Title : High on Life
Artist : Def Tech
1st album “Def Tech”
2005/1/22
From wiki
“Def Tech is a Japanese pop band signed to 2VOX Ltd, an independent label.
Jesse, the vocalist from Rize, named the band, the members of which did their own songwriting, arranging, and production. Def Tech had the 3rd best-selling album in Japan in 2005 and performed at Live8 in Tokyo in July of that year. Def Tech started in 2003 and debuted in 2005. They rocketed in popularity, especially due to their song “My Way,” and their first, self-titled album charted at #1 and went on to sell 2.2 million copies. That same year (2005), they became the first indie label artist to perform at NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen.”
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Tech
Title : HEAT feat. EGO-WRAPPIN’
Artist : PUSHIM
8th album “It’s A DRAMA”
2013/3/13
From wiki
“PUSHIM , born on November 26, 1975 is a Zainichi Korean reggae artist. She is signed to Sony Music Japan’s Ki/oon Records division.
She began performing in the Kansai reggae scene in 1995. In 1998, she contributed back-up vocals for the Refugee Camp’s ‘It’s Too Late’, a Carroll King cover. After being signed to Sony Music Japan, she recorded and released her first single, ‘Brand New Day’ on June 19, 1999 to much critical acclaim. In September 1999, she released her second single ‘Strong Woman’, which also a commercial success. The following spring, her debut album Say Greetings was released, having been recorded in Jamaica the previous year.[1] She performed at Reggae Sumfest in 2003. Her 2006 album Sing A Song… Lighter! featured Luciano on one track.[1] She has regularly visited Jamaica to record, and in 2007 she recorded in Jamaica with musicians including Sly & Robbie”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushim
Title : Organ’s Melody
Artist : MUTE BEAT
1st album “Still Echo”
1987.5
From wiki
“Mute Beat was an influential dub reggae band from Japan.[1]
They are often touted as a precursor to acid jazz, ambient and trip hop having performed similar sounding music before those genres emerged.[2] The band was formed by Kazufumi Kodama who grew up enjoying marching band music and later discovered reggae in the late 70s. In 1981 he formed Mute Beat with the aim to make dub music that would go boldly into unexplored music territories, including the use of marching band techniques. The original keyboardist Gota Yashiki left the band in the mid 80s and moved overseas to produce music for Soul II Soul and Sinéad O’Connor amongst others. Mute Beat’s first release was a self-titled cassette on New York’s Roir label. [3] They collaborated with many musicians including Jagatara, Gladstone Anderson, Roland Alphonso, King Tubby, and Lee Scratch Perry.”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Beat
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