This episode focuses on some recent developments in the field of electronic music in Japan, through hearing about the Japanese encounters of Elijah, Director of the UK Grime record label Butterz.

http://butterz.co.uk/

Starting with first online contacts whilst DJing on Rinse FM, his interest was further sparked by the Japanese War Dubs Tournament

(available to listen to here http://wardub.jp/),

before then visiting to play his own first show there in 2014.

Suddenly Grime was bIG iN jAPAN, but perhaps it is also just the latest interesting example of how electronic music genres move around the world. By the time of Elijah's return to the country in 2016, Japan had it's own grime style, perhaps not surprising given the depth of influence all grime producers share from Japanese computer game soundtrack composers.

The interview is interspersed with new music from Japan Sound Portrait supporter TA2MI

https://ta2mi.bandcamp.com/

- a great example of how Japanese electronic music producers move across different styles and genres, as has happened again in the case of Japanese Grime.