Short answer? Not a lot. Seriously, the amount of J-Pop available on UK streaming services like Spotify makes UK iTunes look like a veritable paradise.
That's the bad news out of the way. The good news? A few key releases and artists are actually available:
Perfume
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Linked Horizon's Attack on Titan OP
Morning Musume
Utada Hikaru's English language album
Passpo
T.M Revolution
A couple of AKB48 tracks
Various Hatsune Miku songs (but unfortunately very little of the well-known stuff from the Project Diva games)
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Thursday, 12 February 2015
LiSa - This Illusion
If I had to pick a current 'tune of the week', it'd definitely be this one. When I first heard it in the season finale to Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works' first cour, it blew me away - it just captured the gravitas and gloss of the series perfectly. I've been a fan of LiSa's music for a while now, with her Sword Art Online theme Crossing Field continuing to rank as one of the highest-selling J-Pop tracks on UK iTunes - and This Illusion sees her continuing to impress, albeit with a far darker tone than before.
Ariola Japan played an absolute winner getting the first FSN:UBW OP theme (Mashiro Ayano's Ideal White) out on iTunes pretty much day-and-date with the first cour airing on Crunchyroll - let's hope whoever's pulling the string on This Illusion can do likewise with this one.
Ariola Japan played an absolute winner getting the first FSN:UBW OP theme (Mashiro Ayano's Ideal White) out on iTunes pretty much day-and-date with the first cour airing on Crunchyroll - let's hope whoever's pulling the string on This Illusion can do likewise with this one.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Noisey: ''Trying to Make Sense of British J-Pop Fans''
Via: http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/trying-to-make-sense-of-british-j-pop-fans-kyaru-pamyu-pamyu-shepherds-bush
As it stands, this piece is the top-ranking article when you search for 'j pop uk' on Google. When I first read it, I found it tackled the subject pretty well, and certainly seemed more invested in the aesthetic of just why people like J-Pop than many similar pieces. But that said - and as some people mention in the comments of the piece itself - it also falls a little far from the mark in terms of addressing the wider genre and giving it the respect it deserves.
As is so often the case with Western pieces on J-Pop, there remains a fine line between being genuinely 'into' the scene/culture/whatever you want to call it, and dismissing it as part of the whole 'Weird Japan' rhetoric. This piece felt like it fell somewhere in-between, and as someone who attended the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu gig in question and thoroughly enjoyed it, I continue to maintain that it's too easy to get caught up in the whole 'THE COSTUMES' angle - despite it being the easiest, most story-worth angle to take with it.
I've always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with VICE/Noisey - for years I disliked the brand and the culture/aesthetic it tried to capture (although I'm a lot fonder of the Noisey content as for the most part, it skews more away from some of the Gonzo/'hipstser' excesses of the wider brand). But at the end of the day, I kind of feel like even if it misses the mark in some areas, pieces like this are to be applauded regardless as, after all - don't they saw all publicity is good publicity? In the case of J-Pop coverage in the UK, I'm inclined to think so.
As it stands, this piece is the top-ranking article when you search for 'j pop uk' on Google. When I first read it, I found it tackled the subject pretty well, and certainly seemed more invested in the aesthetic of just why people like J-Pop than many similar pieces. But that said - and as some people mention in the comments of the piece itself - it also falls a little far from the mark in terms of addressing the wider genre and giving it the respect it deserves.
As is so often the case with Western pieces on J-Pop, there remains a fine line between being genuinely 'into' the scene/culture/whatever you want to call it, and dismissing it as part of the whole 'Weird Japan' rhetoric. This piece felt like it fell somewhere in-between, and as someone who attended the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu gig in question and thoroughly enjoyed it, I continue to maintain that it's too easy to get caught up in the whole 'THE COSTUMES' angle - despite it being the easiest, most story-worth angle to take with it.
I've always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with VICE/Noisey - for years I disliked the brand and the culture/aesthetic it tried to capture (although I'm a lot fonder of the Noisey content as for the most part, it skews more away from some of the Gonzo/'hipstser' excesses of the wider brand). But at the end of the day, I kind of feel like even if it misses the mark in some areas, pieces like this are to be applauded regardless as, after all - don't they saw all publicity is good publicity? In the case of J-Pop coverage in the UK, I'm inclined to think so.
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