The Globe

If there was one record label behind Japan's dance music boom in the early '90s, it was Avex Trax; and if there was one musician shaping the scene's musical direction, it was Tetsuya Komuro. In 1995, label and producer formalized their relationship when Komuro's group globe signed up with the Avex label. The group quickly became a techno/dance-pop phenomenon, and one of Japan's biggest selling acts of the '90s, registering 26 Top Ten singles and 13 Top Ten albums. Three of those singles -- and five of those albums -- were million sellers. Globe signaled Komuro's return to the ...