Dan Grunebaum
Dan has written about music and produced Japanese music events in Tokyo and NYC for two decades.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
American Idol’s Anthony Federov brings the biblical musical to Japan
Roy Ayers
The jazz-funk icon tours with the producer who sampled him
Inner Science
The Tokyo producer ditches digital downloads
L.B.S
Laurent Garnier’s supergroup reinvents the DJ booth
Oorutaichi
The Osaka artist matches nonsense lyrics to no-nonsense beats
Scissor Sisters
Babydaddy talks Britain, Brooklyn and bar mitzvahs
The Orb
Alex Paterson brings a touch of Pink Floyd to Japan
Hiroshi Watanabe A.K.A. Kaito
The producer (and photographer) flies the Japanese flag on cult label Kompakt
John Medeski
The virtuoso pianist steps outside his more famous trio
DJing’s Darkest Hour
Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for the Technics turntable