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ORIGINAL LOVE is a Japanese modern music band, formed in 1986 and made major debut in 1991.
Formed from the band "Red Curtain", which is the predecessor of Original Love, with Takashima Takao as band leader. They are a perfect combination of five members and their representative songs are " kiss ", " Asia wanderers ", " Primal " and others. Pops are considered as roots and beside, they also play rock , soul , punk , blues , jazz and so on.

Original Love underwent some dramatic changes along with the transition from an indie label to the major leagues, and one of the most dramatic changes was in the adoption of a completely new sound – one far more in line with the Shibuya-kei movement that was quickly picking up steam than the rock music that Tajima first made his name with.

After making a splash in the late ’80s indie scene, Takao Tajima’s Original Love was quickly picked up by a major label hungry for a piece of the Shibuya-kei pie – but the band that got signed to Toshiba EMI in 1991 was an entirely different beast than the one that recorded the group’s self-titled debut back in 1988. Original members Yukihiro Akiyama and Makoto Ori had since left the group, replaced on drums and bass, respectively, by Shigeo Miyata and studio player Tomio Inoue – the latter of whom played on recordings and toured with the group, but was never an “official” member. Partially due to the lineup change, which also found the group adding keyboard player Ryuutarou Kihara and brass/woodwind specialist Nobuyuki Mori, and partially due to the influence of Pizzicato Five (which Tajima had been a member of until being replaced by vocalist Maki Nomiya in 1990), the Original Love of Kesshou -SOUL LIBERATION-, the group’s first original album for a major label, bore little resemblance to its earlier incarnation, and the music was all the better for it.

Clearly inspired by the popularity of Shibuya-kei contemporaries Flipper’s Guitar, Pizzicato Five and Bridge, Kesshou found Tajima branching out from references to ’60s English psychedelia and finding inspiration in ’70s jazz, funk and soul. While not to the same extent as acts like Rats & Star, the influence of “black” music on Original Love could hardly be understated, and the group’s music palette was all the richer for it. Tajima had already flirted with jazz and world-music sounds with Pizzicato Five, with Kesshou‘s use of tribal percussion a direct continuation of the other group’s “African Queen,” and the album’s vibrant cross-cultural appropriation lent a real gravity to the “soul liberation” in its title.

Although finding the true highest point of Kesshou is incredibly difficult – it’s a fantastic album through and through – “million secrets of jazz” makes the strongest contender for the title. With new players Kihara and Mori taking center stage as the group runs through a dizzying number of jazz standards, the song is one of the most fun things in the band’s discography – and about as far away from the neo-GS style of Original Love as possible. Through its numerous twists and turns, “million secrets” tells you in so many ways why Tajima was so eager to leave rock behind for the greener pastures of Shibuya-kei, and he was as every bit as deft in the new style he adopted as he was in the old one he was leaving behind.

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra commonly abbreviated by fans as Skapara or TSPO, is a Japanese ska and jazz band officially formed in 1988 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, and initially composed of over 10 veterans of Tokyo's underground scene.

At the time, the band's sound was unlike that of any of its contemporaries in the then fledgling Japanese ska scene, and over the course of the past 21 years, their innovation has proved to have been very influential on Japanese music as a whole. Its sound, the product of the musical influences of its numerous members, is an eclectic mix of traditional ska, jazz, and rock. In the vein of many other more traditional ska acts, many of Skapara's songs are purely instrumental.

Since its inception, the band has gone on several nationwide tours of Japan, and have toured extensively worldwide. They have collaborated with several vocalists outside of their band, including Shiina Ringo, Akira Kobayashi, Kyōko Koizumi, Schadaraparr, PUFFY, Yoshie Nakano and Tamio Okuda.

They also performed the Japanese theme song to the PlayStation 2 game Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, entitled "Black Jack" as well as numerous songs for the PlayStation game Incredible Crisis released in 1999.

Flower Companyz is a Japanese rock band from Nagoya, Aichi in 1989 including four men. The band has released 15 original studio albums and 6 compilation albums since their formation in 1989. Their most recent album, Stayin' Alive, was released on January 21, 2015.

Members
Keisuke Suzuki - vocals
Great Maekawa - bass guitar
Kennichi Takeyasu - lead guitar
Mr. Konishi - drums

Petakan is a Japanese musical group, including 11 members with various different vocals. Ryuji Hamada is the President and Officer and Honda Hajime is the director. Although, they are in the different ages and backgrounds, they all share the passion on music.

In 1999 they won first prize at the Parthenon Tama Small Theater Festival. Works collaborated with rock bands, live cameraman and Miura Okazuko 's photographs were reflected in the play, and not only pure theatrical performances but also many reputed genres.

Screenplay & Director, Hideo Honda plays a great role and attract a big amount of attention from audiences. In the screenplay, he focused on hot spots of human carefully and with its unique production style, he made his debut in the movie screenplay "Spring, Has, Kam" was released in February 2017, drawing attention in recent years. In October of the same year, it has become a hot topic of Petekan.

Glim Spanky is a Japanese rock band from Nagano Prefecture, consisting of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Remi Matsuo and lead guitarist Hiroki Kamemoto. Originally formed in 2007 as a quartet, the group became a duo in February 2010.

Glim Spanky's music is largely influenced by Western rock and blues bands from the 1960s and 1970s. Matsuo's husky vocals have been likened to those of Janis Joplin. She is the principal songwriter of the band's lyrics and music, but when she only has a guitar riff, chord progression or drum phrase before working with Kamemoto to turn it into a song, then both get credited for the music as Glim Spanky.

Matsuo cited The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell as influences. She grew up in an artistic family and was exposed to a wide range of music and cultures by meeting musicians and poets. In addition to the ubiquitous Western bands, she also heard French music, African rock, Shibuya-kei and folk.

Kamemoto started playing guitar because of Glay, then moved on to Nirvana, Guns N' Roses, Oasis, Jimi Hendrix and Cream. The duo are also fans of Japanese bands such as Bump of Chicken, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Ellegarden which they grew up listening to. Both members cited The Beatles as their biggest influence.

Talking about their second album Next One in 2016, Matsuo said that it is "absurd" to try and put Japanese lyrics in Western-style rock music. "But even so, you have to, so although Japanese lyrics are included on top of the melody, if you were to remove them you would have a completely Western-style melody, so we made the album that that in mind."

In regards to what the band wanted to do next, she said that because rock music is imported from the West, she pondered what type of rock people in the West can not make, and came up with "orientalness." Western artists became influenced by Indian music and created psychedelic rock, but "Luckily for us, we already have that orientalness the moment we are born. We can put out there something people in the West cannot, so we are establishing ourselves a Japanese kind of rock that will echo throughout the world[...] A genuine oriental psychedelic rock band."

Speaking of their 2017 album Bizarre Carnival, the singer described their first and second albums as "business cards to introduce ourselves. Up until now, we've held off on the kind of maniacal rock music we really like." 2018's Looking for the Magic begins with distorted vocals as Matsuo wanted the listener to be unable to tell where the singer was from in order "to create a utopia-like song that gradually enthralls listeners."

The band found recording in Los Angeles quite different than in Japan, where its done in completely soundproof rooms with expensive cables. For "TV Show" they purposely left the white noise in to give it a raw feel. Matsuo referred to the song as a wake up call against people believing fake news on the internet; "Now that's scary. I wanted to say [in this song] that people should think for themselves about what is true, without just being fed information." She further stated "I've always included hope into even my most judgmental songs, because I believe rock music is about hope."

Flower Flower is a Japanese rock band that was formed in 2013 by Japanese singer-songwriter Yui. The group debuted with the single "Tsuki" (2013).

Flower Flower was first formed in early 2013, composed of musicians Yui respected. These included keyboardist Mura☆Jun, otherwise known as Jun Murayama, a member of the band Venomstrip and a session musician, as well as Mafumafu, i.e. bassist Katsuhiro Mafune, and drummer Norihide Saji, known in the band as Sacchan.

In May 2014, the band released their second song, "Kamisama". In June, it was announced that Flower Flower would perform the four theme songs for the live-action adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi's manga Little Forest, released in two parts in August 2014 and February 2015. Flower Flower performs the theme songs for each season, with summer and autumn released in 2014 and winter and spring in 2015.

UQiYO (Ukiyo) is a Japanese music unit consisting of two members: Yuqi (Vo, Gt, Key, Composing) and Sima (Drums & Percussions).

From 2005 Toy Factory released four albums under the name of cork by Yuqi. He joined Foster Electric Co., Ltd. in 2007 and designs and develops high-fidelity speakers both in Japan and abroad. Since 2015 he became a freelance musician and the sound director of UQiYO.

With a wide range of bands such as jazz, reggae, fork, metal with the pops and alternate rock as the axis, Sima meet UQiYO and work together. His favorite drummers are Steve Gadd and Stewart Copeland. Rhythm kept in his organic balance is a big weapon of UQiYO.

Volleyboys is a Japanese pop music band, including seven members, formed in Sakyo, Kyoto City in 2016.
With Soundless guitar sounds and rural lyrics, their works evoke the nostalgic feelings of those days that everyone used to experience. Their activities often focus on Kyoto.

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