !!!
NISENNENMONDAI - Destination Tokyo and Neji/Tori
Novo Tono - Panorama Paradise
Number Girl - School Girl Distortional Addict*
Praha Depart - UOU SAOU
Quruli - Team Rock*
Scoobie Do - 何度も恋をする
Sonic Flower - Sonic Flower
Sparta Locals - Sun Sun Sun
Sunny Day Service - Sunny Day Service
Supercar - Three Out Change
Sweet Inspirations - Life Affair Trust Music I: Life
Tenjo Sajiki - Sho o Suteyo, Machi e Deyō
The 5.6.7.8's - Bomb the Twist*
The Pillows - Little Busters*
YBO² - Alienation**
Yurayura Teikoku - 3X3X3*
Zeni Geva - Desire for Agony
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	A. SURF ROCK/ELEKI

	Blue Jeans - Let's Go Eleki-Bushi
	Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys - This Is Terauchi Bushi*
	The Royal Fingers - Wild Eleki Deluxe
	Yoshio Kimura - Wakai Saundo*
	Yuzo Kayama - Black Sand Beach/Violet Sky*
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    B. PROGRESSIVE (progressive rock, avant prog, zeuhl, neo-prog...)

    A-Musik - E Ku Iroju
	Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos - Uganda
    Altered States - Mosaic**
	Alef - Hajime!
	Ashada - Circulation
	Asturias - Cryptogam Illusion
    Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit**
    Brast Burn  - DEBON
	Demi Semi Quaver - Demi Semi Quaver
    Dragon Blue - Hades Park
    Far East Family Band - Nipponjin
    Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Rinne Kokyogaku**
    Green Milk From the Planet Orange - City Calls Revolution
    Ground Zero - Plays Standards**
    Happy Family - Toscco
	Harpy - Speech on the Radio
	Hiro Yanagida - Milk Time
    Hoppy Kamiyama - A Meaningful Meaningnessless
    Imahoritsuneoyoshidatatsuya - Dots
    Jyoji Sawada - Base of Fiction
    Katra Turana - Katra Turana
    Knead - 1st
    Koenjihyakkei - Ni*
    Korekyojin - Korekyojin*
    Le Silo - 8.8
    Mong Hang - Debakata
    Osamu Kitajima - Benzaiten
    Ruins - Hyderomastgroningem*
    Sadistic Mika Band - Black Ship
	Salle Gaveau - Alloy
    Sanhedolin - Manjo Icchi Wa Muko
    Stomu Yamash'ta - Floating Music
	Tipographica - God Says I Can't Dance
	The World Heritage - The Tropic of Cancer
	Yonin Bayashi - Golden Picnics*
    Wha Ha Ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu**
    美狂乱 - Parallax
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    C. PUNK (punk rock, hardcore punk, d-beat, no wave...)

	385 - 脳みそあらおう
    Aburadako - Aburadako (aka Ki-ban)*
    Acid - Gray Earth*
	Akevonoiz - Akevonoiz
	Bastard - Wind of Pain
    Chance Operation - Chance Operation
    Coa - Smell Me, Smell My Grand Father
	Confuse - Nuclear Addicts
	Conga Fury - Bullshit Disaster
    Death Side - Bet On the Possibility
    Friction - Friction**
	Gaddess
    Gai - Extermination
    Gaseneta - Sooner or Later*
    Gauze - Equalizing Distort
    Gudon - 残忍聖者
    Guillotine Terror - Black Rebel Storm**
    Gunjogacrayon - Gunjogacrayon**
    Kulara - Fragmental Remembrance a Switch of Resurrection and My Hearing Vanished
	Kuro - Who the Helpless
    Kyah - Slapdash
	Lä-ppisch - Lä-ppisch
	Maria 023 - Theme & Human Being
    Midori - Second
    Non Band - Non Band
    Nurse - ナース
    Outo Syojodan - 欲求不満の白雪姫と7人の小人達
    Pablo Picasso  - Soft Type
    Pineapple 4.9 - Pineapple 4.9
	Saboten - Floor et Satie
	Shojoningyo - Shojyo Ningyo
    S.O.B. - Don't Be Swindle
    State Children - Bomb Shelter for Money Making!
	The Comes - No Side
    The Stalin - Stop Jap*
    The Swankys - Rock 'n Roll History Fuck Off!!
	Tranquilizer - Tranquilizer
	Zouo - The Final Agony
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    D. METAL (drone/drone doom, stoner, sludge, black, goregrind...)

    324 - Boutoku No Taiyo
	Birushanah - Akai Yami
    Boris - Amplifier Worship* and Boris at Last -Feedbacker-**
	Butcher ABC - Butchered at Birth Day
    Catasexual Urge Motivation - The Encyclopedia of Serial Murders**
    Church of Misery - Houses of the Unholy*
    Chuugakuseikanoke - Musume Sensochu
	Corrupted - El mundo frio*
    Endless Dismal Moan - Endless Dismal Moan
    Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation - Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation
	Gastunk - Deadsong
	Maggoty Corpse - Baptisma
    Ryokuchi - Shinsho
	Sabbat - The Dwelling
    Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
	Swarrrm - Against Again
	Valkylie - Lamia Shock!**
	Velle Witch - 血・貴婦人 Blood Noblewoman
    Zenocide - Zenocide
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    E. MATH AND POST ROCK

    About Tess - Beautiful
    Envy - A Dead Sinking Story
    Jizue - Bookshelf*
    LITE - Phantasia
    Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind*
    Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain**
	Oono Yuuki
    qpd - nicapono
    Sajjanu - Pechiku!!*
    te' - If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated Sound Talks the Depth of Musical World.*
	the cabs - 再生の風景
    Toe - Book About My Idle Plot on Vague Anxiety**
    tricot - THE*
	Uchu Conbini - Somaru Oto wo Kakunin Shitara
    Unkie - the Price of Fame
    World’s End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
	Yodaka - Yodaka
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    F. SHOEGAZE AND DREAM POP

	Burrrn - Blaze Down His Way Like the Space Show
    Cruyff in the Bedroom - Hikarihimawari*
    Dive - Early Sonic June
	Flipper's Guitar - Aquamarine
	Lemon's Chair - I Hate? I Hope?
    Luminous Orange - Drop You Vivid Colours**
    My Dead Girlfriend - ixtab*
    Oeil - Urban Twilight
    pasteboard - Glitter
	Pastel Blue - Blue Demos*
    Sugar Plant - After After Hours
    Tokyo Shoegazer - Crystallize*
PSYCHEDELIC

	A. PSYCH ROCK

	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - La Nòvia**
	Angel'in Heavy Syrup - Angel'in Heavy Syrup IV*
	Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun* and Super æ
	Datetenryu - 1971
	Flied Egg - Goodbye
	Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori*
	Food Brain - Bansan (Social Gathering)
	Fushitsusha - Live 1 (1989)**
	High Rise - Live* and II
	J.A. Ceasar - Kokkyō Junreika and Denen Ni Shisu
	Kousokuya - 1st and Echoes From Deep Underground
	Les Rallizes Dénudés - ‘77 Live**
	Los Doroncos / Majutsu no Niwa - Live at Showboat 2012
	Love Live Life + One - Love Will Make a Better You**
	Magical Power Mako - Super Record** and s/t
	Minami Deutsch - Minami Deutsch
	Musica Transonic - Musica Transonic
	Ohkami No Jikan - Mort Nuit
	Rovo - Tonic 2001
	Shizuka - Persona in Heaven**
	Splendor Mystic Solis - Heavy Acid Blowout Tension
	Strawberry Path - When the Raven Has Come to the Earth
	Suishou No Fune - Prayer for Chibi
	Sundays & Cybele - Gypsy House
	Up-Tight - Five Psychedelic Pieces
	Various Artists - Ongaku 70: Vintage Psychedelia in Japan
	Various Artists - Tokyo Flashback 1
	White Heaven - Electric Cool Acid** and Out
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	B. PSYCH FOLK ROCK

	Ai Aso - Chamomile Pool*
	Ghost - Second Time Around and Hypnotic Underworld*
	Kikagaku Moyo - Kikagaku Moyo
	Les Rallizes Dénudés - Mizutani**
	LSD March - Under Milk Wood*
	Masato Minami  - The Tropics
	Michio Kurihara - Sunset Notes
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	C. PSYCH POP

	Hallelujahs - Niku o Kuraite Chikai o Tateyo
	Jacks - Vacant World*
	Katsurei - Yuretsuzukeru**
	OOIOO - Taiga*
	Rashinban - Rago
ELECTRONIC GENERAL (ambient, glitch pop...)

Chihei Hatakeyama - Minima Moralia
Daisuke Tanabe (with Kidkanevil) -  Kidsuke
De De Mouse - Tide of Stars
Geskia! - Silent 77
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music for Nine Post Cards*
Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing*
Kitaro - Silk Road
Logic System - Logic
Motohiko Hamase - #Notes of Forestry
N-qia - Audio Illustrations
Riuichi Sakamoto - B-2 Unit
Sab - Crystallization
Shuta Hasunuma - OK Bamboo
Susumu Yokota - Sakura
Sawako - Bitter Sweet
Tetsu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku*
Wonderland Falling Yesterday - Enchanted Landscape Escape*
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	A. DANCE MUSIC (techno, house, big beat, juke...)

	34423 - Tough and Tender
	Ametsub - The Nothings of the North
	Aoki Takamasa - Indigo Rose
	AZUpubschool - Lovely Her Lips EP
	Captain Funk - Songs Of The Siren**
	Denki Groove - A*
	Hironori Takahashi - Gaia's Archetype*
	Hosome - New Fascio
	Jazztronik - Samurai
	Ken Ishii - Jelly Tones*
	Metome/Takahiro Uchibori - Cloud EP
	Mondo Grosso - MG4
	Shinichi Osawa - The One
	Soichi Terada - Sounds From the Far East
	Takaaki Itoh - Nightmare Continues
	Various Artists - Japanese Juke & Footworks Compilation**
	Various Artists ‎– Listen Up
	Various Artists - MAJOR FORCE THE ORIGINAL ART-FORM IJ
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	B. EXPERIMENTAL (glitch, microsound,...)

	*0 - [0,0,0]**
	Bisk - Strange or Funny Ha Ha?**
	DJ Pica Pica Pica - Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999**
	Ikue Mori - Hex Kitchen
	Juke/19 - Ninety-Seven Circles**
	Kimitaka Matsumae - You Are The Fox 1
	Ryoji Ikeda - Dataplex*
	Susumu Hirasawa - Technique of Relief*
	Tolerance - Divin**
	Yoshihide Otomo - Otomo + Mao
HIP HOP (rap, instrumental hip hop, jazz hop, pop rap...)

Audio Sports - Era of Glittering Gas
Buddha Brand - 人間発電所**
Crue-L Grand Orchestra
DJ Honda - HII
DJ Krush - 寂 Jaku and Strictly Turntablized*
group_inou - _*
Halcali - Halcali Bacon*
Kenichiro Nishihara - Humming Jazz
Kimidori - Kimidori
Moe and Ghosts - 幽霊たち
Nanorunamonai - Melhentrips
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music*
PSG - David
Rhymester- Egotopia
Rip Slyme - Good Job!**
Scha Dara Parr - Wild Fancy Alliance
Seiko Ito - Mess/Age
Shing02 - Waikyoku
STUDIO75
Y.I.M
JAZZ GENERAL (vocal, modal, hard bop, post-bop, swing, tango nuevo, chamber jazz...)

Chiemi Eri - Come on-a My House / Tennessee Waltz**
EGO-WRAPPIN' - Night Food*
Gato Libre - Shiro
George Ohtsuka - Maracaibo Cornpone
Hino Kikuchi Quintet - Hino=Kikuchi Quintet
Koichi Sugii - Japanese Jazz & Salon Music, Vol. 3: 1936-1941**
Mama!milk - Gala de Caras
Matumoto Hiroshi & Ichikawa Hideo Quartet - Megalopolis
Mouse On the Keys - An Anxious Object*
Ryo Fukui - Scenery*
Seigen Ono - The Green Chinese Table
Shizuko Kasagi - コロムビア音得盤シリーズ: 笠置シズ子
Sleepwalker - The Voyage
Soil & “Pimp” Sessions - Pimp Master*
Takashi Matsunaga - Storm Zone
Takeo Moriyama Quartet - My Dear
Utako Matsushima - La Tanguista
Various Artists - Japanese Jazz 1950s–1980s**
Various Artists - Nobukazu Takemura Collection (Three Blind Mice Issue)
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	A. FREE AND AVANT GARDE JAZZ

	Arthur Doyle, Takashi Mizutani & Sabu Toyozumi  - Live in Japan, 1997
	Compostela - Wadachi
	Hozan Yamamoto - Silver World*
	Kaoru Abe - Winter 1972*
	Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshinori Kondo & Derek Bailey - Aida's Call
	Kohsuke Mine - Daguri
	Masahiko Satoh & Sound Breakers - Amalgamation
	Masahiko Togashi - Guild for Human Music**
	Masami Shinoda - Tokyo Chin Don Vol.1**
	Masayuki Takayanagi - Eclipse
	Masayuki Takayanagi & Kaoru Abe - Mass Projection*
	Mototeru Takagi Trio - Mosura Freight!
	Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble - Dreams
	Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra - ONJO
	Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - Tails Out
	Sabu Toyozumi - Sabu: Message to Chicago
	Sakata Sextet - Trauma
	Satoko Fujii - Kitsune-Bi
	Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai - This Is Music Is This!?**
	Shoji Aketagawa trio + Masuko Nakamura and Kazutoki Umezu - Shudan seikatsu
	Tamio Shiraishi - Chikatetsu
	The Freedom Unity - Down by the Naked City
	Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Chiasma**
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	B. JAZZ FUSION AND JAZZ ROCK

	Casiopea - Casiopea*
	Himiko Kikuchi -All Right*
	Hiromi - Time Control
	Kazumi Watanabe - The Spice of Life
	Kazutoki Umezu - Eclecticism*
	Kenso - Yume No Oka
	Lalena - Lalena
	Machine and The Synergetic Nuts - Leap Second Neutral*
	Masayoshi Takanaka - An Insatiable High
	Minoru Muraoka - Osorezan
	Mitsuru Sutoh - Favor of My Friends 2003
	Mongol - Doppler 444
	Resonance Vox - Resonance Vox
	Shigeo Sekito - Shigeo Sekito Special Sound Series Vol.2
	Terumasa Hino - Hi-Nology
	Teruo Nakamura - Unicorn**
	Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd: Masahiko Sato - Yamataifu
	Toshiaki Yokota & Primitive Community - Primitive Community**
IMPROVISATION (free improvisation, drone, EAI...)

Agencement - Viosphere**
Ahousen - Ahousen
Baroque Bordello - 1st Trip
Black Stage - Untitled
Bject - Bject**
Chie Mukai - Three Pieces, Solo Improvisations
Hayashi, Otomo & Toyozumi - The Crushed Pellet
Junko & Masayoshi Urabe - Swing Low, Sweet Silence
Imai Kazuo Trio - Blood
Kazuhisa Uchihashi - Guitar Solo
Keiji Haino - I Said, This Is the Son of Nihilism*, and Watashi dake?
Keiji Haino & Michihiro Sato - Tayutayuto Tadayoitamae Kono Furue
Keiji Haino & Sitaar Tah! - Animamima
Kuwayama-Kijima - 01.06.16
Lethe  - Catastrophe Point #5
Makoto Oshiro - Phenomenal World
Marginal Consort - Collective Improvisation
Maru Sankaku Shikaku - Maru Sankaku Shikaku
Masayuki Takayanagi - Action Direct**
Masayuki Takayanagi and the New Direction Unit - April Is the Cruellest Month
Motoharu Yoshizawa - Empty Hats
Sabu Orimo - Susabu
Sabu Toyozumi & EXIAS-J - Son's Scapegoat
Shoji Aketagawa, Kan Mikami, & Toshiaki Ishizuka - Daikanjyo*
Soldier Garage - Akai Hoshi
Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15, 1972**
Takehisa Kosugi - Catch Wave
Tatsuya Nakatani - Abiogenesis
Teiji Furuhashi / Dumb Type - 1985-1994
Tetragrammaton - Elegy for Native Tongues
Tetsu Saitoh - Stone Out
Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta & Takehisa Kosugi - Improvisation Sep. 1975
The Fifth Column - The Middle Fifth Column: Suspect Music 1981-1990
Various Artists - Improvised Music From Japan
Yoshi Wada - Earth Horns With Electronic Drone and Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile
吉沢元治 Duo のなか悟空 - 1983.3 グッドマン
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    A. ONKYO

	Intonarumori Orchestra - Intonarumori Orchestra
    I.S.O. - I.S.O.**
	Masahiko Okura / Günter Müller / Taku Sugimoto / Otomo Yoshihige - Metal Tastes Like Orange
	Off-cells - 60/40
	Sachiko M - Derive
	Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura & Otomo Yoshihide - Good Morning Good Night*
	Taku Sugimoto - Opposite
    Taku Sugimoto & Moe Kamura - Live in Saritote**
    Taku Unami / Takahiro Kawaguchi - Teatro Assente
    Toshimaru Nakamura - No-Input Mixing Board*
	Various Artists - Improvised Music From Japan
	Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, Kazushige Kinoshita & Taku Unami - Cymbal Violin Lapsteel
NOISE (harsh noise, drone, industrial, power noise, power electronics...)

Aube - Cardiac Strain
BusRatch - Memorium**
C.C.C.C. - Amplified Crystal and Rocket Shrine
Contagious Orgasm - Ripple
Dissecting Table - Life
Gaze Campaign - Gestalt Bruise
Gomikawa Fumio - Return of Gomikawa Fumio
Government Alpha - Snakes and Ladders
GRIM - Folk Music**
Guilty Connector - Beats, Noise, and Life.
Hanatarash - 3: William Bennett Has No Dick*
Hijokaidan - Zōroku no Kibyō*, Romance, and The Noise box set
Incapacitants - As Loud as Possible*
Jazz Hijokaidan - Made in Japan: Live at Shinjuku Pit Inn, 9th April 2012**
K2 - Metal Dysplasia and Autopsy Soundtrakks
Kazumoto Endo - While You Were Out*
Keiji Haino - "C'est parfait" endoctriné tu tombes la tête...** and Milky Way**
Kenji Siratori - Melancholic Lobotomy
Killer Bug - Beyond the Valley of the Tapes
Kiyoshi Mizutani - Yokosawa-iri
Masonna - Ejaculation Generater
MAZK - Sound Pressure Level
Merzbow - Venereology and Akasha Gulva
Mo*Te - Life in a Peaceful New World
M.S.B.R. - Collapseland
Nerve Net Noise - Meteor Circuit
Tetsuo Furudate - Othello as Noise Opera
Toukaseibunshi - Meta-Inorganicmatter / Meta-Newlon
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    A. NOISE ROCK

    Absolut Null Punkt - Metacompound
    Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Electric Heavyland*
	Aural Fit  - II
    Fushitsusha - Hisou / Pathétique*
    Ground Zero - Consume Red**
    High Rise - Psychedelic Speed Freaks
    Keiji Haino & KK Null - Mamono
    The Gerogerigegege - Tokyo Anal Dynamite* and Hotel Ultra**
    UFO or Die - Cassettetape Superstar
    Xinlisupreme - Tomorrow Never Comes
    Mainliner - Mellow Out*
AVANT GARDE (contemporary classical, Japanese classical, tape Music, musique concrète, field recordings, lowercase...)

Aki Onda - Ancient & Modern (Cassette Memories Vol. 1)
Aki Takahashi ‎– Piano Space**
Akio Suzuki - Odds and Ends and K7 Box
Akira Ifukube - Kushiro Marshland
Haco & Toshiya Tsunoda - TramVibration**
Hasegawa-Shizuo - Lift
Hitoshi Kojo - Ezo
Joji Yuasa - Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol.1: Aoi No Ue*
Kaori Muraji - Transformations
Kazuhito Yamashita - Pictures at an Exhibition & The Firebird Suite
Kuniharu Akiyama - Obscure Tape Music of Japan Vol. 6 Tape Works of Kuniharu Akiyama 1
Midori - Encore!
Miki Yui - Silence Resounding
Mitsuko Uchida - 12 Études
Nejiko Suwa - Suwa Nejiko no Geijutsu
Ryo Noda - Mai and his Improvisation series
Ryoko Akama - Code of Silence
Teiji Ito - Tenno
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra - Japanese Orchestral Favourites: Ifukube, Akutagawa, Toyama*
Toru Takemitsu - Film Music by Toru Takemitsu
Toshio Hosokawa - Koto-uta; Voyage I; Konzert für Saxophon und Orchester; Ferne-Landschaft II**
Toshiya Tsunoda - Extract From Field Recording Archive #3: Solid Vibration
Toshi Ichiyanagi - Opera Yokoo Tadanori wo utau
Toshi Ichiyanagi / Maki Ishii - Music for Living Process / Cho-Etsu
Yōran - Montparnasse**
Yuji Takahashi - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano*
SOUNDTRACKS

Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2: Original Soundtrack
Choro Club - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Quiet Country Cafe Original Soundtrack
Chu Ishikawa - Tetsuo
Der Eisenrost - Armored Weapon
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite AKIRA**
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away*
Junichi Masuda - GameBoy 『Pokémon』 no Sound ga Marugoto Itte, Asoberu CD
Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka - Mother 2
Koji Kondo - The Legend of Zelda: 25th Anniversary, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island**
Laugh & Peace - Vib-Ribbon**
Manabu Namiki - Battle Garegga
Masaki Kurihara - Azumanga Daioh Original Soundtrack Vol. 1
Masaru Sato - Yojimbo
Motoi Sakuraba - Shining the Holy Ark
Osamu Sato - LSD and Remixes
Shiro Sagisu - Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Soichi Terada - Ape Escape Originape Soundtracks
Various Artists - Katamari Fortissimo Damacy*
Various Artists - Metroid Prime Soundtrack
Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Trigger: The Brink of Time
Yoshihide Otomo - Yoshihide Otomo Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita**
Yoshihiro Kanno - Angel's Egg Original Soundtrack
MISC.

Caccinica - Shichimenchou (dark cabaret)
Dry & Heavy - Full Contact (dub)
Hanadensha - Astral Pigmy Wave (ambient dub)
KOR=GIRL - KOR=GIRL I (???)
Mkwaju Ensemble - KI-Motion (minimalism/folk)
Nijiumu - Era of Sad Wings (drone/dark ambient something)
Oki Dub Ainu Band - Oki Dub Ainu Band (dub/folk hybrid)
Shu~Furuma~Ju - 1話目 (???)
Tokyo Happy Coats (girl group?)
Usagi no Heitai wa Taiki - 架空的すみやか (chiptune/pop)
Various Artists - Japan Goes Latin (Calypso, Chachachá, Mambo)
Willy Okiyama - スイスの娘 Anthology: King of Yodel Vol. 1 (country yodel)**
Yann Tomita - Music for Living Sound** (tape experiment pop)
Yximalloo - Techno Shrine Choir (crazy 'electronic' mess)
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