Well, I kind of had no choice, what with the plethora of Top 10 lists that currently bamboozle the senses, all focused on the decade known as the Noughties, the Naughties, the Aughts, the 00s, the 2000s or the Zeros, depending on your cultural upbringing or sense of humour; it seems everyone and his dusted-down and/or bedraggled dog is conjuring up one list or another, so - since I've been based in Tokyo most of this decade - I decided to put up my ¥2 worth about the best artists I've found working here.
This Top 10 list is in fact a Top 12 (sorry, I do have two extra fingers) and is in no particular order and by no means exclusive. There're heaps of cool cats I've met and heard over here who should also be included, but these are the people who have continuously rocked my fluffy socks.
TOP 10 JAPANESE ELECTRONIC MUSICIANS
Hifana
Takashi Watanabe (DJ Warp)
Alone Together
Shuji Wada (DJ Wada)
Tatsuya Oe (Captain Funk)
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Robo*Brazileira)
Shin Nishimura
Kenji Kawai
Gadget Cassette/Cut Bit Motorz
M-Koda
DJ Krush
Magnet Toy
Some, like Magnet Toy, have seemingly stopped production work in recent years but did some insanely cool work early on in the 2000s; others, like Gadget Cassette, have suddenly changed their name (in this case, just this month, to Cut Bit Motorz).
If anyone reading this is interested in dwelling on still more inane Top 10 lists (as apposed to Top 12s) related to Japan, I've chucked a whole bunch of useless ones up on my other blog thing HERE.
the alone together stuff is mad!