Tokyo
Sound
Where Tokyo Listens
Inside the listening bars redefining a night out.
June 2026
A Canadian Cultural Label
Ladies Choice Records
A Canadian cultural label with an Asian point of view. Music, people, cities, and culture — chosen carefully.
After Hours
After Hours
Now Playing
After Hours
Selected in Canada. Looking toward Asia.
A late-night selection of R&B, neo-soul, city pop, downtempo, jazz-house, dream pop, and sophisticated electronic music. The flagship program.
Listen NowSound · Cities · People
Latest Records
A running record of the people, places, and sounds worth choosing.
Vancouver
Cities
A Night in Vancouver
The city's most interesting rooms, after dark.
May 2026
Toronto
Sound
Five Artists Worth Hearing Now
New sound from the diaspora, chosen carefully.
May 2026
On Record
Selected People
The personalities and cultural figures the brand chooses to feature.
Mika Tanaka
Mika Tanaka
DJ & Selector
Tokyo / Vancouver
A selector building a bridge between Tokyo's listening-bar culture and Vancouver's late-night rooms, one crate at a time.
Elena Cruz
Elena Cruz
Vocalist & Songwriter
Manila / Toronto
A vocalist whose work moves between neo-soul and Manila's contemporary R&B scene, recorded mostly at night.
Jonathan Park
Jonathan Park
Founder, Listening Bar Collective
Seoul
Building a small network of listening bars across Seoul and Hong Kong, each built around a single sound system and a strict door policy on noise.
City Records
Four Cities, One Record
Different frequencies. One evolving record of contemporary culture.
Vancouver
Vancouver
Canada
The label's home base. West coast pacing, quiet rooms, a growing listening-bar scene.
A Night in Vancouver
Manila
Manila
Philippines
A city rewriting its own nightlife on its own terms — Poblacion after midnight, and beyond.
The New Manila After Dark
Toronto
Toronto
Canada
Diaspora sound at its most confident. Where a lot of the label's featured artists call home.
Five Artists Worth Hearing Now
Tokyo
Tokyo
Japan
The reference point for listening culture — small rooms, single speakers, total attention.
Where Tokyo Listens
Music is the heartbeat.
Culture is the subject.
Taste is the filter.
We do not cover everything. We choose.
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