SPECIAL
Special articles by the NiEW editorial staff


Ayatake Ezaki’s solo debut album “Hajimari no Yoru”

A Personal History of Ayatake Ezaki.

A talk between Jinichiro Iida and Hiroo Nishizawa, who have seen BiSH at its closest. From the eve of the formation to the breakup live

The Ambition of Kazuo, a DIY Artist Born in NY and Raised in Yokohama

How DJ YU-KI became a DJ who plays 325 days a year

What iamSHUM, an overly diverse group of artists, aims to achieve in animation production

Interview with KOPY, a musician active in Germany and other European countries

Emerald x YONA YONA WEEKENDERS talk about working class city pop

Why GuruConnect, the musician behind skillkills, can keep writing avant-garde songs

Lee Heemoon: Innovation and Tradition Rooted in a Folk Song Singer

Conductor Kenshiro Sakairi, who performs with world-class orchestras, talks about the appeal of orchestral classics

Video Director Atsunori Toushi talks about the differences between music video production in Japan and Korea

Tokyo-based band cero’s Shohei Takagi looks back on their five years

Enthusiasm for “EASTEAST_TOKYO2023”

Yuto Uchino from The fin. stresses his sense of crisis. “Japanese are being obsolete.”

Talking with DUFDUF Fuyuko, mental health, aiko, Sigur Rós

The fin.’s close relationship with China. The reason to fill out 1,000-capacity venues across the country
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