Japanese Telecom has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 16 May 2014. Japanese Telecom's music has been featured on 23 episodes.

Ever since Juan Atkins dubbed himself Model 500 in the mid-'80s, it has become somewhat of a tradition for Detroit electro artists to shroud themselves in mystery, hiding behind odd monikers and leaving listeners to guess the alter ego.

Add Japanese Telecom to this confusing roster of colorfully named Detroit electro artists, alongside Ectomorph, Cybotron, Dopplereffekt, AUX 88, Drexciya, ADULT., and countless others. Japanese Telecom's unique sound differs a bit from the aforementioned Detroit artists' tendency to craft dark, foreboding pieces of…