these earbleeding cuties are the Otamatones
the Otamatone is a Japanese musical instrument
yupp, they have faces, so they look like a cartoon characters
the Otamatone was developed by toy company CUBE Works
the good news is, you can buy these at ThinkGeek

when I first saw this I was like, OK one more weird Japanese video
but I was wrong
cos this is one more awesome Japanese video

cos NIKE MUSIC SHOE is NOT FAKE

Synthtopia says: – This was a project of Daito Manabe. It appears that Manabe hacked the Nike+ sensors in these shoes so that they could be used as drum triggers. This is demonstrated by Japanese breakbeat artists Hifana. -

manyongoth, a YouTube commenter said: the shoes used in the video are the real sound controllers. Tomoaki Yanagisawa of 4nchor5 la6 was responsible for the hardware part. He added flexible and accelerometer sensors to the shoes. Daito Manabe of rhizomatiks did the sound programming with Max. They were both commissioned by Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo for this project.

and you can find more details on today and tomorrow

Reel-to-reel tapes are the dinosaurs of studio equipments. Many modern musicians haven’t even seen one. But not Ei Wada, he is using the old tapes to makes his music. He plays on hacked, USB controlled reel-to-reel tapes.

drum & drive

probably the best dance vidoe ewwa
but I think Peter Bjorn and John watched too much Leningrad Cowboys vids

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Curazee japanese boy band dance like no others do
….in diapers!!!
And if you drink too much tonite this can happen with you as well!
[heads up by csigabajnok via szanalmas]

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We’ve found FoUnd caKe iN My PaNTsu at Fairtilizer and we became fans immediately. We always loved japanese fure jazz, stuff from UFO and Nobukazu Takemura to name only few great artists. The Human Nature reminds us very much of them so there was no doubt about posting them. The band itself is a mystery to us at the moment, but we will do a little investigation and get back to you with more info. Meanwhile enjoy Human Nature here and on the AudioPorn FM.

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Girl power hasn’t ended with Spice Girls, it’s the first thing that will come into your mind after the picture. But believe me, this is a completely different story: Yamaha’s breakthru musical instrument, Tenori-On quickly generated interesting musical projects like this one, The Tenorions, an electronic live act with three girls on stage. Led by Jason Air producer (whose experience covers the Drum & Bass and Hip Hop), Nynn and Cici compose their repetitive techno tracks, accompanied by Fiona, the third girl. Enjoy their performance!

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Eve Massacre: Blame it on the Bossa Boris [mp3]
Edie Gorme – Blame it on the Bossa Nova
VS
Boris – Message

japanese noise meets classic pop
the cheesiest noize you ever heard!!