Jtek
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Jtek (also spelled 'J-Tec') or Japanese Techno is an electronic music genre, and also a subgenre of Techno. Technically it's close to the European techno styles, but Jtek uses more "goofy" samples.
[edit] History
In the mid-90's Acid techno productions crossed the ocean and started being played in Tokyo and Osaka's clubs. Here the first japanese producers as Ken Ishii and Takkyu Ishino melted the groovy beat of Techno with the high-pitched sound of Eurobeat synths, thus creating a brand new wave of Techno.
[edit] Musicology
Jtek shares a groovy bass line and beats with European Techno, while being recognizable from the heavy use of trance-like synths and arpeggios. Artists such as Denki Groove, Ken Ishii and Dr. Shingo have an unique way of building unpredictable patterns of pads and lead sounds, keeping faithful to the purest Japanese Techno sound, while several new Jtek producers as Akira Ishihara or Toshiyasu Kagami prefer to focus on a more percussive style, getting closer to Detroit Techno.
Jtek artists:
- Ken Ishii
- Fumiya Tanaka
- Takkyu Ishino
- Denki Groove
- Takaaki Itoh
- Toshiyasu Kagami
- Dr. Shingo (aka 'Shingo Shibamoto')
- Takkyu Ishino
- Akira Ishihara
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