monome

omodaka
kenji kawai
yoko kanno

DJ Krush

boredoms

ruichi sakamoto (and all of his side projects)
nobukazu takemura

Kashiwa Daisuke

Taishin Inoue
http://www.myspace.com/taishininoue

and Tujiko Noriko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TVdv8KdY4o

YMCK =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ts5k1heKr4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4GoHgR73D4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVYLAVOU2po

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Mono.

+1 YMO, Sakamoto, YMCK, mono

e22 hasn's made the list yet? SHING02
Tha Blue Herb
Kick the can crew
some of nobukazu takemura

in addition to the above:

ryoji ikeda,
ikimono gakari
seagull screaming kiss her kiss her/aiha higurashi solo stuff
ego wrappin' (check out merry merry)
cornelius, obviously (point is among the greatest albums ever)

and the absolute be all, end all, last word in japanese anything: supercar.

melt banana

Melt Banana!! YES!!!

akihiko matsumoto

http://www.youtube.com/user/akihikotube

Definitely agree with all the artists mentioned above, and I'd add World's End Girlfriend to the list.

utabi. manchurian candy is one of my all time favourites.


http://www.adaadat.com/artist.php?artist=11

YMO FTW! Technopolis/Rydeen - everything
Takaaki Itoh http://www.myspace.com/wolstakaakiitoh
Muron http://muron.jp/index-e.html

fuck yes melt banana.

also polysics now and then.

Shena Ringo has some great LPs, please add EDC and Black Smoker Society to your hiphop listening habits and for the oldies Hide and Rosanna are quite sublime. Oh and find the Hawaiian / Japanese "Sound of Pacific" LP out there, crazy arrangements in english.

Asian Bagpipe Dancefactory

just kidding, just one of my favorite band names.

Ryoichi Kurokawa
http://www.ryoichikurokawa.com

the boredoms, mono and damo suzuki.

i'm actually gonna play with damo sometime in may, probably. so that'll be something awesome for me.

shuta hasunuma...

(his "prelude" is the most amazing song).

Here is my list (some are already cited)

otomo yoshihide
melt banana
ruins
dj krush
damo suzuki
pizzicato five
cornelius
fumiya tanaka
afrirampo
ryoji ikeda
ikue mori
ryuichi sakamoto
ken ishii
toshimaru nakamura
sachiko m
boredoms
..

According to my monitoring, thousands of persons on our planet get the loan at different creditors. Therefore, there's a good chance to find a small business loan in all countries.

+1 on the Damo Suzuki and melt banana.

can't belive no one mentioned DJ Scotch Egg.... I could have sworn I've been told he was japanese (although he may have only made it in the UK).

susumu yokota
takkyu ishino

and cornelius "point" is really a great album

edit: damn spambot ;D

+1 for DJ Krush.

thank you shelby newman, for awakening godzilla

also mono

Not electronic but...

Endzweck
Statecraft
Mutyumu

Aoki Takamasa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8kcE1aRtYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl3vi6gEp50

Cokiyu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdz7rs_hqZI

+1 for MeltBanana

also masami akita aka 'Merzbow':
http://www.merzbow.net/index.html

dj Krush from japan so no more need to discuss. Oh, check out boom boom satalite.

all some of my favorite musicians:

uyama hiroto
nujabes
michita
special others

my list:
Ryoji Ikeda
Cornelius
DJ Krush
Pizzicato Five
Ryuichi Sakamoto

also Lite

http://www.myspace.com/liteband

melt banana, polysics, mono, and plus-tech squeeze box (great if you have ADD and need music to keep up)

DJ Krush for sure! Love his mellow/chill out vibe...

I'm a little surprised no one mentioned synth guru and klaus schulze disciple, Kitaro. Great synth work for the 70's and 80's in my opinion. maybe a bit cheezy at times but nonetheless a great japanese artist!

Akiko Kiyama

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen, nuff said.

thought I'd bring this one back since my itunes is chock full of stuff from Japan. I'd love to open this back up and see if anyone has any additions....3 years later.



Ametsub
Ryoji Ikeda (seeing him & Alva Noto in NYC in couple of weeks at MOMA!)
Moskitoo
AUS
Sora
Ryuichi Sakamato (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
agraph
Aoki Takamasa
Geskia
Junichi Akagawa
Go-Qualia
Kashiwa Daisuke
Serph
Motoro Faam
Shuta Hasunuma
Nobukazu Takemura
DJ Olive Oil
Tujiko Noriko
Rei Harakami
Sawako
Worlds End Girlfriend

a lot of overlap w/ others mentioned
( cornelius
sakamoto
ikeda
mori
nujabes
moskitoo
boredoms )

also:

cuushe
tenniscoats
minekawa takako
bun / fumitake
flower travellin band
tokumaru shugo
dustin wong
daisuke tanabe
madegg
oorutaichi

ha, i remember this thread :D

they're still my favorite:

listen to his freaky guitar! here:


(someday i hope "karaokaze" will become someone's favorite japanese music artist(even though i'm not Japanese, it would be an honor) :D)

Ryoji Ikeda
Isao Tomita

ha, awesome, had no idea ryuichi sakamato and yellow magic orchestra were related. Something new every day.

ive been digging yosi horikawa of late.

cuushe, moskitoo, fourcolor, fjordne, aus, marihiko hara...

the following japanese labels: flau, home normal

to name but a handful

BORIS

http://youtu.be/B-tUXR_ekBA

http://youtu.be/QJXa8D3qm_U
Jealous Guy!

Theres so many good things going on in osaka and kyoto now, check out artists playing with

http://innitmusic.com/
http://idlemoments-jp.com/