Got any fav japanese/chinese band ?

Shingetsu. If you thought you had already heard all the best progressive rock epics, think again!

 

The Taj Mahal Travellers - July 5, 1972

 

Sadistic Mika Band: this Funkadelic track is so awesome I named my daughter "Mika" after it, now at 11 years old, she has become it as well:

 

Anything on the PSF label.

 

I think J.A. Ceasar is way over-rated, most of his stuff is pastoral, I have three five CD boxes that have some awesome stuff, total Magma influenced,
but you have to wade through the chicks screaming in the plays...cool artwork though!
There's a lot of stuff of his to be found, he has a website where you can buy his stuff and see his upcoming shows (he's the old dude with the white hair): http://www.asian-crack.com/index.html

 

"Tadaima!" is what you say when you get home ("I'm home!) and the response from the family is "Okairi!" ("Welcome back!").

 

Many! They include:

High Rise
Mainliner
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O
Eternal Elysium
Greenmachine
Ghost
Boris
Michio Kurihara
Melt Banana

 

A bit of J metal ...
Onmyouza

 

Angel'in Heavy Syrup

 

This one is a nostalgic favorite of mine from my years in Japan; I couldn't find the (uncredited) Jeff Lynne-produced studio version, but this one is pretty good:

Puffy - Asia no Junshin (1996)

 

I think Japanese PVs are a riot.

 

I thought of a few more (that haven't been mentioned):

White Heaven
The Stars
Sonic Flower
Church of Misery
Floating Flower
Coffins (will crush your skull!)
Mono
Les Rallizes Denudes
Hanadensha

 

Cellophane!

 

And more Cellophane!

 

PonPonPon may be one of the single most insane videos I've seen. I dig it!

 

Hoooly Crappola, she's great!!

(minus points for the bass player wearing a glove though )

 

This is really good. Thanks for mentioning them.

 

You should have seen the cover they wanted to do. It wasn't a glove, believe me.

 

This is a great thread, probably the best in awhile even if it's a repeat, has Yoshinori Sunahara been been mentioned?

 

Harumi from 1968, produced by Tom Wilson

 

great chill out stuff.

I really got into digging for this stuff in the late nineties, stuff like Takako Minekawa, Pizzicato 5, Cornelius and whoever.
I would become familiar with whatever I could from labels like Pussyfoot or Mo Wax, The trend in sound was or seemed to be more about collective uses of technology like how Howie B.'s Pussyfoot label mixed turntablists or knob twirlers with actual musicians, and his work with Skylab. Mo Wax put out some cool stuff by the Major Force people.
I really didn't get very far, although I have heard a good deal of stuff posted, much much more here is stuff I am not familiar with, -great thread!