RNEIxtra Japanese Special
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DÉ DÉ MOUSE & TANUKI - Neon Lightの夜 (Evening of the Neon Lights) feat. 一十三十一 🇯🇵 (820k)
🌹 A fantastical fusion of Future Funk and house sounds leads to this gem from Tokyo's DÉ DÉ MOUSE, TANUKI (created music for Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Rion Games and more) and Tokyo singer Hitomitoi.
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存流 (ARU) - あおいゆめ (Blue Dream) 🇯🇵 (12.4k)
🌹 Small "virtual singer" ARU who appeared around 2022 has made a few singles now with their sweet soothing vocals. This one is my favourites!
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UNIDOTS - とうめいにんげん (Invisible Girl) 🇯🇵 (15.3k)
🌹 Synthpop ... From Japan?? You bet it is! UNIDOTS is a music project by 瑞葵 (Mizuki) and 金野倫仁 (Tsuguhito Konno) formed in 2016, and in 2022 they brought us this gem. 😀
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Nina77 goodbye spring 🇯🇵 (58.4k)
🌹 Formed in Sendai, Nina77 consists of 北澤伸一郎 (Kitazawa Shinichiro) and 桜真希 (Sakura Maki) who have been making music together since 2018. I like this track as it's quite a mellow one. You might like to look up their track "Confession" if you liked this one. 🙂
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Akuya - すずめ (Suzume) 🇯🇵 (11.9k)
🌹 Akuya, a producer mixing modern and classical sounds, worked with singer Renka for this pretty version of the theme from (すずめの戸締まり) Suzume! If you liked this, their cover of "Dream Lantern" from 君の名は (Your Name) is just as beautiful!
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Nagie Lane - ピャバラバ (Pya Ba Ra Ba) 🇯🇵 (34.7k)
🌹 This song has gone round my head for a while now - it's so catchy with a nice beat. A Capella artist Nagie Lane consists of Rei, Mayu, Mikako, Baratti, Keiji & Euro. They formed in 2018 and describe themselves as a fusion of "Neo City-Pop and Dance". I couldn't love them any more! This song is probably my favourite of theirs. If you like this one, check out their songs "Hana to Mitsu" and "Smile Again"!
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Aiobahn & KOCHO - resonance 🇯🇵 (339k)
🌹 Aiobahn (Who made ここにいる & 過ぎゆく日と君へ) teams up with KOCHO to make this absolutely epic sounding dance track filled with traditional Japanese sounds!
Mamma's Mest Metal
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Darkher - Unbound 🇬🇧 (67.8k)
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Haavard - Athena 🇳🇴 (3665)
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Vermilia - Marras 🇫🇮 (24.1k)
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Lustre - Thirst 🇸🇪 (95.6k)
Stephen's Feature on Holy Motors 🇪🇪
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Holy Motors - Running Water 🇪🇪 (36.5k)
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Holy Motors - Honeymooning 🇪🇪 (2.1m)
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Holy Motors - Road Stars 🇪🇪 (28.4k)
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Holy Motors - Superstar 🇪🇪 (29k)