Japan

It may seem like the time has whizzed by, by the Bathing Ape brand has been around for coming up to 20 years, and in celebration of its second decade in business the cutting edge streetwear brand will be calling on some of its most creative and artistic fans to build a capsule collection of [...]

Flower power, lava lamps and frisky hippy antics abound in the official video for young New York-based Japanese production duo BenZel‘s dreamy “Fallin’ Love.” [...]

Last year the Legendary DJ Babu of the Beat Junkies (and also known as one third of Dilated Peoples) dropped a mix which has recently resurfaced, fusing two of my biggest loves, Hip-Hop and Japan. Taking its title from a Chappelle Show skit, Konnichiwa Bitches is a fusion of Japanese TV samples, funky rhythms, banging [...]

While camo jeans aren’t anything revolutionary, Naked & Famous’s Fall Collection includes their own interpretation of slim fit jeans, with an interesting reverse side pattern when you cuff the jeans. [...]

Nas brought the ‘Bridge to the Land of the Rising Sun recently, rocking a Tokyo stadium while backed by Grammy-winning California sound collective 1500 Or Nothin’. [...]

“Rich 2Moro” is one of many uplifting dancehall tracks people don’t give the genre props for, instead of boasting about material possessions and self-indulging, Chino flips the narrative associated with rap and selflessly states “If me rich tomorrow, all of my friends have to be alright… When I’m hunting for my own it isn’t for [...]

This may not be new to our Japanese readers (konichiwa), but it’s new to our ears. Taken from the Japanese edition of the Masked DJ/production legend in the making SBTRKT‘s self-titled debut album is this cut entitled “Fried Eggs” which is a slice of instrumental goodness that I’ve had on loop for the past 15 [...]

Palladium Boots have launched a video series featuring music producer and all round creative as hell dude Pharrell Williams. Palladium Boots (a European boot company) looks at the aftermath of the earthquake that affected the vibrant city and its resiliance in the wake of it. Furthermore, it follows Pharrell through some of the more hidden [...]

Those curious about the mysteriously masked SBTRKT will be pleased to find the London musician and producer spreading his sounds across the globe over the next few months, with DJ sets and live dates scheduled across Europe, America, Japan and Australia, stopping in the UK for four headline dates in Brighton, Bristol, Leeds and a [...]

After a bit of a delay, Donnis‘ free Nippon Sounds EP has been released. Upon first impression something about this reminds me of Soulja Boy – but [thankfully] my first impression is proved to be false and by the end of the four track EP I’m eager to hear more from him. The Georgia-born rapper [...]