Japanese producer Daisuke Tanabe may be gentle and un-intimidating in person, but upon listening to any of his music, one realizes that he's got an edge and is a shining star in this generation's ...

“Every single piece of sound has got character,” says Japanese electronica producer Daisuke Tanabe, explaining his ear for music and the choices he makes with sound design. His latest work Cat Steps ...

Back in his younger days, Daisuke Inoue (who's now 78), was a musician who couldn't read music. So, he came up with a truly inventive solution – which is to say Daisuke Inoue invented the karaoke ...

Billboard Japan sat down with the pair to talk about the potential of NFTs in Japan and KLKTN's latest NFT project with Gesu no Kiwami Otome. By Billboard Japan KLKTN was founded in March 2021 as an ...

Canadian alto saxophonist François Carrier frequently travels light. Even more so on this occasion as his regular peripatetic partner drummer Michel Lambert was not on board for a 2019 tour of Japan.