Tokyo ON In the Mix
DJ mixes featuring Japanese music compiled by Maction Planet Resident DJ Royce Leong (RoyGBiv)
City Pop
Long drives to white beaches, blue skies and emerald seas, dancing in glamorous discotheques, romance under glittering city lights - the inspiration for city pop remains the same whether it’s 1982 or 2021. In these mixes, Tokyo ON brings you a selection of modern city pop that evokes all these timeless images in the 21st century.
Hip Hop / Future R&B
Welcome to the future. These mixes feature tight selections of future/alternative hip-hop tracks by talented Japanese rappers and beatmakers. Featuring Tokyo ON favorites SIRUP and Sweet William, up and coming artists like WILYWNKA and Yo-Sea, our good friends Chocoholic and Laya, and more, these mixes are especially for chilling, late nights and hanging out in the World's Greatest Metropolis Tokyo. If you need something fresh and fun to ride, vibe or jive to, we got you.
Downtempo Hip Hop / Chill-out
Amazing tunes designed to accompany you on your strolls around Tokyo. Whether walking up tree lined avenues or down alleyways... on your way to a matsuri or to watch the hanabi... chilling in the famous parks or perfectly manicured gardens... these mixes are for you.
Adult Oriented Disco
Soaring strings, funky guitars, mellow keyboards, killer grooves - the elements of classic funk, soul and disco are alive and well in modern Japanese pop music. For this mix, Tokyo ON presents a fine selection of recently released disco/soul influenced Japanese songs that are guaranteed to get you off the wall and onto the floor. Let's dance!
Dance / Electronica
One of the many reasons we call Tokyo the World's Greatest Metropolis is its fusion of ancient traditions and cutting edge technology, that fine balance of spirituality and hyper efficiency. Thumping beats, traditional instruments, soulful vocals, samples, bells and whistles, they’re all here for your epic journeys in the land of the rising sun.
