Tag Archives: 1996 in Tokyo

Toru Takemitsu (1931-1996) was a self-taught Japan composer who all combined components of Eastern and American music and school of thought to make a unique audio world. A few of his early affects had been the sonorities of Debussy, and Messiaen’s usage of character imagery and modal scales. There’s a …

Bernard Edwards’ supple, big-bottom basslines powered platinum strikes by Chic, the ’70s dance/pop music group that he co-founded with guitarist/songwriter/maker Nile Rodgers. The group obtained three precious metal singles and something platinum solitary including two number 1 pop/R&B singles, “Le Freak” and “MEMORIES”; two platinum albums, C’est Chic and Risque; …

Probably one of the most ferocious Japan rock bands from the ’90s, Tokyo’s Teengenerate delivered high-octane garage area punk, low fat and mean but burning up with energy and lo-fi acoustic guitar thunder. Named for any song from the Dictators, Teengenerate had been made up of four rabid followers of …