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tofubeats: The Origins Playlist
By: The Glow
February 8th 2021
Interviews
Roth Bart Baron: The Influences Playlist
By: The Glow
January 27th 2021
Interviews
Satoko Shibata: The Slow-In Playlist
By: The Glow
January 20th 2021
Interviews
On File: Stereogirl
By: The Glow
January 13th 2021
Interviews
From city pop classics to trendsetting techno-kayo, house icon Shinichiro Yokota selects some essential Japanese tracks from the early Eighties that inspired his sound and style.
By: The Glow
January 1st 2021
Interviews
Moment Joon’s playlist reflects upon his fears, inspirations, resilience and vulnerability – a series of stories and analyses from one of the most essential voices in contemporary Japanese hip hop.
By: The Glow
December 23rd 2020
Interviews
Taking you through the Glow’s list of the catchiest, most innovative and exciting Japanese singles that summarised 2020, as chosen by our writers.
By: The Glow
December 19th 2020
Lists
From stadium rock titans to pop crooners, intricate experimentalists to musical and political revolutionaries – we count down the Glow’s best 20 albums to come out of Japan in 2020.
By: The Glow
December 16th 2020
Lists
Riding the success of 2019’s New Young City, internationally-acclaimed shoegaze and dream pop revivalists For Tracy Hyde talk the Glow through some honest opinions, unmissable tunes and formative musical experiences.
By: The Glow
December 8th 2020
Interviews
Underground music collective SPEED’s event was a celebration of youth freedom, culture and identity.
By: Takahiro Kanazawa & Mao Oya
December 5th 2020
Columns
After building upon the recognition of Air Ni Ni with the cover album Bones of Dreams Attacked, the composer and multi-instrumentalist curates a playlist that summarises his 2020 listening.
By: The Glow
November 28th 2020
Interviews
tofubeats’ Yusuke Kawai curates a playlist of some of the tracks that inspired him to make music. Ranging from hip hop to techno, J-pop to Shibuya-kei, his choices typify the beatmaker’s broad and influential style.
By: The Glow
February 8th 2021
Interviews
From classic film scores to ‘80s post-punk, Roth Bart Baron’s Masaya Mifune takes the Glow through a playlist of some of his greatest influences.
By: The Glow
January 27th 2021
Interviews
Folk and indie star Satoko Shibata explains some of the key tracks that have influenced her music so far, as well as some of the inspirations behind her 2020 EP release Slow-In.
By: The Glow
January 20th 2021
Interviews
Channelling decades of different styles of British and American rock, Stereogirl are one of Tokyo’s loudest rising bands. Stereogirl guitarist Chamicot gives a swift lowdown of some of the music that made her.
By: The Glow
January 13th 2021
Interviews
From city pop classics to trendsetting techno-kayo, house icon Shinichiro Yokota selects some essential Japanese tracks from the early Eighties that inspired his sound and style.
By: The Glow
January 1st 2021
Interviews
Moment Joon’s playlist reflects upon his fears, inspirations, resilience and vulnerability – a series of stories and analyses from one of the most essential voices in contemporary Japanese hip hop.
By: The Glow
December 23rd 2020
Interviews
Taking you through the Glow’s list of the catchiest, most innovative and exciting Japanese singles that summarised 2020, as chosen by our writers.
By: The Glow
December 19th 2020
Lists
From stadium rock titans to pop crooners, intricate experimentalists to musical and political revolutionaries – we count down the Glow’s best 20 albums to come out of Japan in 2020.
By: The Glow
December 16th 2020
Lists
Riding the success of 2019’s New Young City, internationally-acclaimed shoegaze and dream pop revivalists For Tracy Hyde talk the Glow through some honest opinions, unmissable tunes and formative musical experiences.
By: The Glow
December 8th 2020
Interviews
Underground music collective SPEED’s event was a celebration of youth freedom, culture and identity.
By: Takahiro Kanazawa & Mao Oya
December 5th 2020
Columns
After building upon the recognition of Air Ni Ni with the cover album Bones of Dreams Attacked, the composer and multi-instrumentalist curates a playlist that summarises his 2020 listening.
By: The Glow
November 28th 2020
Interviews
By: The Glow
March 3rd 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
February 8th 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
January 27th 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
January 20th 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
January 13th 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
January 1st 2021
Interviews
By: The Glow
December 23rd 2020
Interviews
By: The Glow
December 19th 2020
Lists
By: The Glow
December 16th 2020
Lists
By: The Glow
December 8th 2020
Interviews
By: Takahiro Kanazawa & Mao Oya
December 5th 2020
Columns
By: The Glow
November 28th 2020
Interviews