Before M3 Autumn

technoplanet

Japanese electronic music producer whose tracks weave rock and orchestral elements into an electronic base. He has released nine albums and several EPs, and has contributed music to a number of rhythm games and game soundtracks.

Hommarju

Japanese club music producer who has been writing music since 2008, working with a noisy, high-intensity sound shaped by his roots in rave music. He appears as a guest artist on HARDCORE TANO*C and has contributed tracks to numerous rhythm games.

Notebook Records

A Japanese hardcore label based in Sapporo, established by RoughSketch in 2007. It covers styles including mainstream hardcore, gabba, happy hardcore and speedcore, working through CD and digital releases alongside club events. Notebook Delight Records is its sister imprint.

OZIGIRI

Japanese digital grindcore producer. His tracks combine the ferocity of grindcore with pop elements, and he releases EPs and albums through his own label, Wanpaku Records.

NOMA

Japanese electronic music producer active since around 2013. He has contributed tracks to a large number of rhythm games and game titles, also works on remixes, and releases his music through streaming services and Bandcamp.

MOTTO MUSIC

An internet-born club music label established in 2021 by trackmaker and producer kakeru. It brings together creators and virtual singers active online, releasing EPs and compilation albums centred on dance music.

Tatsh

Japanese composer and DJ. He joined Konami after contributing music to beatmania IIDX and went on to serve as sound director for the series, leaving the company in 2007 to work freelance. He has also written for Taiko no Tatsujin under the alias Seami (世阿弥), which he publicly confirmed as his own name in 2014.

onoken

Japanese composer active since his first album in 2003, working under the AXSWORD banner. Building on piano and orchestration while drawing on techno and rock, he has written music for numerous rhythm games and anime soundtracks. Under the separate alias owl＊tree, he produces dance tracks centered on electro swing for SEGA titles.

Amatsuka

M-Project

Japanese hardcore techno DJ and producer, active since 2000. He builds his rave sound around UK hardcore, early hardcore and bounce, with releases on labels including Off Me Nut Records and Mokum Records. His music also appears in rhythm games such as Arcaea and Cytus II.

DJ Shimamura

A Japanese DJ and producer who runs his own label, DYNASTY RECORDS. His work spans happy hardcore, UK hardcore, drum'n'bass and jungle, and he performs at events both in Japan and overseas. He has also contributed tracks to beatmania IIDX and other rhythm games.

DJ Myosuke

Japanese hardcore DJ and producer, active under the DJ Myosuke name since 2010. He runs the labels Psycho Filth Records, Japanese Stream Hardcore and FREAKIN WORKS, and is a member of HARDCORE TANO*C. Known for heavily distorted high-speed tracks, he has also written music for a range of rhythm games.

Camellia

Japanese electronic music producer, who also releases as Kamelia (かめりあ). His tracks frequently run at 200 BPM and above and range across hardcore, drum and bass, EDM and pop rather than settling into one genre. He has written music for many rhythm games and puts out his own work through the Cametek label.

D-D-Dice

A composer who began working publicly in 2020, also active under the name 打打だいず (Dada Daizu). He handles composition, arrangement, lyrics and mixing. His music appears in rhythm games from KONAMI, SEGA, Bandai Namco and lowiro, and he also writes for VTubers and vocalists while releasing his own albums.

Fenmie

t+pazolite / C.H.S

Japanese electronic music producer, active since 2004. He is a member of HARDCORE TANO*C and runs his own label C.H.S (Cutie & Headshaking Sounds). His music pulls freely from any genre he takes an interest in, and he has contributed tracks to many rhythm games.

HARDCORE TANO*C

A Japanese hardcore techno label that began in 2003 as a doujin circle and took its current name in 2007. Headed by REDALiCE, it releases hardcore techno and club music and also runs its own events. Many of its crew and guest artists have written music for rhythm games.

Risa Yuzuki

Japanese singer. Alongside her solo albums and one-man live shows, she has released collaborative albums with composer BlackY, and she frequently features as a vocalist on rhythm game and game soundtrack releases.

BlackY

Japanese composer who began producing music with DTM in 2011, known for "Max Burning!!", the grand prize winner of the KAC2012 original song contest for SOUND VOLTEX. He runs his own label, BlackY's BEATFLOOR, and has written music for numerous rhythm games. He also works under the alias WAiKURO and the collaborative names BlackYooh and Diceros Bicornis.

ZPPTRAX

Doujin music circle organised by PINK PONG. It produces albums of original music and distributes them at events such as M3 and Comiket, with activity documented from around 2017 onwards.

TAG

A composer specializing in rhythm game music. He spent 15 years at KONAMI, writing over 100 tracks for the BEMANI series, before going freelance in September 2021. He continues to compose for rhythm games across a range of publishers.

kors k

DJ and composer known for his work across Konami's BEMANI series. To avoid being tied to a single style, he also produces as teranoid, StripE and Eagle, covering psytrance, hardcore, schranz and UK hardcore. He releases his own material through his label, S2TB Recording.

siromaru

A composer who runs the doujin label HEKATONCHEIR BEATS. Working mainly in schranz, hard techno and drum'n bass, he releases original tracks and Touhou arrangements at Comiket and M3. He also records under the name INNOCENT NOIZE, and his music features in a number of rhythm games.