Buffalo Daughter

From the 1990s onward, Buffalo Daughter have been a consistently inventive force in Japanese music. Though they've been associated with the Shibuya-kei scene -- which was at its peak when the band emerged -- their vibrant mix of funk, dub, no wave, electronic music, and noise is more eclectic and overtly experimental, with roots in the work of acts like Neu! and Kraftwerk. Buffalo Daughter's genre-mashing style first made an international splash with 1996's EP compilation Captain Vapour Athletes, which was released by Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' tastemaking label. From ther...