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Japanoise

Japanoise noun: a genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.

Noun

Japanoise (uncountable)

  1. A genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
    • While we allow the sounds of Japanoise to challenge our ears, this practice of sound-making reveals not only the limits of origin stories, but also the limits of the concept of “ongaku,” […]2021 [2001], Timothy Rommen, Bruno Nettl, editors, Excursions in World Music, 8th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 204

Origin of Japanoise

Blend of Japanese + noise.

Questions about Japanoise

What does Japanoise mean?
Japanoise means a genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
What part of speech is Japanoise?
Japanoise is a noun.

Words near Japanoise in the dictionary

  1. japanners
  2. japannery
  3. japanning
  4. Japannish
  5. Japano-
  6. Japanoise
  7. Japanolatry
  8. Japanological
  9. Japanologist
  10. Japanologists
  11. Japanology

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