japan Archives - Sampleface

Oto-tetsu + sampling Japan’s rail service

May 29, 2019• Sampling

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Asia Rising: The Next Generation Of Hip Hop

May 18, 2019• Music

Asia Rising: The Next Generation Of Hip Hop is an exploration into the success of Asian hip hop artists over the past 3 years. It’s...

Alto & Bugseed – ACROSS BEAT TAPE

February 10, 2019• Hip Hop

The Japanese duo return with a new collab project....

Leftover Links #22: Beats and Videos

September 16, 2018• Video

Magical Mystery Mix – 70s Japanese Jazz Mix Vol.3

September 16, 2018• Mixes

78 minutes of Japanese jazz from the 70’s including rare groove, jazz fusion, drum breaks, and more. Magical Mystery Mix is back...

Leftover Links #21: Rappers’ Delight

June 11, 2018• Hip Hop

This edition of Leftover Links is all about the rappers. We get so many submissions every day, it’s not possible to get to them all...

Sampleface’s World Cup Playlist

June 10, 2018• Music

Magical Mystery Mix – Beats from Japan

May 6, 2018• Hip Hop

Chilled music to relax to -- MMM compiled a “Beats from Japan” YouTube playlist featuring the likes of ILL.SUGI, DJ Mitsu the...

BYSON – konbini

April 20, 2018• Hip Hop

Orlando’s BYSON takes us shopping in Japan with konbini. We featured BYSON a few months ago with his album, refresh, and now he is...

Magical Mystery Mix – 70s Japanese Jazz Mix Vol.2

April 9, 2018• Mixes

axion117 – Sketches

May 20, 2017• Hip Hop

Japanese producer axion117 gives us some Sketches for his new album....

Ed Motta – City Pop Vol. 2

April 27, 2017• Mixes

Brazilian musician Ed Motta compiles a mix of cool Japanese “City Pop”. Japanese representations of Western music always add a...

Bugseed – Street Mentality

November 8, 2016• Hip Hop

Tokyo’s beat maestro Bugseed shows us his Street Mentality.

Sample Heaven: Japanese Funk/Soul/Neo/Jazz/Acid Mix

October 15, 2016• Mixes

Mix master Emir E. Mardan put together a Japanese mix and we think it’s the perfect source for sampling. I found this on YouTube...

Nitsua – Lost In Translation

December 18, 2015• Hip Hop

Nitsua is his name. Japan is the setting. Superb beats is the game. Lost In Translation is the track… and you’ve got to hear...

Stream Two-Part 80s Japanese Funk Mix On YouTube

February 9, 2015• Mixes

How Did I Miss That: When Michael Jackson Met Isao Tomita

August 2, 2014• Video

Remember the time… Michael Jackson visited Isao Tomita in Japan during his Bad tour and got wasted on sake? Nah, me neither. It would...

Languid – Farewell

July 6, 2014• Hip Hop

We gave Languid’s latest track “Farewell” a listen, taken from the “Six Deep” compilation by Rootnote...

Bugseed – Old Seeds

October 27, 2013• Hip Hop, Jazz

Bugseed – Thinking Of You

June 6, 2013• Hip Hop, Jazz

About a week ago, the Japanese beat-making dynamo Bugseed gave the world a little sumthin’ sumthin’ on the day of his birth....

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