Mikeru On Japanese Music Today

Singer Takanori Nishikawa, most known as T.M.Revolution or as the vocalist of rock group abingdon boys school, has launched a new indies label called Defrock Records.

Nishikawa describes this label as a borderless way to deliver high quality music to the entire world. The first band signed to Defrock Records is Agitato, a four-piece unit who will release their first mini-album, COLORS, on January 20th.

Agitato, formed in 2004, goes by the slogan "Heavy Loud Emotional", mixing loud pop and rock music. The band was the opening act of an abingdon boys school event live at LIQUIDROOM ebisu in October this year, where they managed to catch the attention of the audience