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Calm – Sunday Sun
Ok, that song is just perfect for today. Super nice weather here today, early signs of the coming summer. And this tune fits the mood and entire feel of today just so perfectly. It makes me happy.
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Anan Ryoko – Sure as the sunshine (ft. Michelle Shaprow)
Some relaxed listening. Anan Ryoko never fails to impress with her pretty harmonies and melodies.
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宇多田ヒカル – Distance (m-flo remix)
Something nice someone pointed out to me! Are you hearing that classic m-flo sound? That j-poppy stuff mixed with some UK garage-y stuff. Gosh, I can’t get enough of it.
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Kenmochi Hidefumi - Ray
There’s no one quite like him.
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Shin-Ski ft. Yuichiro Kato & Takasada Inada - Harmonia
A rather good find I made today.
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quasimode ft. HanaH - Music can change the world
Ah, great stuffs. That voice.
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JABBERLOOP ft. Aoki Karen - Smells like teen spirit
Ok, that was unexpected.
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indigo jam unit - Voyager
A little something that picked my interest a few days ago. A really awesome jazz band from Osaka. Piano, double bass and two sets of drums. Couldn’t get any better.
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STUDIO APARTMENT feat. 平田志穂子 & 金原千恵子 – Life from the sun
Here’s a great soulful house track back from 2004. I first heard it on Tokyo Nu-School of Jazz compilation, great stuff, that. And if any of you jrpg fans wonder why that voice sounds so familiar, you have heard 平田志穂子 (Shihiko Hirata) on the works of 目黒将司 (Meguro Shouji) for various games from Atlus, most noticeably the half-legendary Persona titles. Persona 4 actually runs as an anime right now, great stuff, check it out!
Oh, and that violinist is 金原千恵子 (Chieko Kinbara).
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SOIL&”PIMP”SESSIONS feat. Maia Hirasawa - MOVIN’
Not enough words to describe this. The world’s one and only death jazz band teams up with a very very talented singer from Sweden, Gothenburg. The result is as mind-blowing as ever. SOIL&”PIMP”SESSIONS just released a new, breath-taking album a few weeks ago, titled MAGNETIC SOIL. Being the j-jazz buff as I am (and obviously a huge S&”P”S fan), I can’t properly express my joy.
