Japanese music recommendations?
i know next to nothing about what's good in japanese music. if anyone has any recommendations i would really appreciate it. If you have a playlist of really good japanese songs, or even if it's just one good song post it. doesn't matter if it's old or new, as long as you think it's good. thanks in advance.
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too many~~~~~ cannot count all of them
songs i like recently all CHOBITS cds all GUNGRAVE cds all Naruto cds all Wolf's Rain cds all Fullmetal Alchemist cds One Piece op& ed collection Inuyasha op& ed collection hunter x hunter op& ed collection Sammurai Champloo ~ You ! Sunflower ~ ~ aruarian dance ~ ~ 624 part1~ School Rumble ~ Ending song 1 ~ Ghost in the shell movie 2~ Innocence OST / 04 - River of Crystals~ D.N.Angle OSTs 12 Kouki ~Memories 十二国記 蓬山遠景～胡弓 OST a ~~~~~~~ too many ````````` |
Jam Project's songs are the best of my collection.
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Well, most people start out by expanding from the Anime Openings, Endings and Sountracks. So search around for the artists who did that certain OP or ED and go from there.
That's what I did, you don't have to restrict yourself from songs you only hear in anime or games. If you're into a slightly trancey type of music, then artists like KOTOKO and the rest of the I've Sound members are a good start. If you want to find out who did a certain song, a pretty good resource is Anime News Network, and search for the anime. The OP/ED info is usually available, otherwise you'll have to utilize that sticky thread at the top of this Music forum. BTW: Are you looking for something like J-pop? Or maybe you like orchestral tracks in the soundtracks? |
just found School Rumble ending 1(onanokootokonoko) download~~
one of my favorite kawaii song~~ ^^ but music sharing on this forums```````````````````````` |
You might want to take down that link, music sharing and the like aren't really allowed on these forums. Just a friendly warning.
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Good Japanese music exists, but you aren't going to find any of it by talking to people on this forum.
But, if you insist, I'd recommend stuff like the background music in hack, noir, etc. Escaflowne had some damn good stuff, a few HnI songs were okay. Arjuna had nice music too. Almost all the good music is without lyrics. The second lyrics enter the picture, the Japanese tend to lose it. And yeah, while groups like Jam Project and the pillows aren't bad, they still can't compare to basically all the decent musicians in the US. And CERTAINLY, Chobits music is bad. It's beyond bad. It's fucking painful. NEVER go near it. |
Not necessarily. I liked a lot of the Chobits soundtrack. It is all opinion. Then again, my primary tastes in music are Electronica and orchestral pieces.
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Um.. It really depends on your taste, but some of my favourite songs are
Shabondama - Morning Musume (I like a LOT of stuff by them, but it's an aquired taste) Ringo no Uta and Ishiki - Shiina Ringo (favourite artist. I have everything by her.) |
Okay.. copied my playlist. There's more, but it's enough I think...
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And my laptop playlist is just the Delgados folder dumped into winamp. |
i think akino arai stuff are always good. her voice is smooth, and her songs are ussually relaxing.
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It's all up to personal taste anyway... And yep, Akino Arai's voice is smooth~ |
My favorite anime soundtracks:
Koi Kaze Elfen Lied Gunslinger Girl Da Capo Kurau Phantom Memory Tsukihime Last Exile Witch Hunter Robin Uta~Kata (not out yet I think) They share strong instrumentals, i.e. if ever they use synthesized music, you can't tell, since they use a lot of strings. Strings I like. Oh yeah Japanese music in general, I only get exposed to non-anime J-music when I'm flying on an international flight. Where I live people would rather play 80's music than play anything from Japan. |
For anime soundtracks, if you like instrumentals I'd recommend Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal soundtrack. Also I really like the music from KOR, some really nice piano songs from there. The Kenshin TV and Naruto series is filled with catchy songs that you might like too.
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do you listen GACKT? they are so good... the last umplugged is very good of course l'arc is a good band, but gackt have a very good solist singer... that is my aport jejeje PD: please :help: with my english bye |
Great Japanese Music
Hey, don't know if you've checked out the Bleach series yet, but the opening song is performed by a group called Orange Range. Turns out they also performed the 2nd ending theme for Naruto. I've gotten a hold of some of their other stuff and it totally blows me away. These guys are GOOD! I suppose it depends on what type of music you like, so I'll describe to you the genre or the sound that that might fall under. Here goes: if you took the japanese language, found a few fast talkers, taught two or three of them how to rap in Japanese, then added some insanely talented guitarists, you might come close to Orange Range. It's a big band, I think there's 8 of them, but they really know how to rock out. If you like the opening theme to Bleach, you owe it to yourself to look them up on the web. Turns out they've had quite a few top 50 Japanese Billboard songs (5 maybe?). Anyway, I know its just one band, but anyone who hasnt listened to these guys is really missing out.
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if you like japanese rock, then you will defintely like hajime no ippo ost. their first 3 starting songs are sing by a jrock band called shocking lemon. and i like their 3rd ending song which is a english song sing by an old skool jrock band called saber tiger [note] X Japan's hide was once a saber tiger member.
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Get anything from SPEED or their solo stuff...
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[KOTOKO - Re-sublimity] singles is out...Re-sublimity is okay at best, but agony killed me instantly and sent me directly to heaven!! :bow: :bow: :bow:
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For a change try some classical, relaxing and soothing background music: check out the Juuni Kokki soundtracks [OST, Image Album, Piano Memories, Kokyu Memories] by Kunihiko Ryo. Very nice stuff - even if you think some of them are bland there is some awesome stuff (like Fuushun, Juunikokugenei, Ruika and so on).
The Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal soundtrack is also kinda nice as someone mentioned... I also really like Akino Arai songs, I like the floating-away feeling I get listening to some of them... her voice is really nice to me. |
I have some songs, but don't remember those names :confused:
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i think the songs to Aishiterue Baby are really good
nenen saisai (i think that was the titile) sounds very nice |
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T.M. Revolution Tamaki Nami Ai Otsuka TOKIO Orange Range Aya Ueto W-inds Yuri Chika Fayray Southen All Star |
Malice Mizer - Baroque
Kana - Chimame |
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I have to go against whoever said Orange Range. They are.. I don't like them, not at all. Asian Kung Fu Generation as well. In fact, I hate all those new wannabe bands that are out right now. Don't flame on this, I wasn't flaming anyone, and I didn't mean this to be a flame. It's for suggestions, and there are likes and dislikes abound.
I'm more of a jpop/rock person rather than anime theme person, so I can't help you with good anime themes. The apple's new band (Shiina Ringo) Tokyo Jihen (incidents) made up of her formerly backup band members with her is awesome. I adored their debut cd, though it can't hold a candle to Ringo's releases. Sex Machinegun rocks my socks, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant is teh awesome. ZWEI. I love Zwei. They're my favorite new artists of the year. Their debut was awesomely awesome. The classic 'intro' songs I would recommend are "Movie Star" "Kuchi ~ I love your mouth", "Watashigai no Uta", "Pretty Queen", "Loveland". All except Kuchi were their singles and b-sides, so they seem like good intro songs to me. :lol: I have to include Takui and Janne da Arc because they're my favorite musicians - for 'harder' rock from JdA get stuff that's pre-Another Story and for their pop stuff get Another Story and Arcadia. Takui is Takui, can't really describe his stuff. For pop... can't really help you there. Koda Kumi's been releasing some interesting stuff (and if you don't like the songs try and grap the pvs because they kick rear) and umm.. yeah. Halicali is cool, Melt Banana kicks rear (and you can get thier releases domestically too) Lolita 18 (you see a parody of them on Chiba's shirt (Rorita) in the anime Beck)... my guilty pleasure is Hello!Project and its huge mecca of idol pop, for more idol pop the Giza artists are good too.... Ayumi's new album has just been released, and it has converted me back to a somewhat fan. Yes, she still has that weird vibrato, but at least she's not screeching her songs anymore. People say it reminds them of 'Duty' and 'I am...' but since I've only heard select tracks from the two, I can't comment. I liked most of the tracks on there, so... yeah. Eh, this is off the top of my head. I'll post more later if I remember any cuz I've been listening to allot of french pop lately and it's all I can think of right now. x.x |
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Japanese Music
Hey, if you're looking for Japanese music with some muscle, try Sex Machineguns. Japanese metal is always good! :eyespin:
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Chou By Tsukiko amano..
Once you heard this you'll start liking all of her songs. |
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I'll stick to my Aikawa Nanase and Puffy for now. And if you think my taste is lame, I never really had any to begin with, so whoo. |
I'm not a huge Japanese-music collector, but some music blows me away...
Yoko Kanno project with various songs from Ghost in the shell: Stand alone complex OST, Wolf's Rain OST and more. Luna Sea as an brilliant J-rock band. Mono as an experimental but very relaxing no-vocals band. Kazafumi Kodama with chillout-hiphop or what I shall call it... Envy as a plain hardcore band. Hi-Standard with their punkmusic. The Black Mages, rocked versions of Final Fantasy songs. Various J-pop as Ayu, Do as Infinity, Hitomi Yaida and such... Think that recaps it :) |
Best thing I can recommend for the moment is Bloodthirsty Butchers, they're more of a post-punk outfit, but they fit the genre they occupy. Definitely more intelligent then Asian Kung-fu Generation, but not as hard as Zazen Boys/Number Girl.
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I guess I'll list some of the stuff I've been listening to... I'm in Japanese 4 right now so I listen to a lot of jpop/jrock to constantly refresh myself.
Do as Infinity Day After Tommorow Every Little Thing Orange Range Aikawa Nanase Angela Miyu Nagase Nana Kitade Nami Tamaki The Pillows Rie Fu T.M. Revolution Utada Hikaru (Don't like her... just listed her because... well... yeah) Ayumi Hamasaki (Don't like either) BoA (Though I think she sounds a lot better in korean) B'z There's a lot more out there, don't limit yourself only to pieces from anime. edit: I guess someone would shoot me if I didn't mention X-Japan :thinker: |
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Oh my gosh.... You guys are forgetting real non JPop music. Like:
Chemistry ケツメイシ - Ketsumeishi 山風- Yamakaze And some J-Pop thats not typical girly J-pop. Do as Infinity Hirai Ken Gackt Orange Range porno graffiti Onitsuka Chihiro |
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