Kpop: Skrillex ft Diplo, G-Dragon and CL - Bad Vibes

Released just before Christmas, this intensive track by American DJ's Skrillex and Diplo is very much of interest for kpop fans as the singers are non the less than kpop stars G-Dragon from Big Bang and CL (from 2NE1). The music may not be that enjoyable in the long run to listen to, but the video is an explosion of color and cool poses, as expected from this kind of cooperation. Read in Rolling Stone how it all happened.

• Skrillex ft Diplo, G-Dragon and CL - Dirty Vibes

Latvian pop: Markus Riva - Take Me Down

With the qualifications for the European Song Contest 2015 having started in Sweden, I can't help at least lifting one of the potential future competition. Markus Riva is an actor/dj/musician from Latvia and his music video (for the national competition) is quite an eye-feast. He won't probably be able to conwey this in the live performance, but still.

• Markus Riva - Take Me Down

Russian pop: DJ Smash

Russian DJ Smash has had several hits, and I have linked several of those he is part of. My two favorites are "Rendez Vouz" and his remix of Tokyo's "I Love You".

• Tokyo - I love you (DJ Smash remix)
• DJ Smash ft. Maury - Rendez Vous
• DJ Smash - Only forward (Только вперед)
• DJ Smash - No Words (Можно без слов)
• DJ Smash ft. Vintage - Moskow (Москва)
• DJ Smash et al. - Oil (Нефть)

Jpop: Mademoiselle Yulia (マドモアゼル・ユリア)

Mademoiselle Yulia is a musician, DJ and fashionista from Tokyo that also writes. A classical modern japanese sub-culture celebrity, you could say.

• Medemoiselle Yulia - Harajuku Wander
• Mademoiselle Yulia - Midnight Express (only audio)
• Mademoiselle Yulia - Gimme Gimme by FaFi

Jpop: Towa Tei (鄭東和)

Do you remember "Love is in the Heart" with Deee-Lite? One of its members was Towa Tei (or as the Japanese would say it, Tei Towa), and he has continued as a DJ and music producer/writer.

• Towa Tei with Yukihiro Takahashi, Tina Tamashiro - Radio
• Towa Tei - Luv Pandemic
• Towa Tei ft. Kiko Mizuhara, Yukihiro Takahashi - The Burning Plain
• Towa Tei with Ringo Sheena - Apple
• Towa Tei ft Kylie Minogue - GBI (German Bold Italic)
• Towa Tei - Sweet Robot Against The Machine