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Why Japanese Music Has Drawn Me Further into the Song

11/09/2026 Rob Watson 0

My recent exploration of Japanese indie, rock and pop has helped me recognize something I have been missing in much of the mainstream music I […]

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Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape – Signals Passed On. Japanese pop, synths and art-rock across generations: Hosono, YMO, Takahashi, Spitz, Quruli, Sakanaction and more. Music as transmission – between cities, technologies, memories and imagined worlds https://wp.me/pgoFdc-4Us

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Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape – Machine Pulse. From disco futurism to synth-pop and Hi-NRG: Moroder, Donna Summer, Cerrone, Sylvester, New Order, Patrick Cowley and more. Music for the point where machines, bodies and imagination begin to move together

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