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just the other day i picked up soundbytes by r. sakamoto. the 14 tracks are taken from albums that he did in 1981,85,86 and 1 song from '93. the stuff isreally brilliant techno. it ranges from amazing ambient tracks to some pretty hard ones. does anyone know of any ryuichi sakamoto, haruomi hosono, yukihiro takahashi or yellow magic orchestra that is a must have? i saw rs's new album at the store at the same time... it was produced by goh hotoda, but that's all i remember from the sleeve other than the amazingly colorful picture. in these tracks you can really see the beginnings of the ambient music that is being released today. rb

quoted 2 lines does anyone know of any ryuichi sakamoto, haruomi hosono, yukihiro

> does anyone know of any ryuichi sakamoto, haruomi hosono, yukihiro > takahashi or yellow magic orchestra that is a must have?

The new Sports Remixes of Hosono's stuff are excellent IMO. Money well spent especially compared to a lot of other purchases I've made recently on rubish. Unfortunately, I haven't listened to any or Sakamoto's soundtrack releases. Any comments out there? Later, Polaris Home of the PIYON-PIYON Collective--Look for me on IGS too! __________________________________________________________________________ (*__________________________________________________________________________*) ___________ |\ ___ \ \ \ \ \ \ >>Wall of Sound Productions<< \ \ \__\ \ .MAKING.DREAMS.REALITY. \ \ _____\ \ \ \____| Internet: Taka-03@InfiNet.com \ \ \ Sound Bytes BBS: 614.761.1602 \ \ \ OLARIS MIDILink: via Sound Management BBS \ \____\ Ambient*Progressive House*Traxx*Trance*Ethnic \|____| Bubblegum Crisis*Bubblegum Crash*Dominion*Appleseed __________________________________________________________________________ (*____G_E_N_K_I__D_E_!___I_K_U__Z_O_!___M_A_T_A__N_E_!___R_A_V_E__O_N_!_____*)

There is a Yellow Magic Orchestra comp called "Kyoretsu Na Rhythm * Characters" that is a good overview. Much of there stuff is a little sing-songy cute for my taste but, like Shonen Knife, they are excellent distorters of Western Pop music. The must have, however is "High Tech/No Crime" which is the remix album. Remixes from Shamen, Mark Gamble, Robert Gordon, Zero B, LFO, The Orb, Altern 8, 808 State, and Orbital. The cover art mentions "Sweet Exorcist" (which is a Richard Kirk alias, right?) but nothing in the credits mentions such a thing. The Altern 8 mix of Multiples is a wonderful breakbeat number; the mixture of the YMO tinker-toy melodies with breaks is perfect. The synth sound choices are hilarious -- a lot of them sound like presets on my Casio SK-1. Soundbytes (by R Sakamato) has some great stuff as well. I love the first track especially -- it has a wacky sampler-vegamatic feel. -- Kent Williams kent@cadsi.com "Swirling a sound [in Quadrophonic Space] at an audio rate produces interesting spatial and modulative effects" -- Serge Modular Product Spec Sheet.

quoted 5 lines The must have, however is "High Tech/No Crime" which is the remix album.

> The must have, however is "High Tech/No Crime" which is the remix album. > Remixes from Shamen, Mark Gamble, Robert Gordon, Zero B, LFO, The Orb, > Altern 8, 808 State, and Orbital. The cover art mentions "Sweet Exorcist" > (which is a Richard Kirk alias, right?) but nothing in the credits mentions > such a thing.

There are three different versions of HT/NC, four if you count the stuff in YMO's "Techno Bible" box. The Japanese and UK versions have the Sweet Exorcist track. (I knew this chart would come in handy someday! :-) JP "Techno Bible" 5CD Box (Alfa ALCA 371-374)............. JP "Hi-Tech/No Crime" (Alfa ALCA-323)....................|..... UK "Hi-Tech/No Crime" (Internal TRUCD 1).................|....|..... US "Hi-Tech/No Crime" (Moonshine Music M50088-2).........|....|....|..... | | | | Time Song (remix)....................................JPTB JPHT UKHT USHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5:48 Behind the Mask (orbital remix) JPHT UKHT USHT 1:35 Camouflage (mark gamble micro-mix) JPHT UKHT USHT 2:26 Castalia (mark gamble micro-mix) JPHT UKHT USHT Computer Games (mark gamble micro-mix) JPTB 5:35 Firecracker (shamen remix) JPHT UKHT USHT 5:03 Firecracker (zero b mix) UKHT USHT 4:47 La Femme Chinoise (lfo remix) JPHT UKHT USHT 5:10 Light in Darkness (808 state remix) JPHT UKHT USHT 1:28 Light in Darkness (808 state ambient reprise) JPTB UKHT USHT 0:44 Loom (mark gamble micro-mix) JPHT UKHT USHT 4:55 Multiples (altern8 remix) JPHT 3:48 Multiples (altern8 syncopated mix) UKHT USHT Multiples (altern8 12" version) JPTB Neue Tanz (something wonderful remix) JPTB Pure Jam (sideways remix) JPTB 6:35 Rydeen (graham massey remix) JPHT UKHT USHT Rydeen (massey remix long version) JPTB 5:56 Shadows on the Ground (sweet exorcist remix) JPHT UKHT 5:26 Technopolis (rhythmatic remix) JPHT 6:09 Tighten Up (robert gordon remix) JPHT UKHT USHT * 4:41 Tong Poo (orb remix) JPTB 9:44 Tong Poo (orb remix) UKHT USHT 9:38 Tong Poo (other orb remix ii) UKHT USHT * Also on UK "Reconstructions" 12"/CD5 (Internal LIARX/LIECD 2).

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quoted 3 lines There are three different versions of HT/NC, four if you count the stuff in

> There are three different versions of HT/NC, four if you count the stuff in > YMO's "Techno Bible" box. The Japanese and UK versions have the Sweet > Exorcist track. (I knew this chart would come in handy someday! :-)

[ beautiful chart deleted that basically says that you need all four versions to get everything. Not to mention that Laz has 'em, too. ] Uh...Laz...Anybody tell you you really have too much time on your hands? :) What are the chances somebody's got copies of David Van Tieghm's "These Things Happen" and/or "InnaGoddaDavida" available for some price less than Bill Gates quarterly dividend check? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael King mike%delta1@rex.cs.tulane.edu Delta Systems New Orleans, LA 70002-4938 Voice: 504.837.9835 Fax: 504.837.9838 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can always tell a pioneer by the arrows in their back ------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Michael King wrote:

quoted 3 lines What are the chances somebody's got copies of David Van Tieghm's

> What are the chances somebody's got copies of David Van Tieghm's > "These Things Happen" and/or "InnaGoddaDavida" available for some price > less than Bill Gates quarterly dividend check?

Is this a serious request for a copy or a joke? (I don't see a smiley anywhere). BTW the 12" of These things happen was one of my favorite singles of the '80's. The album is excellent to, though when I heard Innablabbablabba when it came out I thought that it had sucked.