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  A long time ago, in a land far away, Japanese music was not the easiest to get into. Indeed, I might never have stumbled into the rich world of JPOP if not for this artist. You, random person, might even know his name these days because he’s gone on to be Wildly Successful, doing theme songs for anime and generally being one of the most mainstream JPOP artists despite (or maybe because) of his unique style. Weird and crunchy chords, and general odd-ball-ness abound in his music. He started out creating music with Vocaloid, and publishing it under a pseudonym. This is how I found him, because one of the songs he made (Donut Hole (ドーナツホール)) he released with a self-cover on this album, where he sang his song instead of the vocaloid. And that’s not even CLOSE to the best song on this album! The only problem was that it wasn’t available anywhere outside of youtube. I learned how to convert songs to MP3s specifically for this album (and then went on to convert SO many more), and I would buy it again today if I found a record or cassette of it. If you’re curious what the best song is, it’s メランコリーキッチン, or Melancholy Kitchen, which is so funky and upbeat for a song about being awake at the wrong hours and just standing in your kitchen thinking about life. Eve and Hige Dandism are very good artists too if you like this kind of vibe!