If you’ve stuck around TD:IYB long enough, you’d have noticed that I showcased a couple of youtube videos. Namely those below!
Hello Windows
Conbini
What I may not have mentioned though, aside from how inherently awesome these songs are, is that they’re both written and composed by Halyosy.
Halyosy, from what I’ve gathered, is a male Japanese composer and [...]
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(edited a.k.a otakuized version)
For the vast majority of us Generation Y kids, we most probably haven’t heard of the legendary J-pop duo Chage and Aska, let alone know about one half of the group: ASKA. Though, you might have had Canto and Mando-pop covers of their popular songs such as “Say Yes” and “Otoko [...]
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Posted in Genre: J-Pop, Muzak, News on February 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m not sure how many of you in the otakusphere know about Chage and Aska (who are, in my humble opinion, one of the best musicians to come out of Japan) but I’m sure those of you born before the 1990s would have at least heard their extremely famous and ear-worm-worthy hit single Say Yes.
Why [...]
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Posted in Genre: J-Pop, Muzak on January 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Kojima Mayumi is my newest guilty pleasure.
Her jazzy, ecclectic style of music caught my ear when I starting watching Ghost Hound with Poltergeist as the OP. Okay, I admit. Anything with jazzy bass lines and boppin’ drum beats are an immediate plus in my book but her style of music is a refreshing change to [...]
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