Stevens
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There are admittedly loads of 'underrated artist' threads, but - probably because of the language barrier - there seem to be a whole host of really fantastic Japanese chipmusic composers (many using MML...!) who don't get much press in the Western chipmusic community. I'm 95% sure there isn't already a thread on this topic, so it's about time the spotlight went to them.

Lazerbeat is almost certainly the authority on this but to get the ball rolling here are the artists that I was forwarded that inspired me to start this thread:

Tappy - amazing guy who makes tracks for a variety of platforms. I love the one called 'opm_303_not_owned' especially.

Dong - he contributed a track to the wonderful Soundshock FM Funk compilation on Ubiktune; here are some other tracks of his.

Lazerbeat
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Tokyo, Japan

Bun, Robokabuto, Hizmi (not enough people know hizmi), Orloc (coova's new name, different sound and AWESOME), Master Kohta, kabakism.

Last edited by Lazerbeat (Mar 21, 2012 7:38 am)

moonstuff
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There are quite a few Dong releases on 16 Dimensional Records http://www.16dimensional.com/wp/

ant1
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uhajdafdfdfa

ROPHON,
ROPHON, ROPHON,
ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON,
ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON,
ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON,
ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON
ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON, ROPHON.

PULSELOOPER
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São Paulo, Brazil

http://soundcloud.com/kabakism

XyNo
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Joliette, QC, Canada

PROF SAKAMOTO GODDAMMIT !!! My favorite Jap Chipmusician with Hally and Chibi-Tech...I think he is one of the most underdog guy over there !!!

BLEO
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Geneva, NY
Lazerbeat wrote:

Orloc (coova's new name, different sound and AWESOME)

She changed her name to thwart my stalking??? And you blew her cover?

ne7
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UK

here's a fun live video of hizmi btw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5nXRsFeuA :)

Jellica
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England
PULSELOOPER wrote:

http://soundcloud.com/kabakism

huh isnt this just crazy comets by Rob Hubbard?

ChipsChallengeBand
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Rochester, NY

Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou

hardcore shiiiiitttttt

Fearofdark
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Brighton/Southampton

A load of the awesome Japanese composers enter Famicompo so it's worth digging through the archives and checking stuff out smile

There's this guy (I think he's Japanese? And from what I gather his nick is TQJAM) .. he/she writes some of the best NES/NSF music I've ever heard yikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAODY_SF … ure=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eehPf5x … ure=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj60Q50J … ure=relmfu

Jake Allison
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Tulsa, OK

http://soundcloud.com/teruyahonda
great artist teruya honda smile

http://soundcloud.com/tojou
Tozo is sick too smile

I have done remixes of both of them smile

Subterrestrial
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The Hollow Earth

Quarta 330!!!

Check out his live set from Back to Chill 15

http://youtu.be/tjBOqPDXEog

http://youtu.be/8_VC6Ve1wN4

Theta_Frost
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Milwaukee, WI

Hizmi is one of my favorite (and most influential) artists ever!  Naruto has some good stuff (MSX + NSF).  Way to many good NSF artists though! haha

bryface
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vancouver, canada

lately i've been super-digging toriena's stuff.  hard-hitting glitchy beats and spastic pentatonic scales galore smile
http://soundcloud.com/toriena

apparently she just released an EP recently too, http://vol4records.com/main/064.html

shitbird
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ne7 wrote:

here's a fun live video of hizmi btw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5nXRsFeuA smile

man, look at that guy go. I had no idea the Japanese were so wild on stage.................. 

also I'll add=  Isora Hikawa  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZeG-bLe … ure=relmfu

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