Electropop and club music Music of Japan

electronic pop music in japan became successful commodity technopop craze of late 1970s , 1980s., beginning yellow magic orchestra , solo albums of ryuichi sakamoto , haruomi hosono in 1978 before hitting popularity in 1979 , 1980. influenced disco, impressionistic , 20th century classical composition, jazz/fusion pop, new wave , technopop artists such kraftwerk , telex, these artists commercial yet uncompromising. ryuichi sakamoto claims me, making pop music not compromise because enjoy doing . artists fall under banner of technopop in japan loose in west, new wave bands such p-model , plastics fall under category alongside symphonic techno arrangements of yellow magic orchestra. popularity of music meant many popular artists of 1970s known acoustic music turned techno production, such taeko onuki , akiko yano, , idol producers began employing electronic arrangements new singers in 1980s. in 1990s, denki groove , capsule formed , have been mainstays of japanese electronica scene. today, newer artists such polysics pay explicit homage era of japanese popular (and in cases underground or difficult obtain) music. capsule s yasutaka nakata has been involved behind scenes of popular electropop acts perfume , kyary pamyu pamyu, both of have had success domestically , internationally; kyary in particular has been dubbed kawaii harajuku ambassador visibility internationally.