An artists life is an ongoing snowball of influences, there others but take out the effect of Mick & I don’t know who I’d be. In-Vogue probably my fave bass line. What’s yours?
#mickkarn #japanband #genius #wal #fretlessbass
#mickkarn #japanband #genius #wal #fretlessbass
August 21, 2026 at 6:49 AM
An artists life is an ongoing snowball of influences, there others but take out the effect of Mick & I don’t know who I’d be. In-Vogue probably my fave bass line. What’s yours?
#mickkarn #japanband #genius #wal #fretlessbass
#mickkarn #japanband #genius #wal #fretlessbass
#Japanband #MickKarn
Born on this day in 1958, Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn 🤍
Photo by Steve Jansen — Mick Karn in a hotel room, Leeds, during the UK tour in 1981.
“When Love Walks in” with David Sylvian 🎶
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Born on this day in 1958, Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn 🤍
Photo by Steve Jansen — Mick Karn in a hotel room, Leeds, during the UK tour in 1981.
“When Love Walks in” with David Sylvian 🎶
youtu.be/NTOqfZKDlWI?...
July 24, 2026 at 9:23 PM
#Japanband #MickKarn
Born on this day in 1958, Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn 🤍
Photo by Steve Jansen — Mick Karn in a hotel room, Leeds, during the UK tour in 1981.
“When Love Walks in” with David Sylvian 🎶
youtu.be/NTOqfZKDlWI?...
Born on this day in 1958, Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn 🤍
Photo by Steve Jansen — Mick Karn in a hotel room, Leeds, during the UK tour in 1981.
“When Love Walks in” with David Sylvian 🎶
youtu.be/NTOqfZKDlWI?...
Remembering Mick Karn on his birthday. We miss you doll. #mickkarn #adonismichaelides #japanband #daliscar #raintreecrow
July 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Remembering Mick Karn on his birthday. We miss you doll. #mickkarn #adonismichaelides #japanband #daliscar #raintreecrow
ITS not Just a Netflix series ITS a beautiful Story, craftet by so amazing, passioned and talented people. this Just has to be Supportet 🥰❤️✨😍😭
#netflix #tenblank #glassheart #jdrama #japan #japanshow #japanseries #japannetflix #netflixjp #band #music #japanband #japanmusic
#netflix #tenblank #glassheart #jdrama #japan #japanshow #japanseries #japannetflix #netflixjp #band #music #japanband #japanmusic
August 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
ITS not Just a Netflix series ITS a beautiful Story, craftet by so amazing, passioned and talented people. this Just has to be Supportet 🥰❤️✨😍😭
#netflix #tenblank #glassheart #jdrama #japan #japanshow #japanseries #japannetflix #netflixjp #band #music #japanband #japanmusic
#netflix #tenblank #glassheart #jdrama #japan #japanshow #japanseries #japannetflix #netflixjp #band #music #japanband #japanmusic
Did you know that you can buy Ghosts as an Ebook?
For those of you who prefer to read from a screen, the Ebook version is available now from Amazon or wherever you buy your books!
#davidsyvlian #japanband #katebush #markhollis #talktalk #70srock #ebook #musicbook #80srock #newwave #newromantic
For those of you who prefer to read from a screen, the Ebook version is available now from Amazon or wherever you buy your books!
#davidsyvlian #japanband #katebush #markhollis #talktalk #70srock #ebook #musicbook #80srock #newwave #newromantic
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Did you know that you can buy Ghosts as an Ebook?
For those of you who prefer to read from a screen, the Ebook version is available now from Amazon or wherever you buy your books!
#davidsyvlian #japanband #katebush #markhollis #talktalk #70srock #ebook #musicbook #80srock #newwave #newromantic
For those of you who prefer to read from a screen, the Ebook version is available now from Amazon or wherever you buy your books!
#davidsyvlian #japanband #katebush #markhollis #talktalk #70srock #ebook #musicbook #80srock #newwave #newromantic
Nice to see that Ghosts is currently sitting at number 53 in Amazon's Music Encyclopaedias chart!
Buy from @burningshed or wherever you get your books!
#davidsylvian #markhollis #katebush #soloartist #japanband #talktalk #tindrum #houndsoflove #colourofspring
Buy from @burningshed or wherever you get your books!
#davidsylvian #markhollis #katebush #soloartist #japanband #talktalk #tindrum #houndsoflove #colourofspring
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nice to see that Ghosts is currently sitting at number 53 in Amazon's Music Encyclopaedias chart!
Buy from @burningshed or wherever you get your books!
#davidsylvian #markhollis #katebush #soloartist #japanband #talktalk #tindrum #houndsoflove #colourofspring
Buy from @burningshed or wherever you get your books!
#davidsylvian #markhollis #katebush #soloartist #japanband #talktalk #tindrum #houndsoflove #colourofspring
Many thanks to The Afterword for their recent reviews of Rock Classics: Kate Bush – The Dreaming, Philip Lynott – Renegade and Ghosts – Journeys To Post-Pop!
Buy these books from @burningshed or wherever you get them from!
#katebush #thedreaming #thinlizzy #phillynott #davidsylvian #japanband
Buy these books from @burningshed or wherever you get them from!
#katebush #thedreaming #thinlizzy #phillynott #davidsylvian #japanband
December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Many thanks to The Afterword for their recent reviews of Rock Classics: Kate Bush – The Dreaming, Philip Lynott – Renegade and Ghosts – Journeys To Post-Pop!
Buy these books from @burningshed or wherever you get them from!
#katebush #thedreaming #thinlizzy #phillynott #davidsylvian #japanband
Buy these books from @burningshed or wherever you get them from!
#katebush #thedreaming #thinlizzy #phillynott #davidsylvian #japanband
On this day on 1 December 1959
English musician Stephen Jansen, from the band Japan, was born. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK Top 40 hits.
Read about the band in Ghosts, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#japanband
English musician Stephen Jansen, from the band Japan, was born. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK Top 40 hits.
Read about the band in Ghosts, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#japanband
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
On this day on 1 December 1959
English musician Stephen Jansen, from the band Japan, was born. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK Top 40 hits.
Read about the band in Ghosts, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#japanband
English musician Stephen Jansen, from the band Japan, was born. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK Top 40 hits.
Read about the band in Ghosts, available from @burningshed or wherever you buy your books
#japanband
🎧 Japan's 1979 album "Quiet Life" 🎧
FULL POST: naladahc.substack.com/p/japans-197...
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#japanband #music
FULL POST: naladahc.substack.com/p/japans-197...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNU...
#japanband #music
🎧 Japan's 1979 album "Quiet Life" 🎧
A Brit New Wave/Post-Punk band that had all but zero impact in the US from what I can recall.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎧 Japan's 1979 album "Quiet Life" 🎧
FULL POST: naladahc.substack.com/p/japans-197...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNU...
#japanband #music
FULL POST: naladahc.substack.com/p/japans-197...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNU...
#japanband #music
#MusicPlaces
Each day of the month, post a song that features the name of a place in its title or a song by an artist that has the name of a place within their name.
May 31
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn
#musicchallenge by @buddygott.bsky.social
Each day of the month, post a song that features the name of a place in its title or a song by an artist that has the name of a place within their name.
May 31
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn
#musicchallenge by @buddygott.bsky.social
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
YouTube video by JapanVEVO
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May 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#MusicPlaces
Each day of the month, post a song that features the name of a place in its title or a song by an artist that has the name of a place within their name.
May 31
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn
#musicchallenge by @buddygott.bsky.social
Each day of the month, post a song that features the name of a place in its title or a song by an artist that has the name of a place within their name.
May 31
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn
#musicchallenge by @buddygott.bsky.social
Japan posing for “Visions of China” London, 1981
Photographed by Fin Costello
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn #SteveJansen
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Photographed by Fin Costello
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn #SteveJansen
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April 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Japan posing for “Visions of China” London, 1981
Photographed by Fin Costello
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn #SteveJansen
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Photographed by Fin Costello
#JapanBand #DavidSylvian #MickKarn #SteveJansen
newgolddream.tumblr.com
#25TitleTracks
#MusicChallenge
Favorite 25 title tracks in 25 days. No particular order.
Day 23 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
#JapanBand
#musicsky
#polaroid
youtu.be/wEdX0veLihM?...
#MusicChallenge
Favorite 25 title tracks in 25 days. No particular order.
Day 23 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
#JapanBand
#musicsky
#polaroid
youtu.be/wEdX0veLihM?...
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
YouTube video by JapanVEVO
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#25TitleTracks
#MusicChallenge
Favorite 25 title tracks in 25 days. No particular order.
Day 23 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
#JapanBand
#musicsky
#polaroid
youtu.be/wEdX0veLihM?...
#MusicChallenge
Favorite 25 title tracks in 25 days. No particular order.
Day 23 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
#JapanBand
#musicsky
#polaroid
youtu.be/wEdX0veLihM?...
#ASongADay
Ghosts—Japan
This moody, intense meditation on panic attacks really grabbed me back in the day, with its marimbas and odd synth burbles. And it's such an unlikely hit, even for the UK!
#Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut
#JapanBand #SynthPop #NewWave #PostPunk #80sMusic
Ghosts—Japan
This moody, intense meditation on panic attacks really grabbed me back in the day, with its marimbas and odd synth burbles. And it's such an unlikely hit, even for the UK!
#Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut
#JapanBand #SynthPop #NewWave #PostPunk #80sMusic
Japan Ghosts 480p Quality
YouTube video by toolateforheaven
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October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
#ASongADay
Ghosts—Japan
This moody, intense meditation on panic attacks really grabbed me back in the day, with its marimbas and odd synth burbles. And it's such an unlikely hit, even for the UK!
#Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut
#JapanBand #SynthPop #NewWave #PostPunk #80sMusic
Ghosts—Japan
This moody, intense meditation on panic attacks really grabbed me back in the day, with its marimbas and odd synth burbles. And it's such an unlikely hit, even for the UK!
#Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #DeepCut
#JapanBand #SynthPop #NewWave #PostPunk #80sMusic
February 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s single, “Ghosts”. Released this week in 1982. #japanband #ghosts #tindrum
March 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s single, “Ghosts”. Released this week in 1982. #japanband #ghosts #tindrum
Happy birthday to the gorgeousness that is David Sylvian. #davidsylvian #japanband
February 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Happy birthday to the gorgeousness that is David Sylvian. #davidsylvian #japanband
Happy anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
Happy anniversary to Japan’s final studio album, ‘Tin Drum’. Released this week in 1981. #japan #japanband #tindrum #theartofparties #visionsofchina #ghosts #cantoneseboy #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s final studio album, ‘Tin Drum’. Released this week in 1981. #japan #japanband #tindrum #theartofparties #visionsofchina #ghosts #cantoneseboy #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’. Released this week in 1980. #japan #japanband #gentlemantakepolaroids #nightporter #swing #methodsofdance #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’. Released this week in 1980. #japan #japanband #gentlemantakepolaroids #nightporter #swing #methodsofdance #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s single, “Gentlemen Take Polaroids”. Released this week in 1980. #japan #japanband #gentlemantakepolaroids #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy 45th anniversary to Japan’s single, “Gentlemen Take Polaroids”. Released this week in 1980. #japan #japanband #gentlemantakepolaroids #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
Happy anniversary to Japan’s single, “Ghosts”. Released this week in 1982. #japanband #ghosts #tindrum #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
March 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s single, “Ghosts”. Released this week in 1982. #japanband #ghosts #tindrum #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
Happy birthday to the gorgeousness that is David Sylvian. #davidsylvian #japan #japanband #icon #quietlife #gentlementakepolaroids #oiloncanvas #brillianttrees #secretsofthebeehive #raintreecrow
February 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy birthday to the gorgeousness that is David Sylvian. #davidsylvian #japan #japanband #icon #quietlife #gentlementakepolaroids #oiloncanvas #brillianttrees #secretsofthebeehive #raintreecrow
Happy anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
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January 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s album, ‘Quiet Life’. Released this week in the UK in 1980 (and elsewhere in December, 1979). #japanband #japan #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarberiwri #robdean #quietlife #alltomorrowsparties
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Happy anniversary to Japan’s final studio album, ‘Tin Drum’. Released this week in 1981. #japan #japanband #tindrum #theartofparties #visionsofchina #ghosts #cantoneseboy #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter
November 14, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Happy anniversary to Japan’s final studio album, ‘Tin Drum’. Released this week in 1981. #japan #japanband #tindrum #theartofparties #visionsofchina #ghosts #cantoneseboy #davidsylvian #stevejansen #mickkarn #richardbarbieri #robdean #ryuchisakamoto #johnpunter