Van Paugam
Van Paugam is an American DJ who is credited as a prominent figure associated with the rise of 1980s Japanese City Pop music gaining popularity in the West[1]. He is mainly attributed to the rise of City Pop in 2016, being one of the first DJs to start mixing what is now commonly called City Pop—or Japanese disco, funk, and pop music on YouTube.[2] He had met with Japanese pop star Anri, and produced several remixes for JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment of Kaoru Akimoto's 1987 album 'Cologne.' [3] "It [city pop] probably never would’ve reached American ears if it weren’t for Van Paugam, a Chicago-based DJ who’s made it his life’s work to resurrect City Pop for a new generation of Westerners."[4] He has become an advocate for popular Japanese singers like Hideki Saijo, whom he frequently promotes when speaking in podcasts. [5] Van Paugam also produces and hosts his own City Pop based podcast, where he discusses various artists in the style and their music.[6] A topic often discussed by Van Paugam is that of nostalgia, and how it relates to City Pop.[7]
Speaking to the Japanese Consulate of Chicago, Van Paugam has claimed that " [he] found a piece of himself that was missing in Japanese City Pop Music."[8] Originally from Miami Beach, Van Paugam moved to Chicago in 2011, where he would later begin taking Japanese language classes to further his understanding of City Pop music. [9] He is listed as having played numerous live events dedicated to City Pop, including in his native Miami[10], and internationally in Paris[11], Berlin[12], and Tokyo[13]. Currently, he hosts monthly live events in Chicago, at different venues. Much of the credit for Chicago’s embrace of City Pop goes to DJ Van Paugam, who discovered the genre when trying to track down the source of samples from music he liked. [14] Van originally started DJing the genres Vaporwave, and Future Funk, before starting in City Pop.[15] He has written extensively on the topic of City Pop, both on his website[16], and for Japanese organizations[17]. Van Paugam's YouTube channel was eventually stricken off the platform by RIAJ, for copyright infringement.[18]
References
- ↑ View, Medill Reports — Instructor (2019-03-14), DJVIEGAS - Medill Newsmakers - City-Pop-o-Rama, retrieved 2022-12-30
- ↑ "The Dazzling Return Of City Pop • The Daily Fandom City Pop". thedailyfandom.org. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "秋元 薫 | ビクターエンタテインメント". ビクターエンタテインメント | Victor Entertainment (in 日本語). Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ chicagoreader (2019-01-11). "City Pop, the optimistic disco of 1980s Japan, finds a new young crowd in the West". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "Episode 34: Saijo Hideki and City Pop with Van Paugam". The Idol Cast and other writings. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "Mayonaka Hour真夜中アワー City Pop Podcast on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ Journal of Popular Music Studies (2021-03-03). "Reconstructed Nostalgia: Aesthetic Commonalities and Self-Soothing in Chillwave, Synthwave, and Vaporwave". online.ucpress.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "e-Japan Journal Interviews". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ Montoro, Philip (2021-12-21). "Van Paugam, City Pop evangelist and DJ". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "Soundlux & Sweat Records Present CITY POP: The Sound of '70s & '80s Japan – Sweat Records". Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ Interview #1 Van Paugam. (VOSTFR), retrieved 2022-12-30
- ↑ 2022-10-15 Live At Tokyo Nights (Xander, Van Paugam), retrieved 2022-12-30
- ↑ "シカゴのVan Paugamが来日 "シティ・ポップ"に焦点当てるイベント『都市浮遊』開催 - Spincoaster (スピンコースター)" (in 日本語). 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "ORIGAMI - archives". origamimagazine.world. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ Fans, Japan (2022-09-05). "City Pop DJ Van Paugam". Japan Fans. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "Blog". Van Paugam. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ Japanese Culture Center (2018-06-27). "City Pop シティポップ". Japanese Culture Center. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ↑ "Listen to the Seoul of the 1980s with Korean "City Pop"". BLARB. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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