emulsion

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Emulsion is a Tokyo based electro duo with shina-G(G) and mika-R(B, Vo, electronics), which has unique sound style, from math-rock, postrock, electronica to breakbeats, IDM, dubstep, also from ambient to harsh noise.
Shows different playing styles to each event, play in rock style for live venue, plays dance music for allnight club things / open-air parties, and sometimes does improvisation with iPad, Laptop and other electronics / toy instruments.
Had US tour twice including a Festival with School of Seven Bells and often plays with touring band, e.g. Bellini, Jarbow（ex-Swans）, Mick Turner（DirtyThree）, K. (Ida's menders' side project), Art of Fighting, Because of Ghosts, SABOT and so on.
In 2008, organized the tribute show for "Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls" in Tokyo and brought K. (Karla Schickele, Ruth Keating, Dan Littleton from Ida) as a headliner and raised money for Rock Camp. in 2010, organized a show for one of stages at indie festival, "GURU GURU MAWARU 2010" held at Saitama Stadium.

Musu Bore

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Musu Bore, the Japanese electronica unit with the sound called 'Neo Romantic Noise' based on loop sound of sampling.But their sound has the warm but wet mood and strange groove and rhythm.The one of their listeners said 'The sound in the eternal rain'
'Musu Bore' is old Japanese word and now most of Japanese don't know its meaning. It means 'tighten knot','feeling blue' and 'the bud'.
Ren and Kan-Chan,she is original member of Musu Bore and second cousin of Ren started Musu Bore in Summer Of 2001.Then she gave the name of 'Musu Bore' to this unit.She got a inspiration from the book of 'Knots' written by R.D.Laing and its title transrated in Japanese 'Musubore'.
Recent Line-Up is ; Ren, TELL(Drum: AUTO-MOD, ex-MOTHER GOOSE), Katsuhiko Masuhara(Bass: 殻, ソウチ, blgtz）.

The Watanabes

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The Watanabes are an international indie pop band performing and recording in Tokyo. They enjoy drinking banana juice together and are keen students of Ikebana. The band began life in the orange-laden prefecture of Ehime, and named themselves Watanabe in tribute to the warm and friendly people of the region, whilst also alluding to British indie favourites The Smiths.Three years later, they packed up and shifted to Tokyo in search of new inspiration and regular trains.
In February 2011 The Watanabes released their second album ‘You’re Dancing I’m Absorbed’ on Manchester based label BabyBoom Records. Recorded under the wise Glaswegian eye of music producer David Naughton (Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fan club, Mojave 3) it features guest appearances from American folk pop singer Kate Sikora, and British indie Godfather Nick Duffy of The Lilac Time. 

Andrew Tyrone Rodgers with The Avoided

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ATR is a singer-songwriter originally from the UK, based in Tokyo since 2009. A multi-instrumentalist, he has self released two albums since being in the capital, Sugar Kane and Magic Circles (2010) and the recently issued, The Passing Of Time (2012), with himself performing all the recordings entirely himself. This year he is now back on stage with a great new band, The Avoided.
FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW ALBUM:
www.andrewtyronerodgers.bandcamp.com/album/the-passing-of-time