BIG IN JAPAN

When DJ Jeff Mills’ Live at The Liquid Room, recorded in Tokyo in 1995, got its major release in winter, on Axis LPs and ...
The New York Times

Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70

A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful bands and a major influence on hip-hop, techno and New Wave. By Clay Risen Yukihiro ...
The New York Times

What Would Pop Music Be Without 808 Drums?

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Tina Weymouth and David Byrne of Talking Heads, performing in front of a Roland Jazz Chorus amplifier in 1980.Credit...Gie Knaeps/Getty ...