/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.981921]

I've stumbled on a band I think /vr/ may be able appreciate. Yellow Magic Orchestra, a Japanese electronic band from the 70's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6o4GWFIV8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OOLxGjb3dY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhYbVVDuoA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otXPz2Z1RAM

Apparently they were a huge influence on video game musicians, and it sounds like it. They even sample some games from the time in their music. I hope you enjoy.

[Anonymous No.981959]

I do appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.981980]

This is some good shit. Thanks for sharing. I gotta get this on my iPod.

[Anonymous No.981990]

thanks OP i've been looking for new music

[Anonymous No.981993]

Fucking love YMO.
Been listening to BGM lately too.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6o4GWFIV8
You might like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J6ee5KzI9NA&t=8

[Anonymous No.982008]

I found the band only about two years ago, but I really wish I had found them earlier as a fan of chiptunes, spacesynth and italo disco. I still think it's incredible that there was actually such an obvious influence for video game music instead of it developing on its own around technical limitations and bedroom-programmer-musicians own styles.

Even though the first albums (where OP's songs came from) were made around 1980 they still sound really incredible, both sound and songwriting wise.

[Anonymous No.982005]

>>981993
Ahaha, that's awesome. YMO's music suits video games perfectly.

[Anonymous No.982029]

>not knowing about Ryuichi Sakamoto

[Anonymous No.982073]

Fuck yeah dog. I have their self-titled and an import of Solid State Survivor on vinyl.

>>982029
Big fan of his solo stuff and his work with Alva Noto too. The latter isn't too /vr/ sounding but if you like glitch/idm/ambient there's some really neat compositions to be heard here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTv8m8vjjTk

[Anonymous No.982083]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs1t5ZERhBQ

This would make some awesome boss music

>>982029
And now I do, thank you.

[Buzzclaw No.982084]

Should /vr/ have retro pop culture as a secondary topic?

I think so.

[Anonymous No.982090]

>>982084
>getting flooded with like this if you're le 90s kid xD
As much as I would like it, it will end in disaster.

[Anonymous No.982093]

>>982084
Maybe as a separate board, I wouldn't want to upset the delicate balance of /vr/, I like it how it is.

[Anonymous No.982095]

>>982084

Awww, why would they go and do that? I wonder what happened to that sign. Is it on a new building somewhere?

[Anonymous No.982097]

>>982093
a nostalgia board would be pretty bad, mostly because it'd be filled to the brim with shitposting and vaporwave nonsense after three minutes

[Anonymous No.982154]

>>982090
It's true. What we should do instead is keep the official standard the way it is but just let mods and janitors turn a blind eye to good threads like this one.

[script writer kibe No.982178]

>>982097
Could still be an interesting experiment nontheless. I mean look at /vr/, no one thought this board would last a week. And here we are, five months later

Mind you, it's not as heavily populated as it once was, but it's for the most part remained troll free and it's full to the brim with helpful and considerate people

[Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco No.982198]

>>982084
Secondary topics are part of what makes /v/ so shi**y.

>"What do you mean this thread isn't vidya? Dragon dildos are part of the culture!"

[script writer kibe No.982205]

>>982198
>implying any board on 4chan actually has "culture"

[Buzzclaw No.982228]

>>982198
>shi**y

Secondary topics aren't universally bad. See /m/ and toku/old anime and /tg/ and fantasy/scifi/lore

[Anonymous No.982230]

YMO thread on my /vr/?

Yes, they are on par with Kraftwerk as far as relevance on electronic music goes.
I'd kill to see them live, at least I got to see Ryuichi Sakamoto along with Alva Noto last year.

If you want to listen to another good japanese techno pop band, check out Denki Groove:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcEMdJUWS4
(watch all 12 parts, it's a TV special about the band's 20th anniversary, all in moon, but it has a lot of exclusive live and music clips, just skip the interivew parts if you can't understand japanese).

Denki Groove has Takkyu Ishino as the main programmer and composer, who is basically the most important Techno producer from Japan right now. Their main influences are Kraftwerk, YMO, New Order, Depeche Mode, etc, but they have their own sound (you can clearly hear their YMO influences anyway, listen to "Fake it!", for example, Takkyu usually mixes YMO tracks on his DJ sets too, he spinned Raydeen in Europe a few times)

To make this more vidya-related, Takkyu Ishino produced the entire Ghost In The Shell game (PS1) soundtrack, and the opening theme is his'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76Z9HGvlLs

Denki Groove is pretty bizarre, and although their music is some of the finest Techno ever produced, their lyrics and live performances are all about tongue in cheek, absurd humor. I especially like Denki Groove because they are the anti-thesis of what an electronic musician or DJ should be: they are not "cool", they try hard NOT to be cool, and end up being the coolest in the end.

This is definitely one of my favorite DG performances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA7ROxM9Dgo

[Anonymous No.982258]

>>982230
>Denki Groove
I'm listening to one of their songs and I would label them has the Japanese version of The Pet Shop Boys. I like it.

[Anonymous No.982285]

>>982230
Great post. I love the GITS PSXs game's soundtrack so much, I'll definitely check them out

[Anonymous No.982287]

>>982258

They do have their 80s new wave sensibilities, but no, they are closer to being the japanese Devo, or the japanese Der Plan... but they actually have their own distinct personality I think, they mix techno with comical performances.
But yes they have their good share of 80s synthpop-ness. Their albums are always pretty variated though, so you might find a romantic, newwave track, and next to it an absurd, avant garde experimental track, they always keep it interesting so it doesn't gets boring, that's why I love them so much.

This is how they presented themselves in Germany back in 1998:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHuP4aFrNFs#t=4m30s

[Anonymous No.982310]

>>982287
This is awesome, know where I can find their stuff? Full discography would be appreaciated.

[Anonymous No.982316]

>>982310
if you know your way around rutracker there's a nice discography torrent

[Anonymous No.982320]

>>982316
Alright downloading from their but it seems like none of the peers have it at 100% and I hate getting stuck on torrents. Slightly off-topic: Jesus Christ, those russians have just about anything, every time I go looking for something a little more obscure I end up getting directed to one of their torrent trackers.

[Anonymous No.982323]

>>982320
>Already downloading from there
Jesus Christ, I forgot how to write properly.

[Anonymous No.982325]

>>982097
Moot allows /s4s/ to exist

[Anonymous No.982331]

>>982310

Unfortunately I don't have access to my old computer or else I'd upload the entire discography just for this thread. But most of it can be found on Soulseek (the best p2p to find electronic music in general), there's always people sharing their music there.

Here's what I can find online right now:

http://jpddl.com/music/246199--album-denki-groove-human-beings-and-animals-flac-%2F-lossless-%2F-cd-%2F-freeleech!-.html

This is their lastest album just released on February this year.

http://filetram.com/denki-groove-mediafire

apparently there's a lot of albums there too, not sure if all links are alive, but yeah, searching "denki groove download" on google or filestube will bring up something for sure.

[Anonymous No.982340]

>>982331
Thanks a bunch anyway for making me aware of these guys. Got any other awesome japanese electro artists I should know about? Also download YMO, I had stumbled up on them a few months back but never really delve into it.

[Anonymous No.982346]

>>982310
http://rbt.asia/mu/?task=search&ghost=&search_text=yellow+magic+orchestra+mega
http://rbt.asia/mu/?task=search&ghost=yes&search_text=yellow+magic+orchestra+mediafire

[Anonymous No.982349]

>>982084
That's one of the most depressing pictures I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.982351]

>>982008
When talking about chiptune are you referring to actual chip music or gimmicky hardware nostalgia garbage like Anamamaguchi?

[Anonymous No.982370]

>>982340

P-Model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMb03FLoSk

Uchoten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EALtY3cE8A
(even though this is an Uchoten song, the music was composed by Keiichi Suzuki, and the lyrics written by Shigesato Itoi, I'm sure some of you guys know are at least familiar with one of those names)

Jun Togawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkG-5M0qd8

Well, those aren't 100% electronic, but they use electronic instruments.

If you want more techno and strictly electronic artists:

A. Mochi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJZqpPTJTxU

Fumiya Tanaka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQg6lqYom4

Something harder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jABAcGXbwh0

Let me know what kind of stuff you're looking for and I can try to reccommend you more stuff.

[Anonymous No.982376]

>>982370
>no Ken Ishii

[Anonymous No.982385]

>>982376

I figured that'd be a bit redundant, but yeah I should add him, along with Tanaka and Ishino, they are the 3 most important Techno producers from japan.

[Anonymous No.982389]

>>982370
Well, Eurobeat, Disco and Synthpop are more of my thing, but anything really, I just got into electro music not too long ago.

[Anonymous No.982390]

/vr/ music thread?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeOSWLGKuaE

[Anonymous No.982393]

>>982389

Try Pizzicato Five, Perfume, Cubismo Grafico... some pretty well known artists that are commonly refered to as "shibuya kei" (shibuya style) they do a mix of disco, synthpop, and the like... I prefer the more Techno side of Japan's music, but those are good if you're looking for more senible pop stuff.

[Anonymous No.982398]

>>982390
God damn you to hell, that was awful then and it's still awful now

[Anonymous No.982402]

>>982398
>not playing it for the fun
>1999

[Anonymous No.982403]

>>982393
Once again, thanks a bunch you have given me a lot to explore.
Is the japanese electro scene mostly Techno? That's the impression I get, are there any dubstep(UK style, not the American Version)/Dn'b/Garage producers?

[Anonymous No.982405]

>>982403
Or Minimal/ambient.

[Anonymous No.982414]

>>982403
I know japs are really into breakbeat genres though I don't really know many. Soichi Terada is one (he also made the Ape Escape soundtrack).
Although he's kinda obscure people from /mu/ have uploaded one of his albums to dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4gtd9f4sy0b5jt4/VSCEDqERqy/Sumo%20Jungle%20GRANDEUR.zip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-01k8eyv9Wc

Also the Slap Happy Rhythm Busters OST is decent on recommendations for early 2000's japanese hardcore producers.

[Anonymous No.982416]

>>982403

I'd say the techno scene is pretty big, partly due to Takkyu Ishino promoting it a lot with his WIRE events every year (brings over DJ/producers such as Jeff Mills, Carl Cox, and other Techno eminences).
But I'm actually not sure about dubstep, sorry.

There's also trance, hard trance, hardstyle, etc if you like something with more bpm.

If you like trance, REMO-CON is pretty good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gdgqUuXa4

[Anonymous No.982421]

Oh yeah, YMO is awesome. I guess it must've been a huge influence on japanese video game music in general.

It totally reminds of games like the Goemon series, Darius and Touhou.

[Anonymous No.982427]

>>982416
>Carl Cox
I thought he mostly did house music, hence why my interest on him was mild, was I wrong? Also, shame on me but I just remembered Nujabes, actually got into him before I started listening to electro music, anything like him?

[Anonymous No.982429]

>>982427
>anything like him?
DJ Okawari

[Anonymous No.982430]

>>981921
I love YMO. I started listening to them because of pic related - David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto had collaborations going back to '81 or '82 that I enjoy.

[Anonymous No.982432]

Thank you for turning me on to this band. I adore Rydeen.

[Anonymous No.982434]

Is there anyone similar in style to Osamu Sato, the guy who did the music for LSD Dream Emulator? I already have the OSTs and his two albums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_1N13OiFeI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfCUtAVRg8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnVb0rx-fk

[Anonymous No.982436]

Fun Fact: Sega's 1982 Arcade game "Super Locomotive", used YMO's song "Rydeen" as the main BGM.

[Anonymous No.982437]

>>982434
Check out most of this anons suggestions:
>>982370

[Anonymous No.982439]

>>982436
see for said vid
>>981993

[Anonymous No.982442]

>>982370

I forgot one of the most important japanese rock/new wave bands: Moonriders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKVMWFBWXI

They are pretty big in Japan, but always maintained a low-profile and staying indies.
On this board, this band might be of relevance because the leader, Keiichi Suzuki, is the guy who composed the OST for Mother 1 and 2.

Their album "A.O.R" from 1992 have a strong Mother-esque sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YtmDHYODJI

They aren't strictly electronic, but still relevant to the thread and board.

[Anonymous No.982445]

>>982084
THEY WILL NEVER DIG UP THE TIME CAPSULE

[Anonymous No.982446]

>>982427

He does techno too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7YGRFzoM8

(this set starts with a denki groove track)

[Anonymous No.982447]

>>982446
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7YGRFzoM8
After closer inspection I don't know why I had him pegged has a house guy, I guess I just mixed him in with the usual Ultra crowd, I'll have to listen to one of his Essential's some time soon.

[Anonymous No.982457]

>>982370
Do you personally prefer P-Model's early post-punk/zolo period or their later technopop stuff?

though I like both just asking for the sake of discussion

[Anonymous No.982465]

>>982457

I actually need to listen to more, I haven't listened to their entire discog yet, but yeah, both seem pretty cool... I like to enjoy an entire discography of a band/artist, and see how they evolved along.

I like Hirasawa's solo stuff a lot, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASX7EbLTZbQ

[THE GREAT LEON !!1lTeau7nbNO No.982537]

Fun fact: Clapton did a cheesy cover of Behind the Mask.

[Anonymous No.982565]

>>982095
Nothing is left of it, anon, even the time capsule was relocated.

[Anonymous No.982593]

>>982393
>Pizzicato Five
My fuckin' nigga.

[Anonymous No.982603]

>>982430

Have you heard No More Landmines?

it was a special single Sakamoto released to help people who live in countries filled with abandoned landmines.

Some artists who collaborated on the single: Kraftwerk, David Sylvian, Cyndi Lauper, Dreams Come True (famous for their leader's soundtracks on Sonic 1 and 2 for Genesis, vidya-wise), Sugizo (famous Jrocker from the band Luna Sea), Taeko Onuki (famous female singer from the 80s, has a particular deep voice for a Japanese woman, also she sang the "Love Theme" for Mother 3), etc, etc a lot of artists collaborated on it, and I personally think it's one hell of a track, way better than "USA for africa":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0QK-IV_v3I

Another fun Sakamoto fact related to vidya: folks at SNK sure were big fans of him, pic related.

[Anonymous No.982626]

>>982349
Don't feel bad, Anon. The space was renovated into a Blue Man Group theater. When I saw that the studio passed from one slime-driven entertainer to another, I was satisfied and at peace.

[sage No.982647]

I didn't read the whole thread, so correct me if i'm wrong...

Is this music related to retro games?

YMCK is a chiptunes band you would check then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUu4toKJCA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW207vR6Q50

[Anonymous No.982662]

>>982647

YMCK is good, although I don't find myself listening to them often for some reason.

Here's oneof my favorite chiptune outfits from Japan, Kplecraft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sf-8WXWq8A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7cpqbs1UUc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvzi07bk7o

[Anonymous No.982667]

>>982603
>Have you heard No More Landmines?
Yeah. Pic related is my favorite project of theirs.

[Anonymous No.982675]

Haruomi Hosono's and Hideki Matsutake's (their engineer) solo works are worth checking out too, especially if you're interested in the roots of modern techno and trance.

http://www.discogs.com/Haruomi-Hosono-Tadanori-Yokoo-Cochin-Moon/master/135211

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Logic+System

[Anonymous No.982690]

Not one person has mentioned Tomita's Snowflakes Are Dancing yet. I'm surprised.

http://depositfiles.com/files/rj7ihreos

[Anonymous No.982702]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-57pbxAmc

I think Droid is pretty videogamish

[Anonymous No.983339]

>>981921
OP, bands like YMO, T-Square, Casiopea, all the J-fusion / electronica bands from the 70s and 80s were a HUGE influence on Game Music. I'm glad someone on this forum has the sense to talk about them for once. Personnel from these bands have also contributed to many arranged sound tracks, hence the prominence of jazz like solos in many arranged albums.

[Winky !!Fqb6VRfECMB No.983472]

>>982029
>Not caring about Haruomi Hosono
He was doing YMO stuff before YMO.

[Winky !!Fqb6VRfECMB No.983475]

>>982393
Pizzi's full-on Shibuya-kei, though. I prefer Fantasia, though you can't go wrong with Konishi's phat beats.

[Winky !!Fqb6VRfECMB No.983483]

>>982690
lol, It's basically synthesizer Debussy. Not too important to /vr/ anyway.

>>983339
My nigga. The Square, golden-age Casiopea (before all that fake brass shit that invaded J-fusion with Megalith and based Masato Honda), and earlier artists all kick ass. Nothing beats instrumental power fusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2pdGwCLd0

[Kasperl No.983736]

[Anonymous No.983771]

>>982702
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-57pbxAmc
I own this record, it's fantastic.

[Anonymous No.983772]

>>983771
oh forgot to include http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiyHbGk4Dmw

[Anonymous No.983813]

Fuck, there's some real good shit on this thread. /vr/ proves its superiority in taste once again.

[Kasperl No.984816]

[Anonymous No.985727]

>>982351
Mostly various SIDs and a web radio (www.kohina.com).

[Anonymous No.985738]

>>982029
I knew him well before I heard about YMO, mostly from his solo stuff.

[Anonymous No.986527]

>>983472
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkCJcsK295U

Now this is some good shit

[Anonymous No.987373]

>>983483
I still love Casiopea and Square to this day, even their newer stuff, but man, people really REALLY worship Masato Honda TOO much, like he's the second coming of Christ.