Recochoku Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Itabashi Toru; hereinafter referred to as Recochoku) has selected two groups each month as “Breakthrough” in an effort to recommend new artists who are sure to make a break from now on, and has released “Breakthrough 2025.5” for May 2025.
■Recochoku “Breakthrough 2025.5”https://recochoku.jp/special/100974
[Breakthrough]a popular new artist who is breaking out
Every month, Recochoku staff selects two groups: one new artist and one registered artist from the free music app “Eggs” where you can discover the music of many indie and young artists. By developing and supporting the recommended songs, the program will be developed on the “Recochoku” download site, feature pages, playlists on “d Hits® powered by Recochoku (hereafter referred to as d Hits)” and actively sharing it through social media, we will deliver the artist’s charm to many music fans and support the activities of new artists.
[Recommended songs with artists and recommendations have been decided!]】
■Recochoku Selected: Retro Lilon “UNITY”
A four-member pop band formed in Tokyo in June 2020, centered around Ryone, who was active as a singer-songwriter. He currently performs at large festivals all over the country, and is attracting attention so much that he is being forced to enter at live circuits.
They will be releasing Wednesday, May 7th.“UNITY”And finally made his major debut.“UNITY”is a mysterious word that means “single” and also “uniform.” Ryone (Vo&A.Gt) said, “At the time I wrote this song, I had no choice to quit,” and the lyrics also show a strong sense of her determination to make her band and major debut.
Please be sure to pay attention to the solo tour that will start at the end of May. (Recochoku staff)
・Recochoku artist page for “Retro Liron”https://recochoku.jp/artist/2003529887
■Eggs Selected: Slump Girl “17”
Sato Yuki (Vo.Gt) and Namikawa Haya (Gt) *On hiatus, Konabe Matome (Bass) formed as a high school light music club. A promising young artist who is following Kepla, a senior high school student, is actively engaged in live performances, mainly in Tokyo, and is steadily increasing the number of customers.
Latest streaming songs“17”The song is a very memorable song with the artist’s life-size worldview, catchy melody lines that will leave you in your ears, and most importantly, the vocals’ unique singing voice. He is an artist who truly shows off the charm of a cute, emo-friendly teenager. (“Eggs” staff)
・”Slump Girl” Recochoku Artist Pagehttps://recochoku.jp/artist/2003474006
・“Slump Girl” Eggs Artist Pagehttps://eggs.mu/artist/slumpgirl4
*The profiles and songs of each artist can be viewed on the page below.
■Recochoku “Breakthrough” websitehttps://recochoku.jp/special/100974
[Playlists of selected artists are available on dHits]
In addition, a playlist will be compiled by 10 artists selected for Breakthrough over the past five months (WILD BLUE, Me Minor, Suzuki Mitakako’s, Murakami Nagisa, TRACK15, DAYBAG, sorato, Iwankof, Retro Liron, Slump Girl) will be available on “d Hits.” Please enjoy this as well.
■dHits “[Featured New Artist]Breakthrough Hits” playlist
URLhttps://dhits.docomo.ne.jp/program/10169151
With its mission to “major revitalize the music market,” Recochoku has provided a variety of music experiences to music fans. Every day, many music fans visit the “Recochoku” download site. By expanding this project on a site that attracts music fans, and disseminating information on social media, we will support new artists’ breaking out and contribute to the greatest revitalization of the music market.
[About the “Recochoku” download site]
The download site “Recochoku” is a music distribution service that allows you to purchase from one song whenever you like, without having to register for a monthly fee. You can download the songs you purchase for free as many times as you like, so you don’t have to worry about losing important songs even if you change your model.
We also offer many great campaigns where you can win benefits that can only be obtained through Recochoku, as well as free coupons.
It can be used on smartphones and computers.
“Recochoku” download site:https://recochoku.jp/
[About Eggs Co., Ltd.]
With the vision of “Encouraging as many as possible for artists and fans as possible,” Eggs is based on the mission of “Creating a future filled with diverse music,” and operates “Eggs,” one of Japan’s largest free indie music platforms, with over 30,000 artists, mainly indie groups and over 600,000 listeners registered.
In addition, we have begun offering GIGGS, a web platform that collects information on live venues across the country and live performances that will be held there, and will work together with Eggs to contribute to the revitalization of the live scene.
We also deploy “Eggs Pass” as a monetization support function for individual artists and indie music-related companies, providing total support for artist activities, from distribution to major music distribution stores (DSPs) in Japan and abroad, monetizing the use of music in videos, mediating copyright management, and CD production to sales.
