After the alpha for HearJapan 2.0 opened in February, many artists sent us some congratulatory messages.  Here is a sample of some of them:

First up is marlee from the gothic label Darkest Labyrinth:

Congratulations on the new version of HearJapan!  This is marlee and SEN from COLD+SLEEP.  In 2011, marlee released two ...

Welcome to the HearJapan/sasakure.UK Translation Contest!

HearJapan is giving the world the chance to bring the new sasakure.UK song The Trash-Heap Princess and Apostrophe feat. Hatsune Miku to life with a translation contest with HUGE rewards!

sasakure.UK doesn’t just write songs, but through the voice of Hatsune Miku, he spins ...

Yokohama, Japan — April 7th, 2012 — HearJapan has dug deep to bring you a rare, never-before-heard early track from J-pop sensation Kyary Pamyu Pamyu!

HearJapan is happy to announce a never-before heard song from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s life before super-stardom. We unearthed the “Loveberry” single from a super-secret vault deep underground. Featuring a highschool-days Kyarypamyupamyu ...

*note: This promotion has expired and this single is no longer available.

Yokohama, Japan — March 12th, 2012 — One year ago on Match 11th, Japan was hit with an earthquake that generated a tsunami, devastating the country.

“Fuku” is a song produced by i-dep and featuring the (English) words of Shing02. Together they made a song ...

Yokohama, Japan — February 15th, 2012 — HearJapan is back with a new, more powerful site and an exclusive (and crazy) new release!

Long time fans know that HearJapan is committed to bringing the cutting-edge sight and sound of visual-kei to the wider world. Weather it’s baroque gloom and doom or modern-day outrageous styling, visual shock ...

BLOOD initially disbanded in 2009. Now, in 2011, guitarist (And Starwave Records head) Kiwamu has put the band back together with all new members. BLOOD now features Hayato on vocals; Kazuha on guitar; Azami on bass; and Dora on drums accompanying Kiwamu (although for this tour, Kazuha was on bass due to Azami having responsibilities ...

AVTechNO is the most frequent releaser of vocaloid tracks. HearJapan had to interview this legendary track maker. You can purchase his music here.

HearJapan: What inspired you to start producing DTM (desktop music)?

AVTechNO!: Seeing Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tetsuya Komuro and being like “wow, this is really cool”, and the fact that I can’t ...

It is not surprising that OMODAKA is one of the most talked about artists in the HearJapan catalogue. The music is electrifying and the accompanying videos stunning and unforgettable. To see an OMODAKA video for yourself, check out the video below! This video is from the album KOKIRIKOBUSHI (VIDEO MIX). Over 600,000 views on ...

HearJapan recently had the opportunity to sit down with OMODAKA and conducted a length interview with Soichi Terada, the main composer of OMODAKA.

HearJapan: Thanks for meeting with us right after your show. I’d like to hear your thoughts about tonight’s performance.

OMODAKA: There was a good turn out and they all seemed ...