JAM-ML Announcement

Ben List (zero_mag@cyborg.or.jp)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:27:23 +1000


Announcement:

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This mailing list is intended to provide a forum for discussion of ALL genres
of Japanese music outside of the widespread pop music fields. As information
tends to be scarce outside of Japan, expect low traffic and low noise.
Popular music discussion is available on the JPOP mailing list.

Relevent genres and artists include (but are not restricted to):

o AOR/Jazz-Pops/Mood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pizzicato Five (and other works by Konishi Yasuharu) / Flipper's
Guitar (and solo works by Ozawa Kenji & Oyamada Keigo) / Original
Love / Crue-L Records (and related artists) / Kahimi Karie / Bonnie
Pink / Oonuki Taiko / Bread & Butter / Suzuki Shigeru / Ootaki
Eikichi (and related projects) / etc.
o Jazz / Acid Jazz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Watanabe Sadao / Hino Terumasa / Oonishi Junko / United Future
Organization / Monday Michiru / Bellissima Records (Cosa Nostra /
El Malo) / Idyllic Records (Natural Calamity/Takemura Nobukazu)
/ DJ Krush / UA / etc.
o Hip Hop - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scha Dara Parr (and LB Nation) / Major Force / Buddha Brand /
Microphone Pager (and solo works) / Kaminari / Lamp Eye / Soul
Scream / Rhymester / King Giddra / DJ Krush / DJ Honda / Kemuri
Productions / etc.
o Soul / R&B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
UA / Aco / Akiko / Kubota Toshinori / Ellie / Yoshida Miwa / Chara /
Nokko / etc.
o Reggae / Ska - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chappie / VIP / Boy Ken / Boogieman / Chieko Beauty / Tokyo Ska
Paradise Orchestra / Ska Flames / etc.
o Techno / House - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
YMO (and solo works by Sakamoto/Takahashi/Hosono) / Denki Groove (and
solo works by Ishino/Sunahara) / Ken Ishii / Tanaka Fumiya / Terada
Soichi / Fukutomi Yukihiro / Towa Tei / Sublime Records / Frogman
Records / etc.
o Dub & Experimental Electronica - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dub Master X / Yann Tomita (and related projects) / Audio Active / etc.
o Punk / Hardcore / Hardcore Funk / Death Metal / etc. - - - - - - - - - - - -
Boredoms (and related groups) / Super Junkey Monkey / Bloodthirsty
Butchers / Copass Grinders / SxOxB / DBX / Jasons / Cool Acid Suckers /
Lolita 18go / Coaltar of the Deepers / etc.
o Alternative Rock - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Buffalo Daughter / OOIOO / Cibo Matto / Fishmans / Carnations /
etc.
o Traditional Genres
o Enka

Other relavent topics include:
o Indies and other Progressive Labels
o Tape Trading
o Live Shows
o etc.

This list's only restrictions:
OFF LIMITS : TETSUYA KOMURO (and related products) / IDOLS (except for
cases where artists such as those above are involved in production, etc.),
KARAOKE, ORICON CHARTS, and anything that should belong on soc.culture.japan
(WWII, xenophobia, Okinawa, Korea, you get the idea).

Mail to the following address will be posted to all members of the
mailing list:
JAM@netfive.com

SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE messages should be sent ONLY to the
following address:
majordomo@netfive.com
With the commands:
subscribe JAM username@host
unsubscribe JAM username@host
respectively.

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Also, while it isn't requested specifically within the message, I'd appreciate
it if new subscribers would drop me (at <zero_mag@cyborg.or.jp>) a short note
with the following information:

Name:
E-Mail:
Favorite groups/artists (Japan) - please list as many as you like:
Favorite groups/artists (Non-Japan) - please list as many as you like:
Information you'd like on Japanese music:
Topics of interest:
Other comments:

Thanks for your time.