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Japan's pop-rock innovators, SCANDAL, release new album Kiss from the darkness on CD in two editions overseas. The album is the first to be released from the band’s own label "her" and is licensed to JPU Records for international release. Order...
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UPDATE: THANK YOU! We won Best Specialist Company 2019 and BAND-MAID won Best Musical Act! JPU Records is happy to be nominated in the "Best Specialist Company" category of the NEO AWARDS 2019, from one of the longest running English...
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British label JPU Records is proud to welcome rising Japanese band Lie and a Chameleon to its ranks, ahead of latest song “0". The track is currently being used as the current opening theme song from the hugely popular anime mobile phone game BLEACH: Brave Souls, which has been downloaded more than 43 million times globally.
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Japan’s iron maidens LOVEBITES show their samurai spirit in latest music video “WHEN DESTINIES ALIGN”, out today. The thrilling heavy metal romp is available to download from midnight and is the lead track from the band’s third album ELECTRIC PENTAGRAM,...
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BAND-MAID, the impossibly hard rocking maid band from Japan, have announced that they've joined forces with legendary producer Tony Visconti for their upcoming album CONQUEROR, out on CD with lyric translations from JPU Records in Europe and North America from...
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