Founded in 2018

Ichiban Selecter is an online review site that curates the highest value most unique gems.

We’re about the joy of discovering something new. There are so many things new and old that it is impossible for most people to experience even a small range of them. It takes countless hours to compare and contrast and many people do not have the time or want to put in the herculean effort. We do.

The name Ichiban Selecter is the sum of two halves: the Japanese word Ichiban means “#1” and Selecter is a slang word for DJ in the Jamaican style. Obviously Ichiban-”#1” encapsulates the search for the best and the feeling is perhaps representative of the cool, precise, intellectual component of Japanese practice. The Selecter is the selector, the person engaged in an exhaustive and competitive search to find the music that makes people dance. It’s a search but with the pureness of the heart.

Together you get the ultimate search balancing head and heart. Ichiban Selecter.