Shibuya-kei

Shibuya-kei (渋谷系, Shibuya-kei) is a sub-genre of Japanese pop music which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop, and is similar to downtempo, nu-jazz or progressive house. The word for Shibuya (渋谷, Shibuya) is combined with the Japanese word kei (系, kei) which literally means “system” or, in this context, “style”, to form Shibuya-kei which roughly translates to “Shibuya style”. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Capsule

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