Apparently KPOP aint bad.

I hadn't really be exposed to much KPOP before a few days ago, I had heard the occasional track through DJ Amaya's stuff (who remixes Korean, Japanese and other tracks into club music) but I had never truly listen to it to much depth.

I recently started listening to 2NE1 after hearing their track on Dance Central 3, this is where I found they actually have a very heavy beat and lots of nice synth - most of their tracks seem to be a mix of dance, hiphop and pop - which I am pretty okay with.
Heres one of their English songs if you want a sample of what im talking about

After this, or rather, whilst downloading some of their music, i stumbled upon isohunts 'KPOP & STUFF' releases - http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=KPOP+%26+STUFF - Massive packs of 100+ songs per pack, of which I presume are hits (but I honestly haven't a clue), after having a listen through the first and second packs, I realised that I hadn't actually skipped a single track, this stuff is good...
I was shocked.
I'm not actually sure if its just this pack which is filled of this sort of music, but for now, I kind of just expect korean music to be essentially dance music mixed with a little hiphop.

If you fancy something different, i'd definitely recommend grabbing Packs 1 and/or 2 from the link above.

Owl City - The midsummer Station (2012) review

Just a little plug for ol' owl city since im 'borrowing' the album

'The midsummer Station' is good. Surprisingly good.

Not that his older albums were bad (ive listened to them all), but this album has more of a grownup feel to it, utilizing heavier beats and effects usually saved for dance/dubstep artists.
Songs in this album seem to be divided into pop-rock stuff and what is essentially dance/club music, both of which are pretty catchy.

For example, bombshell blonde (linked below, cant embed as copyrighted and stuff)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sREbkI2gcE

Like... wat.

Remember this is the pansy that made fireflies.

Give it a try, turn it up, you might actually enjoy it, although you probably still wont tell your friends about it, nobody wants to be that guy listening to Owl city after all.

This guy makes some amazing music videos

edit:

Have one more from a different artist



edit2: and one more...

Princess Ghibli - Ghibli Metal covers

I kind of downlaoded this just for a laugh after seeing the below trailer for it, it just sounded hilarious. And yet here i am, 3 days on, still listening to it, im not sure I still like it ironically or what.
I mean i used to listen to alot of metal back in the day (Slipknot, Mudvayne, SOAD, Disturbed, Korn, Sonata Arctica etc etc) so it wouldnt be completely out of character to genuinely enjoy the album. Nonetheless, its below if you guys fancy it

I think my favorite track is still track 5 - princess mononoke just because its so hilariously odd hearing the original japanese singing accompanied by about 15 guitars and 7 drumsets



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=675K5NYA

'World Order'

So i only discovered this group (?) the other day when I saw it in my youtube newsfeed





So, crazy japanese electro-house group with some elaborate choreography, no big deal right?
And then i did a little research on the group, and it turns out the Lead singer(?) , producer and so on is an ex K-1 Fighter, built like a fucking beast with full tattoos and shit.
Then doing a little more research found this video...



This guy is a fucking boss.

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^Pretty damn amazing, not sure what instrument that is but 2 pedals AND 2 keyboards? (AND A DRAGON SUIT?!)
v Second video is actually even more impressive IMO (kirby)



Can find really weird and awesome stuff on nicovideo, the japanese are mad dedicated when it comes to song covers (or pre-teen dancing girls)