Interviews
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Interview Bridear: “A Bond that Transcends National Borders”
Bridear appears to succeed at what a lot of Japanese bands attempt half-heartedly. They have toured…
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Interview Agora: ‘We Have the Tools to Make People Engage’
Ever since their genesis in the late nineties, Agora has steadily grown to become one of…
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Interview Setsuzoku Records: Helping Japanese Artists Become International
One reason why so few Japanese bands cross over to international audiences, apart from the obvious…
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Interview: visual kei newcomer Angels’ Temptation
Angels‘ Temptation might just be the most interesting newcomer in the visual kei scene. The band…
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Interview Ancient Myth: Positivity in Chaotic Times
Symphonic metal bands with female singers are surprisingly rare in Japan. Ancient Myth, however, has been…
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Interview Nemophila: Close to Themselves
Last year, I published an interview with Saki (Mary’s Blood, Amahiru) in which, among other things,…
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Interview Esa Holopainen: “Catchy Choruses Don’t Make Songs Worse”
Esa Holopainen has been known as the lead guitarist for Amorphis over the last thirty years.…
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Interview Kiyoshi: Heavy and Funky
Bassist Kiyoshi is the only Japanese musician on ‘Tokyo Jukebox 3’, the third collection of new…
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Marta Gabriel (Crystal Viper) interview: third and final part
This just went up: the third and final part of my interview with Crystal Viper singer…
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