Shibuya-kei
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is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to-late 1990s. The music genre is distinguished by a "cut-and-paste" approach that was inspired by the kitsch, fusion, and artifice from certain music styles of the past. The most common reference points were 1960s culture and Western pop music, especially the work of Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and Serge Gainsbourg.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Shibuya-kei
- Music genre.image
- 2007 shibuya (473191910).jpg
- Music genre.caption
- Shibuya Crossing, 2007
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1990s, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Music genre.fusiongenres
- Akishibu-kei
- Music genre.other_topics
- Chamber pop progressive music
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- music of Japan
- Named after
- Shibuya
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Image
- Shibuya at night.JPG
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- Commons category
- Shibuya-kei
- topic's main category
- Category:Shibuya-kei
- inception
- 1993-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Background and influences
- Development and popularity
- See also
- Notes
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- Works cited
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is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to-late 1990s. The music genre is distinguished by a "cut-and-paste" approach that was inspired by the kitsch, fusion, and artifice from certain music styles of the past. The most common reference points were 1960s culture and Western pop music, especially the work of Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and Serge Gainsbourg.
Shibuya-kei first emerged as retail music from the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Flipper's Guitar, a duo led by Kenji Ozawa and Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius), formed the bedrock of the genre and influenced all of its groups, but the most prominent Shibuya-kei band was Pizzicato Five, who fused mainstream J-pop with a mix of jazz, soul, and lounge influences. Shibuya-kei peaked in the late 1990s and declined after its principal players began moving into other music styles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shibuya-kei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.