Ever wondered what the “JaME office” looked like? Well unfortunately, JaME doesn’t have a proper office/workplace like that, seeing as the members are scattered all over the world. However, we asked the members of the English team to show their desks, their own “JaME offices,” to see where the magic is happening! Here are the results:
Heather: Well, [...]
Natccu is a female, Tokyo-based singer-songwriter who creates pop sounding rock music. Her music shows obvious influence from US and UK music, but there’s a Japanese flavor to it which results in a very accessible and catchy style. Her vocals are incredibly powerful, and the raw emotion that shimmers through at all times may send [...]
The whole JaME team is happy to announce that recently, we’ve started our own JaME YouTube Channel!
On the channel you can find a collection of the videos we’ve previously featured on our blogs and website: HALCALI, Kokusyoku Sumire, MOON -Kana- and of course the video comment of famous Jpop singer Aya Matsuura. Everything is available in [...]
Hello! I’m Siân, a British girl lost in Japan, and I will be writing a little bit about my thoughts and experiences of the Japanese music scene over the next year! I may only have been in Japan for a week so far, but I’ve already had several experiences - or revelations if you [...]
Recently, with the annoucement of their disbandment, it was revealed that the two brothers and band members of Hirakawachi Icchome hadn’t started the band just because they enjoyed making music. Their second motive was that their mother had left their family when they were young and, by starting a band, they were hoping that she [...]
On September 3rd, 2007, KoME officially went online. As the ‘Korean version of JaME,’ KoME aims to bring Korean music to the European fans. It’s been a year since then and not all of it has been smooth sailing, but one thing is for sure: KoME has remained, and has continued to grow and evolve. [...]
As rock bands in the Japanese music scene grow more and more popular, many of them have started to expand their fan base out towards other regions of the world, such as Europe, America and other parts of Asia. But not every band has the opportunity to reach out to their overseas fans. There are [...]
In June, miyavi embarked on his very first world tour. Needless to say, over the whole world, his fans were going crazy with the prospective of seeing the multitalented artist live. Kicking off with a performance in Japan in May, miyavi and his crew then headed to the United States, followed by three performances in [...]
August has just started, and nothing is better than accompanying these hot summer days with a mixtape of summery songs! Here’s a selection of songs that will serve excellently as the soundtrack for this season.
01. Remioromen - Ashita ni kakaru hashi (Horizon)
02. YUI - Rolling star (Rolling Star)
03. Yaida Hitomi - Hitori Jenga (Air/Cook/Sky)
04. ZZ - Yorokobi no [...]
Rockamenco’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 songs, recruiting band members and, in 2006, they were ready [...]
