LIA

LIA is a female Japanese singer-songwriter who is a former member of I've Sound. Lia has also participated in happy hardcore singing, producing three such albums with this style of singing; these albums have her name in all capital letters. She is notable as the singer for the opening and ending themes of two of Key's visual novels: Air and Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life. Lia also performed the theme song for the MMORPG RF Online entitled "The Force of Love". She has also performed some Eurobeat songs for Initial D 4th Stage entitled "All Around" and "Sky High" under Avex Trax production.

Shing02 - Niji no Hashi

Shing02 is a Japanese Rap artist who has been an influential presence in the underground rap community as an MC and producer in both Japan and the U.S.
Now he is giving away his new track Niji no Hashi; a song for short films collection "Mind the Gap" at Nagasaki International Peaceful Cinema Forum 2010.

Check out his site
Shing02

Omnibus Film "MIND THE GAP" endroll track
Directors: Keiya Ando, Robert Wakamatsu, Naomichi Hosoya, Hayato Ando

written by Shing02
co-produced and mixed by Yamato Kaneko

Shing02: piano, fender rhodes
Yamato Kaneko: guitar, additional programming
Eric Garland: drum elements
Sawami Shinohara: background vocals
Akira Matsui: portuguese vocals
Jade Petruccelli: cover model

Ryohei

Some of you wonder "who the heck is Ryohei?" He is a Japanese artist who collaborated with M-flo "Miss You" with melody. He is also featured on Chaos;head the Animation ending song "First Sight" with Kagami Seira.
Cavaca is a compilation of cover songs and collaboration by Ryohei with some of the famous artists such as Clazziquai Project and Kentaro Takizawa.

The performance of each track is rather refreshing to your ear. Imagine yourself listening to it in the morning and you'll know.
who could have thought that you can hear Stevie Wonder's Lately with a groovy beat.

Cavaca ~Catch the Various Catchy

1. You Gotta Be (Música: Kentaro Takizawa / Original: Des’ree)
2. Sweet Soul Revue -ENGLISH Version- (Música: MAKAI / Original: PIZZICATO FIVE)
3. Calling You (Música: CLAZZIQUAI PROJECT / Original: Holly Cole)
4. Lately (Música: Jazztronik / Original: Stevie Wonder)
5. Human Nature (Música: LAVA / Original: Michael Jackson)
6. Georgy Porgy (Música: eighteen degrees. / Original: TOTO)
7. She Will Be Loved (Música: cargo / Original: Maroon 5)
8. I Like It (Música: AKAKAGE/ Original: DeBarge)

YUI

Back in 2007, my friend keep telling me to watch this movie called Taiyou no Uta (Song of the Sun). I didn't bother to watch it because I'm not fond of JDrama back then. Then my other friends decided to watch it on my place and I had no choice but to watch it as well. After we watch the movie, The lead actress caught my attention because of her beautiful voice in the song titled "Goodbye Days". This movie was my first exposure to YUI. Yui's Character (Amane Kaoru) in the movie is partly based on herself, as she is a singer and a guitarist, where she also performs three of her songs in the movie (It's Happy Line, Goodbye Days and Skyline).

She was born on March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, a major city in southern Japan. Her professinal career in music began in March 2004, when YUI performed at an audition for Sony Music Japan through recommendation of her instructors, where she played three songs (Why me, It's happy line, and I know).

Goodbye Days
2006.06.14 ~Single
1. Goodbye Days
2. Skyline
3. It's Happy Line
4. Goodbye Days~instrumental

Jmusics

When I was a wee-lad back then (was not familiar to the internet at that time), I used to record Anime Opening and Ending theme through cassette recorder just to listen to it nonstop. I fell in-love on anime because of it's theme songs, it has fresh new sounds and melodies. I'm not a hardcore JMusics listener at that time though I would try to pick up some Anime OST CD Music Collection in Comic Alley just to hear more Jpop/Jrock Artists.