Tokyo Pinsalocks

[Mulboyne]

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Reuters: Sugary Tokyo girl band groove to an acid, edgy beat
Sugary sweet in matching babydoll dresses and hair pompons, Japanese girl band Tokyo Pinsalocks look like your typical pop princesses, until their psychedelic electro groove kicks in over a killer bass line. The trio's Bjork-meets-Kraftwerk feel has won them a large underground following at home as well as international renown, with the band just back from a tour of Britain and the United States to promote their fourth album. "The reaction in the U.K. was great," drummer Reiko told Reuters. "We played in Barnsley and old men were coming in to watch us with their dogs," she said of the northern English town. "They were coming in from the bar next door. They probably liked the retro feel to our music. They said they had never even seen Japanese people before in that part of Barnsley". Comparisons to Japanese pop, or "J-Pop," sirens Perfume, another three-piece girlband, are not particularly welcome...more...

[Charles]

I fast forwarded, impatient for some actual music. Then I saw a Vuitton handbag and a trucker's cap drift across the screen and I decided I had enough of this crap.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I fast forwarded, impatient for some actual music. Then I saw a Vuitton handbag and a trucker's cap drift across the screen and I decided I had enough of this crap.

Yeah we know, Charles. You're so punk.

[Cortana]

At least Perfume, while cheesy j-dance is made mostly of cute girls.

I think I like this girl's look more, personally:

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[ttjereth]

At least Perfume, while cheesy j-dance is made mostly of cute girls.

I think I like this girl's look more, personally:

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Same dancer, even weirder as she jumps around like a zombie at the beginning...

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[Mulboyne]

That's Masako Yasumoto. A lot of people rave about her but I've seen her dance a few times and always came away unmoved. Having said that, her performance in this Asa-Chang & Junray video suits the piece very well:

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[Ptyx]

I'm sick of "sugary" electro pop girls band be it Perfume or Tokyo Pinsalocks.
Give me some Doddodo and some Yoko Higashino dancing on top.

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[Mulboyne]

I'm sick of "sugary" electro pop girls band be it Perfume or Tokyo Pinsalocks. Give me some Doddodo and some Yoko Higashino dancing on top.

Good video. It's funny you mention Yoko Higashino. She won the Toyota NEXTAGE Choreographer Award in 2004 while the other dancer above in this thread, Masako Yasumoto, went for it in 2006. She lost, although she did win the audience award. The same company that makes videos for Higashino's Baby-Q also make them for the Osaka band Pig & Machine:

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[ttjereth]

That's Masako Yasumoto. A lot of people rave about her but I've seen her dance a few times and always came away unmoved. Having said that, her performance in this Asa-Chang & Junray video suits the piece very well:

I noticed a bit of the "raving" on the youtube page, but overall I'd have to say I am unimpressed as well. I did giggle a few times when she was hopping around like a Jiang Shi at the beginning though.

[ttjereth]

So long as we're posting weird Japanese music (that's what we're doing right?), anybody heard of Babamania (http://www.babamania.com/)?

I saw these guys a few years ago, and thought they were hilarious. Fronted by blond Japanese "rapper" Genki and sometimes blonde (and often hot) Japanese singer Mari. Unfortunately I couldn't find a clip of the song this thread reminded me of, but you can get an idea of what they sound like from pretty much any of their music...

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[GuyJean]

[Mulboyne]

This one is also by the company behind Baby-Q and Pig & Machine videos. It's for "We are the Massacre" by electronica act World's End Girlfriend. It's a montage of movie death scenes in case anyone finds that disturbing:

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There's also something engaging about this one for "Hana" by Asa-Chang and Junray again.

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