Pizzicato Five and Cibo Mato are also quite good while quite accessible. Aren't Kid 606 and Cornelius Japanese? > >>Isn't there anything a bit more "serious" out there? > well, of course there is. for starters, one might try: > ryuichi sakamoto. > yoshiro hanno. > toru takemitsu. > nobukazi takemura. > kk null (and others from the osaka 'noise' scene, a la the boredoms.....) > hamza el-din (egyptian by birth, lives in tokyo.) > dj krush. > .....just off the top of me head..... > etc. > best, > dt / splattercell