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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 11, 2003
Junkie XL: "RADIO JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin"
Given Junkie XL's successful dance remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation," his appearances on MTV and recent high-profile shows at the Liquid Room in Tokyo, it's difficult to ignore the arrival of his new album, "RADIO JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin." Not that he's a new...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 4, 2003
The Brand New Heavies
Guiding lights of the late '80s/early '90s acid jazz scene in Britain, The Brand New Heavies throw their weight around this week with a string of dates taking them through Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. They are in Japan to promote "We Won't Stop," their latest album, released earlier this year -- a polished...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 23, 2003
German sonic explorers off the beaten path
Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman, two of Germany's foremost exponents of experimental music from two different generations, will be performing together this week in Japan for the first time.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 1, 2000
In search of the turntable tingle
It made perfect sense for French beat-head Kid Loco to dedicate one of his albums to both Jimi Hendrix and Andrew Weatherall. In the techno scene, Weatherall dwells in just as lofty a realm as Hendrix does in the rock world.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 14, 2000
Dub mix-meister Sherwood back on a musical roll
Thanks and praise for some of the most challenging and innovative dub music of the '80s and '90s should go to Adrian Sherwood. From his label, On-U Sound, spring the likes of Tackhead, African Head Charge, Bim Sherman and a host of other dub renegades.
CULTURE / Music
May 18, 1999
Alec Empire's mission: disturb and offend
At first glance Alec Empire, in black leather from head to foot, appears the archetypal rocker, but his short clean hair and his drug-free, no-drinking, no-smoking stance hardly screams "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll."

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