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If there's anything I'll remember 2008 for, at least music wise, it's got to be this easy-listening music from across the world. Since I registered here on Last.fm, my listening habits have changed quite a bit, as I stumble upon a new genre every other month. Last month I discovered the so-called neue deutsche haerte, and prior to that, nu jazz

So, although drum'n'bass is my favourite genre, I can say I've always like electronic music in general, except for - yup, that's right - ambient. This year, however, it all changed. I first got into it when I found out what minimalism was all about, but this was just the beginning.

Soon after that, I heard Takagi Masakatsu's Girls for the first time. The piano hooks immediately blew my mind away. It was a matter of time until I found my favourite artist, namely Piana. I can honestly say I fell in love with her music To my surprise, many of my favourite producers are female, which is a first (at least for me) when it comes to electronic music: Tujiko Noriko…

Back to usual business after few days of holidays and recent crazy time because of the candidacy of Toulouse for the title of European Capital of Culture (4 members of the UE jury were in town yesterday … we cross our fingers).

And here it starts a new cultural season :

- first of all, we will organize with Le Printemps de Septembre festival a one-man band dedicated night on October, 4 (starring BBQ, Kim, Norman Bambi, André Minvielle, David X and Charlie O.)
- then a new AVR concert with the special appearance of David Grubbs on October, 23
- and, last but not least, a mini-festival in Kyoto (Yes, in Japan …) the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October with Pierre Bastien, Sylvain Chauveau, Krikor, Doravideo, tenori-on, Aoki Takamasa and many more …

Amen!

Bands:

Dan The Automater
Guitar Wolf
Shonen Knife
Boredoms
Melt-Banana
Boom Boom Satelites
Cornelius
Supercar
Buffalo Daughter
Akira Terao
Tak Shindo
Fantastic Plastic Machine
Ikue Mori
Asobi Seksu
Pizzicato Five
5,6,7,8's
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Magical Power Mako
Acid Mothers Temple
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
Tenniscoats
Keiji Haino
Butter08
鰐淵晴子
すみれシスターズ
西千曲
美川サチ
西千曲
あい杏里


Add more bands to the list in the comments!

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(Edit: for continuity) Bands/Artists Added by Commentors:

The Gerogerigegege
Ryoji Ikeda
MSBR
Merzbow
Masonna
K2
Pain Jerk
Government Alpha
Incapacitants
Hanatarash
Incapacitants
Fushitsusha
Aube
C.C.C.C.
Zeni Geva
Keiji Haino
Christine 23 Onna
Space Machine
ACID EATER
Sponge
Flying Testicle
Boris
Mono
Ruins
Koenji Hyakkei
Sanhedolin
Rovo
Altered States
OOIOO
NATSUMEN
Koenjihyakkei
Satoko Fujii
Kaoru Abe
Masayuki Takayanagi
…

Incomplete list of interesting gigs & other events in & near Tokyo. Mostly PostRock, Electronica, Indie, etc.

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2007.11/01 (thu) @渋谷O-nest

audio safari「ウルノソラ」 release party

Euphoria
PaperBagLunchbox
Asana
audio safari
開場18:30/開演19:00● 前売￥2.000/当日￥2.500● ドリンク別

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2007.11.02 FRI 代官山UNIT

LITE「A Tiny Twofer」Release tour 2007

LIVE :
LITE
avengers in sci fi

OPEN : 18:00
START : 19:00
CHARGE : ADV.2,800yen／DOOR 3,300yen
(共にドリンク代別)

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2007.11.06 TUE 代官山UNIT

fuzzmaniax
supported by smart

LINE UP:

UNCHAIN
Ala
The Pillows
MO'SOME TONEBENDER

INFORMATION:
OPEN : 18:30
START : 19:00
CHARGE : ADV.2,800yen (ドリンク代別)

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2007.11.10 sat @ Shibuya O-nest

Cirque presents MAVO

Radiq a.k.a Yoshihiro Hanno
Aoki Takamasa
Current showcase
Gate In The Air
…

This entry serves two main purposes: one is sort of useful and the other(s) is/are utterly stupid.

First, the stupid reasons: to pimp this link in the artist pages of everyone I listen to, to shamelessly get people to click on it, and to annoy those who did.

Second, to test a PHP script which automatically extracts data from Winamp generated HTML playlists - so I can honestly say that this DOES contain everything on my playlist at the time I made this entry.

1300 Items

1
1-Speed Bike (1-Speed Bike)
13 & God (13 & God)

3
3 Studies for a Crucifixion (3 Studies For A Crucifixion)
324 (324)
360° Positive Rockers (360° Positive Rockers)

4
The 45 King + John Klemmer (The 45 King + John Klemmer)

5
5th Garden (5th Garden)

8
8-Bit Weapon (8-Bit Weapon)
808 State (808 State)
8up (8up)

9
9 Lazy 9 (9 Lazy 9)

µ
µ-Ziq (µ-Ziq)

A
A.P.E. (A.P.E.)
Aavikko (Aavikko)
Aavikko & Kabar (Aavikko & Kabar)
Above the Law (Above the Law)
Aceyalone (Aceyalone)
…

her_next_morning聴いてます。サイトからダウンロードしたもの。この一曲をリピートにしてずっと聴いているとすごく深く楽な気になる。