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J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:45 am
by twothirdsmajority
http://www.mixcloud.com/mohdtaufiq/j-garage-an-introduction/

Hey guys, i just came back from japan and i have a treat for you:

Somewhere in the vicinities of Ginza, Shibuya and Akihabara in Tokyo, Japanese Dubstep and Ambient Producers team up to create a sound that could make a counterpart to Western offshoots of Dubstep like Future Garage and Witch House. Inspired by J-Pop and Anime, they are making a sound that could rival Western music in terms of creativity and ideas.

And thus, J-Garage was born.

"J-garage" is a term coined by Future Garage producer Submerse. J-Garage takes the beats and sounds of Future Garage, 130-BPM House and Dubstep and combine it with Japanese vocals, anime samples, Shinto/Buddhist meditational sounds and various aspects of Japanese sounds to create a sound of it's own.

This mix is an introduction to the music of "J-Garage", featuring music from Japanese producers and various producers that influenced the sound, including Submerse, Nero, MJ Cole, SBtRKT and Joy Orbison. if you love KRNLYA's Intro to post-Dubstep, you'll definitely love this!

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:21 am
by fractal
Downloading this, despite the funny fake genre name, future garage is funny enough without breaking it into sub genres!! :lol:

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:26 am
by twothirdsmajority
fractal wrote:Downloading this, despite the funny fake genre name, future garage is funny enough without breaking it into sub genres!! :lol:
Well, J-Garage makes sense as a title since it does use japanese vocals and it does use UK garage and Speed garage beats.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:31 am
by fractal
Oh, I'm just giving you a hard time because every three days someone coins a new micro genre of the sound :mrgreen:

It does sound interesting tho

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:32 am
by Shum
KAWAIIIIIIIII!!!!!... just kidding, some proper good tunes on here man.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:54 am
by twothirdsmajority
Shum wrote:KAWAIIIIIIIII!!!!!... just kidding, some proper good tunes on here man.
Um, thanks.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:11 am
by joeki
possibly the LAMEST genre name ever. It's all a bit otaku for me, I'll pass.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:22 am
by twothirdsmajority
joeki wrote:possibly the LAMEST genre name ever. It's all a bit otaku for me, I'll pass.
Don't judge a book by it's cover, mate.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:13 am
by Intended Malice
joeki wrote:possibly the LAMEST genre name ever. It's all a bit otaku for me, I'll pass.
Agreed. This and your quest for Otaku-step (anime themed) were just waiting to produce an outcome like this. I heard the first 10 minutes and it sounds like sped-up lounge music, mixed with stuff you wold hear on old versions of Ridge Racer or something, its seriously lacking in sub-bass to even consider interesting. Like this stuff:



Besides you went to Shibuya and Ginza and you only have this to show for it and didn't even come back with Kuroi gal/Ganguro pictures... I'm beyond disappointed. :confused:

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:25 am
by twothirdsmajority
Intended Malice wrote:
joeki wrote:possibly the LAMEST genre name ever. It's all a bit otaku for me, I'll pass.

Besides you went to Shibuya and Ginza and you only have this to show for it and didn't even come back with Kuroi gal/Ganguro pictures... I'm beyond disappointed. :confused:
Ugh, i hate Ganguro girls. i'm more of an Akiba Maid Cafe girl thank you very much.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:52 pm
by fractal
Have to agree with you there! Ganguro girls are scary...

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:05 pm
by captaincrazy
haven't listened to the mix yet....no download link!?
i'm sure it's good though
i'm well into all the submerse stuff at the moment, and any of the stuff thats coming out on l2s

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:38 pm
by twothirdsmajority
captaincrazy wrote:haven't listened to the mix yet....no download link!?
i'm sure it's good though
i'm well into all the submerse stuff at the moment, and any of the stuff thats coming out on l2s
i will put in a download link later on so don't worry.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:55 pm
by Intended Malice
twothirdsmajority wrote:
Intended Malice wrote:
joeki wrote:possibly the LAMEST genre name ever. It's all a bit otaku for me, I'll pass.

Besides you went to Shibuya and Ginza and you only have this to show for it and didn't even come back with Kuroi gal/Ganguro pictures... I'm beyond disappointed. :confused:
Ugh, i hate Ganguro girls. i'm more of an Akiba Maid Cafe girl thank you very much.
fractal wrote:Have to agree with you there! Ganguro girls are scary...
Haha, 2002 lives on!Its an acquired taste, I'll admit; some people like natto, I like ganguro/kuroi gals...

http://livedoor.2.blogimg.jp/rumika_rum ... fdf16a.jpg
http://livedoor.2.blogimg.jp/rumika_rum ... e92acd.jpg

yes... even the over the top ones have there place.

http://livedoor.2.blogimg.jp/rumika_rum ... 2afd72.jpg

Its funny, if you try this with any other race in any other part of World you get a sure recipe for a transvestite... but its like something happens in Shibuya and Ginza that just makes it work. Ok, enough of my cryptic/inexplicable proclivities, I'll let you get back your maidcafe beats, tsundre worship or whatever it is this thread was about before I came.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:13 am
by Shum
Intended Malice wrote:
Its funny, if you try this with any other race in any other part of World you get a sure recipe for a transvestite... but its like something happens in Shibuya and Ginza that just makes it work.
Ain't that the truth, love the OTT Ganguro girls myself.

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:44 am
by pulsar
fractal wrote:Downloading this, despite the funny fake genre name, future garage is funny enough without breaking it into sub genres!! :lol:
:z:

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:04 am
by twothirdsmajority
Update:

here's the download link
http://www.mediafire.com/?oc8maa9vtnyj3mw

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:27 pm
by rob_o
Ez, i coined the name "j-Garage" and its suposed to be funny because there are a million micro genres. Not to be taken serious at all. The music is super light hearted. I had nothing to do with this mix or the text above it. Also one of my tracks in the mix is a soundcloud rip just incase the quality seems bad

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:29 pm
by rob_o
j-garage is just what i was calling my own sound of garage with anime samples and japanese pop style chords and sounds. Its not suposed to be a new micro genre or anything just something funny to brand my own tunes really

Re: J-Garage: a Japanese offshoot of Dubstep/Future Garage

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:32 pm
by fractal
just listened to the mix, really good stuff! thanks for sharing, sorry for the ribbing :D