Kazumoto Endo

“Fun” perfectly describes the sound of Kazumoto Endo’s While You Were Out, a record that feels like a great realization of the first two decades of Japanoise as it had been growing into a large music scene. Endo’s level of creativity and enthusiasm, frankly, make a lot of similar artists sound boring in comparison. His music acts like a swan song for a very niche group of music that expanded into a far wider audience once the new millennium started.