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Archive for 2008
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Artist Recommendation: Rockamenco
Posted on August 3, 2008 | 1 CommentRockamenco‘s name already gives it away: this band’s music is a mix between rock and flamenco. When flamenco vocalist KSK Arita met blues rock guitarist Ichiro in 2004, they decided to create a unit to fuse these music styles together. The following year was spent writing... -
Interview with Marqido
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsExperimental artist Marqido has released three solo albums to date: Democritus, Democritus II and Democritus III. He is possibly better known in Europe for his work with the Korean experimental artist itta on the project 10. His career seems to be marked with numbers, so... -
The Recycled Questions Interview with JaME
Posted on July 17, 2008 | No CommentsThe JaME team currently includes over 100 people, all with different backgrounds, cultures and interests. Seeing as we are represented in almost 30 countries, you can imagine that it’s a colorful bunch with a lot of interesting personalities. We wanted to give our readers a... -
X JAPAN in France: First Steps
Posted on July 11, 2008 | No CommentsX JAPAN on roller blade Let’s go back in time a bit. During the traditional roller blade run through Paris each Friday night, t-shirts that were printed with X JAPAN were handed to the participants attending that evening. They then made their run through the... -
Japan Expo: Day 2
Posted on July 8, 2008 | No CommentsOn Friday, the second day of the Japan Expo, there were four more performances. Day 2: Lost Color People Concert The jazz band showed another side to the event with their more adult, classic music, and it was also very interesting. machine Concert They started... -
Artist Recommendation: SHINee
Posted on July 6, 2008 | No CommentsSHINee (pronounced in the same way as the word “shiny”) is the newest boy band from SM Entertainment, which is the Korean home to such artists as BoA and Tohoshinki. Despite being so new, they’ve already caused ripples of excitement amongst Korean pop fans, and... -
Japan Expo: Day 1
Posted on July 5, 2008 | No CommentsThis year on July 3 – 7, the Japan Expo takes place in Paris. The legendary event is the biggest event related to Japanese culture in Europe, and draws visitors from all over the continent. Next to various events, workshops, presentations and shops related to Japanese culture, every... -
lynch. Art Contest Entries
Posted on July 1, 2008 | No CommentsA few months ago, the band lynch. asked JaME to do a contest for them. They specifically asked us to do an art contest and have fans draw their portraits. Quite a lot of people contributed, and the band picked four winners, who all received... -
Artist Recommendation: MORRIE
Posted on June 15, 2008 | 1 CommentAlthough many J-music fans are aware of MORRIE in some way, his small collection of solo releases is quite often overlooked. The more old-school Japanese music fans will be familiar with his work with DEAD END, whereas the new-school fans will probably be more familiar... -
When Fans Hit the Fan
Posted on June 12, 2008 | 5 Comments“An enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.” is how dictionary.com describes the term fan. When it comes to the music business, an artist’s fans might be the most important part of their career. The math is easy: if there is... -
Welcome to the New Weblog!
Posted on June 8, 2008 | No CommentsThe JaME weblog team proudly presents the new, improved weblog! As you can see, the blog has undergone major renovation works. A lot of blood, sweat and tears has gone into the creation and design on this blog so we hope that you like it... -
Artist Recommendation: Jinn
Posted on June 8, 2008 | No CommentsUpon listening to rock band Jinn for the first time, the vocals will immediately catch your attention. Somehow, they seem to trick you into believing that it’s an angry young boy singing but, when listening more closely, it’ll become clear that it’s a female vocalist... -
Artist Recommendation: Aira Mitsuki
Posted on June 1, 2008 | No CommentsAira Mitsuki is an up-and-coming electro artist. Despite being just 19 years of age, she has already made a name for herself as one of the premier trance and electro artist in Japan. This was helped, in part, by her winning the 2007 MEGA TRANCE... -
hide Memorial: Comment from ANGEL-TAKA
Posted on May 28, 2008 | 2 CommentsThis May 2nd marked the tenth year since hide passed away. JaME put together a special hide memorial theme in his honor and obtained comments from several musicians and industry professionals concerning the famous and ever-inspiring guitarist. Also ANGEL-TAKA from NOIZ contributed, but was unable... -
Artist Recommendation: Sonic Dragolgo
Posted on May 25, 2008 | 1 CommentSonic Dragolgo is a London-based self-proclaimed electro pop superstar. The somewhat unusual name is drawn from an amalgamation of the names of the animes Doraemon and Golgo 13, along with the first name of a certain Sega hedgehog. Sonic Dragolgo has been producing music since... -
SCANDAL video!
Posted on May 24, 2008 | 1 CommentThe pop-rock group SCANDAL will play in concert at Japan Expo this July. SCANDAL‘s music is characterised by guitar, bass and powerful drums. It is pure energy. The harmony between these four young ladies is even more prominent in concert. So, we proudly present a... -
Q & A and Concert with Unicorn Table at Tora-Con 2008
Posted on May 24, 2008 | No CommentsOn April 26, the anime convention Tora Con was held in Rochester NY. One of the guests of the relatively small con was the Japanese pop band Unicorn Table, who appeared at Tora-con’s Q & A panel to answer questions from fans and to set... -
Celestia le Ciel in Rome
Posted on May 20, 2008 | No CommentsLast year, the fantasy-inspired band Celestia le Ciel performed in Rome. They recorded a comment for us (our apologies for the bad sound quality!), and instead of the JaME team members writing a report about their live, the two band members wrote one themselves, presenting... -
Question & Answer session with JaME!
Posted on May 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsQuite some time ago already, we put up a post in which we asked our readers to submit questions for JaME. It took quite some time (we were secretly waiting for more questions!) but here are the answers, answered by various members of the team:... -
hide Memorial: JaME member comments
Posted on May 2, 2008 | 3 CommentsKay: To be honest, when we started this hide memorial project, I was very skeptical about it. My first thought was: why do we do this for hide, and not for the countless other Japanese musicians that have also passed away? And does hide really...
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