I was looking through my recomends today, and it recommended a Shibuya Kei track by some hot long legged bitch. Very funky! She looks like real life Anime lol.
I was like who is this, then I looked at her name. I was like the fuck? This is Shiina Ringo? I thought this girl was Korean because it's not normal for (a non pornstar) Jap girl to have such long shapeley legs. If you like that Persona 5 sound def check this chick's music up.
it was made by one of artist for the original PSO, which had some awesome music by my standard. She was apparently into watching random webcams at the time and made a game based on it. The main character in the is a fan of this idol in the games universe named Serani Poji whom the game creator herself does the voice for. Their is just something about this music that I find irresistible. Its like the music from the first Katamari Demacy.
I have no idea where this song is from or even if its game music, but its catchy as fuck.
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It's just called "Shibuya Kei" so you'll net the best results looking up that. I just add Jazz at the end to differentiate it from the gayass, and far more popular (on the internet) Rock version called "Visual Kei" I like rock, but I fucking hate Japanese rock. Aside from Sads, the vast majority of Jap rock is all style and no substance barely any of these fags can play more than 3 strings whereas the Jap hiphop jazz is some of the most creative & unique sounds I've ever heard. It sounded like the atmospheric hiphop that New York City was rocking during the 90s. It also reminds me of that British acid funk (Jamariquai) sound from the 90s.
Shiina Ringo & Pizzacato 5 are the most popular Shibuya Kei acts. At least back then. (Suchmos seems to be the most popular now.)
Everyone assumes that I listen to Ringo due to how I have a more jazzy taste in sound. I don't actually listen to her, but she's not bad. That Shiina song in particular tho, is muh jam. Great make-out music. LOL! I'm more of a Mika Nakashima (the Jap female Frank Sinatra. She even has the gangster/yakuza connections just like how Sinatra was Mob deep.) fan. Too bad she's more known for her shitty ballads. I miss the 2002 era Mika when she first debuted, she was straight up Hiphop Jazz. Acid jazz is basically what Shibuya Kei is, but it goes in two directions. The more cute surreal version like Pizacato 5 or the darker more New York City influenced sound of Monday Michiru who in fact did perform a few songs for Persona 5. I don't really like Pizzacato at all, although their music isn't bad. It's just not my scene. I'm into the more dark shit over the Hello Kitty sounding crap. Shiina Ringo is somewhere in the middle. Rumi is the complete dark side lol!
One of the first youtube results I see when I look up Shibuya Kei is Rumi, LOL! I ddin't even know she was considered as Shibuya Kei although her music is very jazzy. Check that shit out. Rumi is the first verse, she's some insane demon worshipping slut and she flows like a fucking demon.
The second verse by Maria is also good. I have no idea who Maria is. I was fucking shocked that she has such great delivery though. I thought it was going to be a track where Rumi just dominates over everyone on the song like she usually does.
It's funny how outside of Japan, everyone thinks that the JRock is more popular when I see way more foreign fans into that shit over the rap. When it comes to the rap it's really just the 5 elements of hiphop enthusiasts from NYC & a few hardcore Hiphop heads from France & parts of Europe who are into the Jrap. THe majority of the fanbase is all locale japaanese, home grown. Probably due to the more politically charged content. (There's very few Japrap songs about love or dating or whatever is popular lol. It's extremely counter-culture, political insulting the government & mainstream culture just like how 90s American rap used to do it.) It's not that lame bubblegum quasi-poetic wannabe art shit that the Jrock is about.
I like FayRay's version of the Shibuya sound. It's more 80s pop influenced but she completely fucking rocks it!
She's actually an American from NYC just like Monday Michiru. Fayray moved on from Shibuya sound to more typical dry depressing Jazz. Fayray is back in NYC again and now she just makes full blown trippy drugged out makeout music lol. I
I don't even know what genre this type of music is. It has a Jazzy vibe, but it's done with synthesizers. "Oh baby baby, It's just me & you. I don't care what they say. It's just me & you." Her mellow smooth voice just gets dicks hard. Even better when you find out that she's some long haired sexy Japanese chick. This song is from her Jpop days when she used to hit the Top 10 with each new release. Even that song is dark sounding as fuck.
I uploaded the ChenHong version. (Well Kax did, but I gave him the vid.) It's weird how a woman who was so damn popular that practically everyone in Japan knew who she was is now so obscure & niche that only crazy assholes like me who bothered to look up what happened to her are even aware of what her current projects are like. She's now doing some extremely abstract, over sexualized shit. Fucking awesome. I guess she always hated how conservative Japan is which is why she made sure after Same Night, Same Face to always be the one doing all of the writing for her songs. Every other song she did after that was depressing sounding as hell. (Great music though. Tears seems to be the most famous.) This new shit she's doing in the NYC is a lot more optimistic, but very sexualized.
