Okay, all you J-Pop and electronica fans, tell me if you've heard
The Girl in Byakkoya! I've been listening to it obsessively. It's from Satoshi Kon's amazing anime feature PAPRIKA. Watch the video, and I bet you will want to add it to your queue right away. The movie is visually breathtaking, goofy and profound, confusing and illuminating, but the music by Susumu Hirasawa is what has gripped me to the core. Soundtrack available on iTunes, but The Girl In Byakkoya is available for legal-free from the composer's website
here. (Also, don't miss Susumu's page of free songs entitled "Music Against The Carnage." He created it in protest to the US response to 9/11 and the hideous mistakes made since then. This guy is my new hero.)
Anyway, The Girl In Byakkoya has made me so happy!