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[The JukeBox] #94 - Junko Yagami - 黄昏のBAY CITY

Back to Japan and back to 1983 for another Jukebox from Junko Yagami and was a prominent artist in the 70s and 80s. To date, they have released over 25 albums in 4 decades. Today, Yagami resides in Los Angeles but flies to Japan to perform live. 黄昏のBAY CITY ("

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[The JukeBox] #91 - Mariya Takeuchi - September

It's time for Mariya's hit parade. (Yes, I know I'm posting this in October... I was busy OK) September, released in August 1979 on RCA Records label and was part of the 1980 album LOVE SONGS. It spent over half a year within the

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[The JukeBox] #90 - ANRI - Windy Summer

Another track from ANRI's 7th Album, Timely!!, Windy Summer. 🎵Check out [The JukeBox] #66 - ANRI - 悲しいがとまらない I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS Honestly, the whole album is so good that I could post a JukeBox for ALL the tracks on this album. A refresher of

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[The JukeBox] #89 - Macross 82-99 - Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)

💸 This post contains compensated/sponsored content. When a Macross 82-99 album releases, you can't help but be sucked into a particular track. For me. there are far too many to choose from and one for me features the fantastic vocals of the talented Neon Vectors. Two of a

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[The JukeBox] #87 - Macross 82-99 - Aogashima Island!

Macross 82-99 released Sailorwave II back in 2018 as a EP after the successful release of the album Sailorwave back in 2013. Aogashima Island! is one of those songs that has always been in my playlists but never really took a liking to. But recently, something about the song changed

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[The JukeBox] #82 - MONDO GROSSO - Labyrinth

Normally with The JukeBox posts, I discover a song or an album, add it to my Spotify playlist, go back through the playlist at a later stage (Normally 6 months to a couple of years) and then decide whether to create a post for it. This song, I heard one

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[The JukeBox] #81 - Casiopea - Galactic Funk

Within specific genres of music, there are those 'staple' songs. A set of pieces that capture the essence of a genre. Within the City pop genre, you would find some staples, Plastic Love, Dress Down, Stay with Me, and Flyday Chinatown. Jazz Fusion sensation, Casiopea would be a

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[The JukeBox] #70 - Miki Matsubara - Stay with Me

Back in 1979, a few days from her 20th birthday, Miki Matsubara released her debut single Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me) under the Pony Canyon label but this wasn't her first foray into music. Matsubara's mother was in a jazz band called the 'Crazy

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[The Jukebox] #66 - ANRI - 悲しいがとまらない I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS

While listening to some Citypop, a track that seems to be on every playlist that I have on Spotify is ANRI's I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS from her 7th album Timely!! ANRI (Real name 'Eiko Kawashima') is a singer-songwriter from Yamato, Japan who has

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[The Jukebox] #61 Dress Down - Kaoru Akimoto

In March of 1986, Akimoto released her one and only album Cologne under the Victor record label but went under the radar when it was initially released. As part of the resurrection of Citypop in Japan and the discovery of the genre in the west, the single “Dress Down” was

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[The Jukebox] #57 - Rick Takeuchi - Never Gonna Give You Plastic Love

In my previous post, I wrote about listening to a new genre of music, Future Funk for the last couple of years. There has been a sub-genre of Future Funk though which has had a resurgence in the last 10 years, known as City pop. City pop is a loosely

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[The Jukebox] #56 - Macross 82-99 - Fun Tonight

A genre that I have been listening to a lot in the last couple of years has been “Future Funk”… ahem, I mean “Ｆｕｔｕｒｅ　Ｆｕｎｋ　因為ヾ” A genre born from the illustrious vaporwave sub-genre which was brought to popularity in the early parts of 2010’s with its sampling of