Japanese Telecom

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Ever since Juan Atkins dubbed himself Model 500 in the mid-’80s, it has become somewhat of a tradition for Detroit electro artists to shroud themselves in mystery, hiding behind odd monikers and leaving listeners to guess the alter ego.

Add Japanese Telecom to this confusing roster of colorfully named Detroit electro artists, alongside Ectomorph, Cybotron, Dopplereffekt, AUX 88, Drexicya, ADULT., and countless others. Japanese Telecom’s unique sound differs a bit from the aforementioned Detroit artists’ tendency to craft dark, foreboding pieces of analog-sounding funky beats with the trademark techno synths. Instead, the artist toys with pop-culture motifs with their references to Japanese culture and focuses on intricate collages of quirky sounding beats. The underlying aura of the music isn’t dark but surprisingly light, making it rather accessible. Similar to J. Burger’s work as the Modernist, Japanese Telecom focuses on a similar warm, friendly style with catchy hooks that contradicts the otherwise dark and hard tendencies of the genre.

Its generally believed that James Stinson from Drexciya was a part of this band, Stinson died in 2002 at the age of 32.

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wielmoznypan wrote:
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asskickin'

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3ddfreak wrote:
May 2008

japanese animantion :p

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compulsiveboy wrote:
May 2008

Hey, I think you might like the group Electronic People, check it out. http://www.last.fm/group/Electronic+People

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IL0vegreenday wrote:
January 2008

WOW MOM

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xmirtosia wrote:
January 2008

wow mom

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watchthefrog wrote:
December 2007

very sweet sound!

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vintagevespa666 wrote:
November 2007

very nice stuff

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SynthyDogg wrote:
October 2007

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hrimfaxi wrote:
October 2007

<3

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SL_ wrote:
October 2007

hottt

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initforthem0ney wrote:
September 2007

cooool!

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deonplayground wrote:
July 2007

Minimalism...repetition rule...this is so cool!

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schilllocke wrote:
April 2007

nice sounds :)

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shat9000 wrote:
March 2007

Ain't no mystery, it's Gerald Donald innit.

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ghozza wrote:
January 2007

日本の電気通信 :)

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4c3 wrote:
July 2006

Cigarette Lighter (8)

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