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    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    any fans here???

    someone on Coz's forum recommended Sakamotos group "Yellow Magic Orchestra" to me when I was raving about synthy/electro music and I got their stuff and was very impressed but I only recently discovered Ryuichi has crossed into a bunch of Genres and cross pollinated but has also stripped his stuff down and made some minimalist experimental stuff like "Insen"

    I saw his concert with Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) a fortnight ago and it was like nothing I've seen before think Aphex Twin meets Mozart but more subtle and sublime ... with Noto providing beats,warm crackles and the light show to extend the themes of each piece

    im getting everything of his I can as fast as I can ..
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    hehehe....yellow magic....hehehe......what did they do...piss all over the instruments?

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    that or possibly they throw corn at the instruments to ward off evil flat notes....
    the vibe says syxx so let it be syxx......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chief View Post
    hehehe....yellow magic....hehehe......what did they do...piss all over the instruments?
    if thats their secret , you'd better start drinking it ya talentless hack
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    I remember hearing a Ryuichi Sakamoto song on a sampler compilation many moons ago; a song called "Heartbeat". I didn't like it, so I didn't bother to look him up.
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    he tries so many styles man... I can't stand the ladies vocal on heartbeat but its one song out of hundreds.


    Im still shocked Chief hasnt made a racist joke around that group name yet ... wait for it
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    http://download.yousendit.com/8245D400259A32FD

    try this to wipe your memory of heartbeat
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    Quote Originally Posted by ETHERSPIN View Post
    try this to wipe your memory of heartbeat
    Thanks... I can dig that.

    I wish there was some kind of lounge in my town that would play music like that.
    Let me be more specific: I wish there was some kind of lounge in my town that would play music like that, where the men are not sipping Cosmopolitans!
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    hahaa!! I agree, it would be nice
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    i've been a huge fan of YMO for years, mainly "solid state survivor". sakamoto's stuff varies wildly, but he's certainly a great composer. my favorite album of his recently is "comica", but it's strictly ambient.

    the main vocalist in Heartbeat is david sylvian (who happens to be my favorite artist), the woman's spoken word in the track was his wife at the time.. never cared for that collaboration personally, but sakamoto worked extensively with sylvian on a lot of great material.

    there's some newer albums by the ymo members as "sketch show" which are good.

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    Holy Crap, It's Atma!!!
    I just don't end up where think I'm going when I start out.

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    Alright
    Tap the lightpole and we'll be jammin all night
    And ain't nobody callin' the cops
    'Cause everybody's here freakin', if they're older they're doin the rock
    And every block from all around
    Comes runnin' to the park when they hear the sound
    And soon the word's spreadin' through our part of town
    "Yo, 40 Park y'all, Jam-On's gettin down"
    Yeah...

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    Quote Originally Posted by atma View Post
    i've been a huge fan of YMO for years, mainly "solid state survivor". sakamoto's stuff varies wildly, but he's certainly a great composer. my favorite album of his recently is "comica", but it's strictly ambient.

    the main vocalist in Heartbeat is david sylvian (who happens to be my favorite artist), the woman's spoken word in the track was his wife at the time.. never cared for that collaboration personally, but sakamoto worked extensively with sylvian on a lot of great material.

    there's some newer albums by the ymo members as "sketch show" which are good.
    AHA!! ATMA!! yeah the sketch show stuff sounds good, world cit and forbidden colours with sylvian are much nicer than heartbeat

    im buying what i can find (which isnt much where i live!!!!) and trying to download the gaps but thats hard to find too..

    got YMO stuff, heartbeat,neo geo,smoochy,moto.tronic,insen,discord and chasm



    atma can you recommend any other japanese artists ?
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    atma! reccomed me some new music dude!
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    second that!!

    ohh and another piece of japanese goodness/ weirdness

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq7N5sQN-hI
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    Nice!
    Alright
    Tap the lightpole and we'll be jammin all night
    And ain't nobody callin' the cops
    'Cause everybody's here freakin', if they're older they're doin the rock
    And every block from all around
    Comes runnin' to the park when they hear the sound
    And soon the word's spreadin' through our part of town
    "Yo, 40 Park y'all, Jam-On's gettin down"
    Yeah...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ETHERSPIN View Post
    second that!!
    ohh and another piece of japanese goodness/ weirdness
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq7N5sQN-hI
    Sweet! That's one of my favorite tracks from Viva la Woman.
    I didn't know that they had any videos, and I've seen two today!
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    with Youssou N'dour !!!! Wow!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpLD...elated&search=

    (live version in side column too)
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    I love youssou n'dour.. that was awesome
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    sakamoto pack coming your way soon
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