Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | yesterday
YouTube via humanmaestro "This tune is 'Behind The Mask' by Yellow Magic Orchestra. So I performed on 8Bitone and Vocoder SV-5 that is iPhone/iPod touch musical apps by Yudo. 8Bitone is retro 8-bit sound monophonic Synthesizer and 4 track Sequencer. SV-5 is authentic Vocoder and polyphonic Synthesizer like a Roland VP-330." 8Bitone on iTunes:
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
An active player in Japan's underground rock scene from his teens (he performed alongside Yellow Magic Orchestra's Ryuichi Sakamoto on TV while in high school), Tokyo-born guitarist Yukie Sato began to tire of his beloved genre in his 30s. His passion was renewed in 1995 after discovering Korean classic rock. Instantly enamored with the country's 1960s and '70s musical output, he formed Kopchangjeongol,...
kingblind (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Arcade Fire’s partially re-recorded version of “Wake Up” pulled on all of our heartstrings recently in the Where The Wild Things Are trailer, but the song isn’t actually in the film, you see, nor is it on Karen O and the Kids’ official soundtrack. No worries, though, director Spike Jonze feels your pain: The trailer version of “Wake Up” and 19 other jams are...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
If you're like me (and be glad you're not), you were probably a bit disappointed when you went to go see Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" and didn't hear any Arcade Fire songs playing behind footage of the mopey nine-foot beasties wandering around in the Outback. Not to worry. In addition to the [...]
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Spike Jonze has a present for you. It’s a mixtape called We Love You So (which is also the name of his sweet blog ). I haven’t listened to it yet, so I can’t tell you where it falls on the quirk-o-meter, but I do know that it includes the stripped down version of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” that was playing in the Where The Wild Things Are trailer. I know I’ve...
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Dear Pirate Cats, New E.P. by Jogger on the server, under RPM. If you love Battles, Yellow Magic Orchestra… Jogger / This Great Pressure / FoF This Great Pressure is the first full legth to come from the post-disco/post-rockers called Jogger. The album sways between heavy synth, audio waves and pans that challenge the production of Battles album, [...]
Bleeps and Booms (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
By far the most frustrating aspect of listening to the radio for me is not knowing what is actually playing. Often DJ’s will not actually tell you either the artists or the name of the song they have just played. For many, many years I yearned to own a few songs which I had only ever heard on the radio but had no idea of who created them. I drove me to distraction at times.Songs that I heard,...
Cosmic Disco (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
This story is of musical discovery. As a teenager my desire to learn of the mystery of Japan grew from listening to Japan, the band. For a band to capture the mystery of the far eastern Island, they did it perfectly. I was hooked… This lead me to discover Yellow Magic Orchestra and, naturally, Ryuchi Sakamoto. His [...]
200feet (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
@pja1966 Me too – me likey muchly, like. in reply to PJA1966 # #lastfm #love Barter Blues by J. Tillman http://bit.ly/e9Jva # - Chicken, courgette and baby corn in a tomato sauce with rice. Mmmmmmm. # - At home, cooking dinner, iTunes on random. Currently listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'Behind The Mask'. # - It's a Ned's Atomic [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
This week the subject of "Bakusho Mondai no Nippon no Kyoyo" (Bakusho Mondai's Japan Education; NHK-G, Tues., 10:50 p.m.) is music, but not necessarily Japanese music. The comedy duo visit musician-composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, award-winning maker of film soundtracks, and recipient of the French government's National Order of the Legion of Honor. Sakamoto takes...
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
The 5th anniversary of the Pan Ambient series and the Decibel Festival...what a better time to team up! Pan Ambient Cascadia September 26, 2009 @ Sole Repair, Seattle Show @ 12noon - 6pm / 21 + $15 presale / $20 day of https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79123 www.dbfestival.com...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
From Take That to Mozart, musicians draw inspiration from the unlikeliest sources. So who are today's biggest stars secretly hooked on – and why? Speech Debelle You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon I first heard this when I was about six. My mum still teases me about it: as soon as I'd hear it on a radio, I'd get up and dance. I still like it because of the way Paul Simon sings. To me, he's singing...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
via this auction "Rev 3.2 Prophet 5 with full midi installed (including rare velocity sensitive functionality not found on all midi prophet 5's )Now i should make it clear that the difference between this and a rev 3.3 is 80 memory locations But i should also state that this can be upgraded to 3.3 rev status very easily by replacement of a chip in the prophet 5 which mosy synth techs can do (...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
Whether you like MJ or not, you have to recognize his contributions to pop music and the changes that came because of them. Because of this, a lot of attention has been paid to Thriller and it’s success, although not much has been said about the creative process between MJ and Quincy Jones. Bruce Swedien, one of Michael’s engineers who worked with him throughout his adult career, is publishing...
FREE DANGER (Free subscription) | 17/07/2009
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (live)
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