The Japanese music market is the second largest in the world (after Romania, of course).  While the Japanese listen almost exclusively to their own artists, we on these shores are left unaware of the immense sound spectrum that colour the 6,852 islands of the rising sun.  It’s time to go exploring, and this time we guarantee an hour-long escape of countless musical tangents.

The ancient art of Shamisen shredding!

Synchronized thunderclaps!

The beautiful surge of Japanese Postrock!

Complete 酷いing madness!

…and many more surprises on this week’s soundblast.

wander in rhythm