Japanese City Pop Artists

Japanese city pop artists. Modern j pop has its roots in traditional japanese music but significantly in 1960s pop and rock music such as the beatles and the beach boys which. A strain of lite easy listening j pop that drew on a variety of american and asian influences. Producer kunimondo takiguchi who has worked with singer. Yet few styles are as strange or as storied as the 21st century rebirth of japanese city pop.

Neo city pop artists from the 2010s including cero yogee new waves and awesome city club are mainly rooted in the indie club scene. Light in the attic s pacific breeze 2. About a decade ago blogspot blogs and japanese reissues introduced music nerds to a strain of aor funk. It often aimed a more adult audience than j pop and had a more contemporary and western sound than kayōkyoku and.

This is a list of j pop artists and groups. She s just one artist showing city pop won t be stuck in neon amber as the 2020s move forward. Often stylized as j pop. 8 online and at stores throughout japan.

City pop is a genre of japanese popular music that was popular in the 1980s and featured a cosmopolitan image that appealed to those who benefited from the so called post war economic miracle an economic boom that took place in japan between the end of world war ii and the cold war. City pop is a predominantly japanese genre which originally became popular with the blooming economy of the country during the 70s 80s mostly having a relation with the everyday urban and luxury life of japanese metropolitan areas. City pop シティーポップ shitī poppu is a loosely defined subset of pop music that originated in japan in the late 1970s. There s no greater comeback story in recent reissue culture than japanese city pop.

City pop can sound like anything from soft album oriented rock to sophisticated boogie disco yet. City pop on vinyl 2020 takes place on aug. Japanese city pop aor boogie 1972 1986 spotlights the sonic development and diversity of a style that often feels.