Thread by @distantshores, For those of you newly working at home

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For those of you newly working at home—or spending more time at home—and looking for new music, here& #39;s a thread of some of my favorite Japanese artists!

If you& #39;re like me, you might find it better for your background music to be non-English so you don& #39;t latch onto words. Enjoy!

Quick disclaimer: a lot of these will likely be familiar to folks who& #39;ve spent time in Japan or follow Japanese music! Most have charted and/or are prob karaoke staples at JoySound. This isn& #39;t an "obscure J music you& #39;ve never heard of" thread!

Also, feel free to add your favs!

First up is フレデリック/Frederic

Like The Killers? You& #39;ll like Frederic. Very dancey pop rock with punchy vocals. All 4 albums since their 2016 debut have cracked the Oricon Top 10 rankings.

Here& #39;s "Oddloop" (オドループ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCp2iXA1uLE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Other good tracks from Frederic:

"Only Wonder" (オンリーワンダー)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrwzN6eb4Q

"Owarasenaito"">https://www.youtube.com/watch... (オワラセナイト)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3sigAJXG1E

"Re-re-repeat"">https://www.youtube.com/watch... (リリリピート) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjAxLbmy83E">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Next is サカナクション/Sakanaction

For when you& #39;re in a more dramatic, emotional, electronic mood. Hard to pin down a genre, but they incorporate elements of dance, disco, new wave, and rock.

Here& #39;s 新宝島 ("Shin Takarajima") and its great music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIlZCmETvsY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

(Shin Takarajima is more straight rock-y than most of their tracks, but seeing as I alone likely account for 1 million of the video& #39;s 126 million views, I& #39;d be remiss not to start there)

Other good tracks from Sakanaction:

"Identity" アイデンティティ
https://youtu.be/2gc5PR_NbHM

"Holy">https://youtu.be/2gc5PR_Nb... Dance" ホーリーダンス
https://youtu.be/CWe7oDJgtrQ

"Slow">https://youtu.be/CWe7oDJgt... Motion" スローモーション https://youtu.be/_aqs6HrGroM ">https://youtu.be/_aqs6HrGr...

Sakanaction is very aware of their 70s/80s vibe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxqYUbNR-c0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

I& #39;d be remiss not to, after linking that video, mention/praise Mariya Takeuchi and her hit 1984 track "Plastic Love," which has had a resurgence in popularity thanks to the Vaporwave movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gj47G2e1Jc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Might do a whole 70s-90s Japanese music thread later, but if you& #39;re not into the more recent stuff I& #39;m linking in this thread, go dive into more city pop and its succesor: Shibuya-kei!

山下達郎 (Tatsuro Yamashita)
https://youtu.be/fekWiU3K_e0

PIZZICATO">https://youtu.be/fekWiU3K_... FIVE https://youtu.be/8nv2wE1nu-E ">https://youtu.be/8nv2wE1nu...

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