Ken Ishii, Mondo Grosso, and more great Japanese musicians interviewed

The dudes with the grooves that move your shoes.

I’m going to start archiving some of the video interviews I’ve done over the years that I really enjoyed doing, starting with this one, in which I stepped outside of the normal gaming journalist routine, and talked with some of the musicians responsible for Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s most notable games, like Rez and Lumines.

Rez HD: If you own an Xbox 360, you need to have this game.

While I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with plenty of gaming luminaries over the years, being able to talk with some of my favorite musicians, like Ken Ishii and Mondo Grosso –both of whom had never been interviewed by a gaming journalist before– was super cool. This was a great way to talk to them about the music they make, the trends of techno and house music, and their creative inspiration. I think in hindsight, in the realm of game coverage, that this week-long feature we did with Q Entertainment was pretty unique. Then again, this stealth-video (officially) taken inside some of Tokyo’s most popular night clubs was very awesome too. No doubt, that was a very fun, very hot (summertime), very awesome week in Japan.

We couldn’t bring you to Tokyo, so we brought Tokyo to you.