Gotham to Tokyo Podcast: Recent Episodes

Gotham to Tokyo

Dedicated to the underground music scene, GOTHAM TO TOKYO digs through the crates showcasing the past , present , and future of Japans music scene ; alongside interviews with Japan"s cutting edge bands and artists. Hosted by Messina Records, the GOTHAM TO TOKYO podcast is your home for all things Japan underground.

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This week I talk to Seth Darling of In Blue 313 and Nympho. We talk about nu metal, artistic influences, the left and right, and much more.

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Songs in this episode:

NYMPHO- Father Russia

NYMPHO- All in the Family

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The GTT podcast returns for Season 3 more wild and unhinged than ever with Blacko Muiri of JOHNSONS MOTORCAR. We discuss music, cancel culture, touring life, why millennials suck and much, much more crazy stuff in the most wild episode yet.

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1/28 SHIMOKITAZAWA THREE

2/7 - SHIBUYA SEVENTH FLOOR

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No interview this week but we dive into the heavy and underground music of Tokyo. Follow us on social media at ]https://www.instagram.com/messinarecords/

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  1. The Blackest Desolation - Metamorphosis
  2. Arise in Stability - A Noise in the Moon
  3. Neko-Kami - Re:jection
  4. 架空のユーザー Snake Eyes
  5. Faveriot - Infection
  6. Gensenkan - Song 1
  7. Takafumi Matsubara - A Selfish Vow
  8. They Might Drown - All of My Own

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This week we present more music from Tokyo and Japan in this weeks TOKYO DEEP DIVE. . Be sure to like, subscribe and listen to all the artists and our pages as well.

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  1. The Blackest Desolation - Metamorphosis
  2. Arise in Stability - A Noise in the Moon
  3. Neko-Kami - Re:jection
  4. 架空のユーザー Snake Eyes
  5. Faveriot - Infection
  6. Gensenkan - Song 1
  7. Takafumi Matsubara - A Selfish Vow
  8. They Might Drown - All of My Own

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No interview this week but instead 30 minutes of non-stop hardcore, metal, punk, rap and emo coming out of Japan and the Tokyo area. Be sure to like, subscribe and listen to all the artists and our pages as well.

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  1. Shades of Grey - Birds Fly Over Barbed Wire Fences
  2. Asunojokei - Chimera

https://asunojokei.bandcamp.com/ 3. From the Depth - Murderers 4. Zeami - Yuki no Shima

https://zeami.bandcamp.com/ 5. Eyelash - Predatory Hippies

https://eyelash.bandcamp.com/ 6. Blow your Brains Out - Blackout

https://blowyourbrainsout.bandcamp.com/releases 7. Prettylitch - Cupid Shot me Dead

https://soundcloud.com/prettylitch 8. VITO - Rehabilitation

https://maestrovito.bandcamp.com/

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his week on the Gotham to Tokyo Podcast we talk to LA based singer songwriter Steve Rivera. . Also we feature new music from the Kanto area, and talk about what’s been going on with us at Messina Records.

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Also featured this week -

  1. View From The Soyuz

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  1. Faveriot

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This week on the Gotham to Tokyo Podcast we talk to Fabio Gamelli, vocalist for Tokyo based metal core act ASK I FALL. Also we feature new music from the Kanto area, and talk about what’s been going on with us at Messina Records.

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Also featured this week -

  1. Sewerhermit - 濁瘴癘

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This week on the Gotham to Tokyo Podcast we talk to the one and only Ginger May, and drop some BIG news. Also we feature new music from the Kanto area, and talk about what’s been going on with us at Messina Records.

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Also featured this week -

  1. View From The Soyuz - Ättestupa

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  1. NIU - 追いかけた華

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This week we talk to long - running Chicago drum and bass/synthcore band SPIZM about their roots in the Chicago scene, the changes in the industry, and their new album "b4uDie" coming out this January. Like, follow, and subscribe to all our social media as well as this week's guest.

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This week I talk to Thee Backdoor Blues, a no-wave avant garde duo based in Tokyo. We talk about everything from art, life in Japan, to what the hell no-wave even means.

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This weeks first Installment of the TOKYO DEEP DIVE is a mix of drum and bass , progressive house , house and lo fi songs from the heart of Japan. Songs and artists featured this week are as follows :

  1. Johnny Digital - Drunk in Tokyo
  2. IRUKA - Forbidden Depths
  3. kanabun - Grind
  4. Toru S - My World
  5. Pathwaves - Displacement
  6. SuperSoniker Pop Remixes - Dreamlike Climax Remix

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This week I got to talk to one of the most popular foreign female rock singers in today’s Japan music scene, the always amazing Inger Gossamer. We talk about everything from her rise to fame, her current band The Number Zero, and the highs and lows of life as a rockstar in Japan.

Music featured this week:

  1. Fredelica- お前なんか誰も見てない

  2. Daiei Spray - Shame on You

  3. Slugger - Denial
  4. The Number Zero - My Demons Have Demons
  5. The Number Zero - Web of Truth

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This week I sit down with accomplished veteran Australian musician Chris Grundy, and we discuss 25 years in Japan, the world of session musicians, and failing at Guitar Hero. . Music featured this week:

Strangulation - Surrogate Victimization

Galga Falmul - Dreaming in the Cursed Forest

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This week I sat down with Zack Hero, the bassist for Tokyo based metalcore Ask I Fall, and owner of Chiba based Fux Cartel Japan . We talked about the upcoming mini-album "Chroma" , as well as production styles, biking across Japan alone, and much more.

Music featured this week:

  1. Asunojokei - Stardust
  2. BA Black Battle Quake - Soul Eater of Insanity
  3. Ask I Fall - Chromesthesia

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This week I sit down with Rodrigo Heshiki from PostHardcore.Br, a Brazilian magazine devoted to post-hardcore and emo music. We talk about Japan's music scene, starting a band, and much more . Music featured this week:

Tokyo Zombie - 見目死ね

Zanm - 迎えに

Storm of Void - Silent Eyes

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This week I sit down with Matt Bigelow of the Japan WUT Podcast and talk about cool music, radical political absurdity in Japan's underground music scene, and life in coronavirus era Japan. Music featured this week:

  1. Handshake of Carbon Monoxide - Sit and Think
  2. As A Sketch Pad - Lose/ Lose
  3. Handshake of Carbon Monoxide - Sleep Paralysis

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This weeks episode I sit down with female fronted industrial rock band GINGER MAY and discuss their new album "Mesmerised" as well as introduce hardcore and metal coming out of Tokyo. Music featured this week:

  1. Kruelty - Desire (2019)
  2. Baphomet - Leviathan Priests (2017)
  3. Ginger May - Omen (Prodigy Cover) (2020)
  4. Kruelty - Nothing More (2019)

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Opening song courtesy of Manual Marctal.

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This episode I sit down with Matt, founder of KAALA, an underground label dedicated to metal, punk, and experimental music. We discuss everything from streaming shows, life in Japan, and much more.

Featured music: The Complaints Department - Losing My Mind // Everybody's Enemy - Rain City// Blue Straight - It's Ok // Fuck On The Beach - Never No Skin Fuck

Opening song "Into the Dark" , produced and recorded by Tony D. Subscribe, like and share. Follow us on Instagram at www.instagram.com/messinarecords/