If you are one of our long time readers, you might remember this article that shows how much Japanese Pop Culture especially its music have influenced many youngsters in the industry.

We have put some example in it, but perhaps that still doesn’t represent much of the scene. And thus, here are some more examples from either Major or the Independent music scene that got their influence from Japanese Pop Culture.

Major Label Attached Groups

Jellyfish

They signed with Nagaswara, a major label in Indonesia. Albeit influenced by the Gazette, they chose the mainstream way to introduce their music to Indonesian audiences. I don’t know personally whether they still signed with Nagaswara or not.

Independent Musician/Independent Label Attached Groups

Chocolatino

A very old group, been there since before 2000 covering various anime songs. One thing to note is that it seem they have changed their vocalist since the last time I was on the same stage with them (Around 2004-2005). If I’m not mistaken, the former vocalist name is [reveal link=”Rahma”][/reveal]

Honeybeat

One of my favorites. Influenced by Tokyo Jihen by adding their own jazzy flavors to their musics. In the PV, they have two vocalist but I personally don’t know if they still have the same formation now since one of the vocalist, Tika -who also a keyboard player by nature that been giving me a great deal of help before in a show along with her brother-, decided to form her own band, “Ikei and the Insomniacs,” make sure to check them out!

They have collaborated before with an old friend of mine, Niki (Keyboard) from Samurai Blue, so please do check Samurai Blue too!

Julia

Influenced by Uverworld, they added their own spices to their music which makes it more interesting.

TokyoLite

Another favorite of mine. Influenced by Unchain -a pop-jazz band from Japan which also my favorite- , they managed to create their own style of jazz that is very easy to the listener ears albeit even jazzier than what has been their main influence.

Last Exile

Nothing much I know about them aside that they are influenced by L’arc~en~Ciel which they also brought along in their music in a full form of it.

Raison D’etre

This band started their career in September, 27th 2001 and released their first EP in 2004. 2006 mark this band achievement for releasing an album which consists of 12 songs. Still active in 2012 but currently in hiatus for a while. Influenced by L’arc~en~ciel, Siam Shade and Unchain

Yep, I’ve mentioned them before in the previous article but without the PV. Now it’s their PV time

And a bit of audio time with their song, Tiga Hati