I don’t know how Spine TV managed to keep their camera still during this, they must have sent a cameraman who wasn’t really into vinyl. Japan’s DJ Muro is a supreme crate digger, collector and DJ (have you checked his King of Diggin series?) and he even used to MC with DJ Krush as his DJ. Watch the video.
DJ Muro’s Vinyl Archive
August 12th, 2011Hard Nips In The New York Times
April 14th, 2011
The New York Times featured a piece on last weekend’s Japan Society benefit concert, which featured Philip Glass, Hal Wilner, John Zorn, Lou Reed, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Suzan and…Hard Nips! You can read the full review of the 13-hour marathon event at on the NYT site.
If you haven’t already, you can still donate to the disaster relief fund for Japan here.
Japanese Grime
February 14th, 2011
I always find it mad that there are people in different countries listening to Grime. It seems like such a small scene in London that I’m amazed when I hear MC’s from other countries spitting over it.
I first found out that there were people in Japan MCing over Grime when I was reading Grime Forum one day and someone posted a link to two MC’s called Dekishi & Ritzzz, who had vocalled Dizzee Rascal’s Grime classic Strings Hoe. I had no idea what they were talking about but it sounded so good I downloaded the mp3 and kept playing it.
20100131_2 dekishi, ritzzz by dekishi
I decided to send them a message on Soundcloud to see if they would be interested in vocalling one of the tunes from Spooky’s – Murderer EP and this amazing song is what I got sent back. I have just put it up for download so help yourself to the mp3 (click on the arrow on the right of the player).
dekishi & ritzzz MC over Spooky – Iron Gates Remix (Japan) by Quadrant EP mp3s out now!
Really into this vocal by Dekishi over Spooky’s Cream Crackers instrumental as well.
Dekishi – Kataban (Model Number) by dekishi
and finally have a listen to Dekishi, Ritzzz and another MC called Beyond on this 16 minute set.
PROJECT ADAMANTIUM 20100703 dekishi, beyond, ritzzz by dekishi
Hard Nips EP Out Now!
December 7th, 2010
Hard Nips have arrived from the far east brandishing a riff-heavy, post-punk sound laced with the angelic strainings of vocalist Yoko Sawai. Whether playing parties for Vice Magazine or CMJ gigs alongside the likes of Sean Lennon and TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe, this Brooklyn-based four piece commands the attention of any room they play. Known for their magnetic stage presence and rowdy antics (on stage and off), these women are living breathing rock and roll. With this four song, self-titled EP, they bring the right riffs, the right hooks and a no-holds-barred bravado that is winning hearts and minds.
You can grab the Hard Nips EP from iTunes and other fine digital retailers or grab the vinyl from the Mixpak Shop.
Also, if you’re in New York, be sure to go to the Hard Nips record release party tonight at the Cake Shop. Full details here.
Mixpak Launches In Japanese!
August 4th, 2010
Today, we are extremely happy to announce the launch of the Mixpak site in Japanese!
We’re very excited to offer our Japanese fans a more direct way to stay up to date with what Mixpak is up to and we aspire to help grow the support of all aspects of music and culture we love.
Our amazing team of translators – Emi, Knak28 and Sho – have been working hard for several months on translating the archives and we are finally ready to launch.
Welcome to Mixpak in Japanese.
Bootlegged In Japan
February 19th, 2010
The “Smoke Machine Riddim” is still a growing phenomena (just check out the daily twitter mentions of “Yuh Love”), but it wasn’t until we saw it being bootlegged as a riddim CD in Japan that we realized just how global it had gone. Big up the dancehall massive!
