KEIZOmachine! and Juicy -- together known as Hifana -- began as belly dance percussionists in the late '90s, but now they rely on electronics for their sample-heavy, scratchy hip-hop/breakbeat sound. They have some wild animated videos created by "hybrid" music label W+K Tokyo Lab.
Wamono -- From their "Channel H" CD+DVD, 2005
Fatbros -- From their "Fresh Push Breakin'" CD, 2003
Taro at news.3yen.com
Hey, I "sampling sampling samples" of Hifana videos and posted my remix in this iPod-ready, MP3 (6.8MB, 4:15min) with CD cover art and liner notes.
http://news.3yen.com/2007-05-18/real-japanese-music/
[]Eduardo
Excellent.
[]i link this post in my blog