Japanese Electronic

Japanese Electronic music is a genre of electronic music that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. It is characterized by its use of synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic instruments, as well as its incorporation of traditional Japanese musical elements such as taiko drums, shamisen, and koto. It is often characterized by its upbeat, melodic sound and its use of sampling and looping techniques. It has been heavily influenced by genres such as techno, house, and trance, and has spawned a number of subgenres such as J-pop, J-core, and J-trance.