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Outsiders: System Failure w/ Jun Togawa
06.12.2025
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Outsiders: System Failure w/ Jun Togawa

System Failure is saying goodbye to 2025 with a tribute to Jun Togawa, Japanese underground icon, exploring different phases of her career, through personal and collaborative works.

From the avant-garde duo Guernica (1982-1989) with Koji Ueno, the new wave band Yapoos (1983), to her solo works and collaborations, this episode features a range of her different musical directions and projects, including remakes of traditional japanese and children songs, covers produced by Haruomi Hosono (Yellow Magic Orchestra), who released Togawa's music on Yen Records, the label he co-funded with Yukihiro Takahashi. In the episode you will also hear the infamous TOTO bidet commercial that she starred in during the 80’s, as well as excerpts from a 1989 TV documentary with Jun exploring Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Suki suki daisuki Herikutsu Boy – Yapoos 労働慰安唱歌 – Yapoos Tamahime Sama Shinsei mu Teikoku Boukoku Uta Toyama Shogakko Koka ~ Aka-gumi no Uta Daddy the Heaven – Yapoos Asa no Nagareboshi SHINKUU KISS 祈りの街 – Yapoos Kotan Bushi Sayonara o oshiete – Yapoos GESSEKAI RYOKOU キスを Doto No Ren-Ai バージンブルース Kachiku Kaikyo ヴィールス Akai Sensha G (Kachiku Kaikyo) Doryoku No Hime – Guernica Kyokuto Hanayome B5 – Zekkai Cafe de Psyco – Guernica Nikuya no Yoni Yume-miru Yakusoku Teinen Pushiganga Comme à la radio