kitchen you've heard "Exitenialism" haven't you?
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 November 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
Neuromantic is a masterpiece
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
p much
― clouds, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Yukihiro-Takahashi-Live-1998-Run-After-You/release/782065
Been geeking out over this one lately. I like YT's work in general but I have tended to notice that many of his albums are a little uneven, and almost all of them feature at least one or two totally knockout tracks. Here's a 1998 live release that focuses a lot on his mid-to-late 90's work, but with some great callbacks to his early solo albums ("Something in the Air" and "Kid-Nap the Dreamer"). His work certainly took a turn for the more mature crowd (in other words: kinda boring) but the songs on here are almost universally gorgeous, alternating between big, powerful ballads and really pleasant pop songs. Production is great and Yuki himself sounds about as good as he ever has. Check it out!!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
finally listening to What Me Worry? after being obsessed with Neuromantic for several months. It's great! "This Strange Obsession" seriously should have been a massive global hit.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
"flashback" is the bomb
― massaman gai, Friday, 25 April 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
try "murdered by the music" next!
― clouds, Friday, 25 April 2014 11:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVWwb8LQCpM
― clouds, Friday, 25 April 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah "murdered by the music" is great - kind of like a more fleshed out companion album to Xoo Multiplies
― frogbs, Friday, 25 April 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
"school of thought" is so good, the main synth riff kinda reminds me of sparks for some reason.
― brimstead, Friday, 25 April 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
Takahashi, Towa Tei, Yoshinori Sunahara (ex-Denki Groove), Cornelius, Tomohiko Gondo, and Leo Imai to form a supergroup, good God:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/15/music/ymos-yukihiro-takahashi-recruits-towa-tei-cornelius-yoshinori-sunahara-tomohiko-gondo-and-leo-imai-for-an-impressive-supergroup/#.U8XjdCj23QU
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:03 (nine years ago) link
Towa Tei ft. Yukihiro Takahashi and Kiko Mizuhara - "The Burning Plain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=769QwzmW22Q
Great song. Amusingly enough the song is about the act of watching the movie rather than the movie itself.
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
have you heard his metafive supergroup album? towa tei is in that one too. and cornelius.
http://coolestsound.jp/Takahashi_Yukihiro_Metafive_Techno_Recital_Takahas/2014.07.20/010395/
― original bgm, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
Had no idea they actually released something - will try to grab as soon as I can find a cheaper copy ;) The trailer sounds good. The In Phase release seems interesting too, I dig the more mature stuff too so long as the songwriting is there. I've posted about his "Run After You" live release which is maybe my favorite YT album overall but I don't think anyone knows those songs.
Lately I've been obsessed with a song called "'00" from his 1999 album The Dearest Fool. Can't find it on Youtube but it's really neat, has a really similar groove to "Jumbo" by Underworld
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah, agreed, trailer sounds pretty good. def curious but these things are always a little disappointing...
then again, there's also a song credited to the metafive group that was used in the new ghost in the shell series and it's actually quite good imo. production sounds a bit like some of cornelius' work on the salyu x salyu album. you can hear that one here:http://cornelius-kokakua-sound.com/#splitspirit
actually still haven't heard much YT solo stuff outside of neuromantic. one day!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
i get this stuck in my head sometimes and can never remember where it's from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knojf1neSwc
― dogen, lord soto zen (clouds), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Made a nice YT playlist last week that I thought I'd share with you guys. Most Takahashi albums have one or two killer tunes so I figured, why not put them all together.
1. '00 - The Dearest Fool (1999)2. TURN TURN - Sketch Show, Audio Sponge (2002)3. Pure Jam - YMO, Technodelic (1981)4. MIS - Lifetime, Happy Time (1992)5. The Burning Plain - Towa Tei, Sunny (2011) (YT only does the vocal here but I really like the track)6. Flying George - Sketch Show, Audio Sponge (2002)7. Kaze Ni Tsuzuku Michi - The Dearest Fool (1999)8. It's Gonna Work Out - What, Me Worry? (1982)9. Radioactivist - Murdered by the Music (1980)10. You've Got to Help Yourself - YMO, Service (1983)11. Ballet - YMO, BGM (1981)12. Something in the Air - Neuromantic (1982)13. Coincidence - Tomorrow's Just Another Day (1983)14. The Sensual Object Dance - Broadcast From Heaven (1990)15. Betsu-Ni - A Day in the Next Life (1991)16. Merci Boku - Fate of Gold (1995)17. Une Femme N'est Pas Un Homme - Beatniks, Exitentialism (1981)18. Umibe No Ie - Fate of Gold (1995)19. Set Sail - Run After You (1998)20. Iron Man - Run After You (1998)21. Split Spirit - YT + Metafive (2014)22. Ekot (Cornelius remix) - Sketch Show, Loophole (2003)23. Prayer of Gold - Run After You (1998)
So the first half is mostly his technopop stuff, second half the more romantic, classier side. Looking back he did a lot of killer tunes in the 90's even though I'm not crazy about many of the full albums (Fate of Gold and Run After You, a live disc, are my favorites - the latter is maybe my favorite YT disc full-stop). I'm lacking some of the later albums, maybe there is good stuff on there I don't know about. But I'm digging this playlist quite a bit, maybe you will too?
https://www.sendspace.com/file/o9oq91
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 04:14 (nine years ago) link
DOWNLOADING
thank you so much!
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 04:20 (nine years ago) link
i am totally ignorant of takahashi outside of YMO and his solo stuff through what me worry, so i am fucking pumped for this
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah, thanks for this. i have some of the albums but in general YT is the YMO member whose solo stuff i'm least familiar with.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:51 (nine years ago) link
Thanks frogbs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUYLpNjggTo#t=22
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
Is that sendspace upload expired? the download is currently a <1MB .dmg file. Would be great if someone (frogbs, zs?) could re-upload it!Scored great copies of Solid State Survivor, BMG and Neuromantic yesterday (I left Naughty Boys in the racks, definitely going back to get that soon) - would love to hear more YT solo stuff.
― willem, Sunday, 15 February 2015 09:40 (nine years ago) link
there's a checkbox on the download page, you have to de-select it first
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:01 (nine years ago) link
D'oh, thanks! (I should've included a stupidity disclaimer...)
― willem, Monday, 16 February 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
Towa Tei featuring YT - "Radio"
This is really great, kind of references YMO's Technodelic period in the middle there - wish these two would just do a full album together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUapYCZeSA
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
new song by Metafive (YT's supergroup with Cornelius, Towa Tei, Yoshinori Sunahara, and a couple others) - great song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBUEYGfisQ
very impressed by the singer - hope he features a lot on the upcoming album
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
Mental, it's like The Power Station/INXS/Nik Kershaw/Thomas Dolby rolled into one.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 12:28 (eight years ago) link
weird question -- were there ever any record stories in the USA (in LA or NY i imagine) that specialized in japanese music? i mean ones that really went deep? do any still exist?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 12:44 (eight years ago) link
Great version of Cue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCZ0GYpZnM
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Album coming 1/13/16 - based on the strength of this tune and "Split Spirit" I'm weirdly optimistic about it, both those songs have so much going for them and they really do sound like what you'd hope a band full of so many great and creative musicians would sound like, nobody's stepping on anyone else's toes, and if you're familiar with the artists involved you can identify where some of the individual pieces come from. Obviously its just two songs but I can't stop listening to them, I'm definitely ordering this CD once I can figure out how.
― frogbs, Saturday, 5 December 2015 05:51 (eight years ago) link
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCL-12294
haven't ordered from them for many years but have good experiences
― Brakhage, Saturday, 5 December 2015 22:24 (eight years ago) link
I haven't ordered from them yet - the live disc I got off eBay for a surprisingly reasonable price (like $16 after shipping)
found the full tracklisting: 1.Don’t Move 2.Luv U Tokio 3.Maisie’s Avenue 4.Albore 5.Gravetrippin’ 6.Anodyne 7.Disaster Baby 8.Radio (META Version) 9.W.G.S.F. 10.Split Spirit (META Version) 11.Whiteout h 12.Threads
"Radio" was previously released by Towa Tei, featuring YT, probably my favorite song he's ever done. Looks good so far.
― frogbs, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
make sure u wish YT a happy birthday on facebook today
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
i know it's heresy but "hear say i", if you will: i'll take solo takahashi over hosono any day of the week
so many long stretches of both what me, worry and neuromantic are just siiiiiiick
like i just listened to "it's gonna work out" while watching sheryl crow's band rock out on mute at farm aid, and it made it seem like they were slaying the crowd with a journey of rhythm
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 September 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
and i like hosono a lot, too! he can't be denied! but i just feel like takahashi also cannot be denied
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 September 2017 05:13 (six years ago) link
when people talk about takahashi's voice, it's often about the bowie/ferry thing, but too often it is left unmentioned that he really had a great ear for melody. i think they're infectious and have a way of sounding very familiar while also kind of unpredictable at the same time.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 September 2017 05:17 (six years ago) link
I am 100% waving my Hosono san Ichiban!! giant foam finger most of the day, but I've come to really like YT's vocals over the last year. His voice nowadays though is a lovely mature thing.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 17 September 2017 11:54 (six years ago) link
Afraid the download link from Frogbs has really expired this time. Anyone want to do a re-up?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 17 September 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
I believe I've mentioned this on one of the other YMO threads but this asami kado album produced by mr. YT is one of my fave things he's done:https://www.discogs.com/Asami-Kado-La-Fleur-Bleue/master/1102921https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFIJtZjISWo
as for YT's solo stuff, those two records are solid. but generally... I feel like his albums are really patchy? I prefer hosono myself. um, very strongly.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
I like Takahashi's solo stuff the least of any YMO member (including Matsutake), but he's still an essential member of YMO. His combined live/Electronic drum sound is very distinct, and so are his vocals.
A lot of YMO records have a vocal melody that's pretty hard to follow, because Takahashi is sort of speaking/singing in a Lou Reed kind of way, and then there appears to be a pitch LFO on his voice on top of that. That style is all over BGM, and I have never heard that anywhere else -- except this Minks record from 2010.
― 3×5, Monday, 18 September 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
for sure! I particularly love his playing on "perspective"; it's a drum track that doesn't draw much attention to itself at first but is so crisp, lean, and propulsive. and those fills rule <3
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 18 September 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
yukihiro wrote some absolute classics.. "ballet", "rydeen"...
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
whoa @ that Minks track. that is a really distinct effect.
I'm surprised how well he's kept up his drumming, especially since he's been a frontman/solo artist for like the last 30+ years. This track (which feels to me like an update of "Expected Way") has some real superb drumming of it, a bit more complex even than what he was doing in his YMO days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkc5u9r5VF4
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
new Beatniks album coming soon, that's unexpected
and again. this time called "Exitentialist a Xie Xie"
I guess I've only just now pored over that first album. Despite featuring two excellent musicians I never really gave it much time. It's quite an odd little record, they intentionally go for a weird outsider and somewhat avant-garde vibe though (as expected) the tunes are pretty good. I'm still amused that Aphex Twin remixed a track from it on his "26 Mixes For Cash" album. No way did anyone pay him any money for that!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
awesome
ビートニクスが今度出す新作のアナログ盤ジャケットが…大名盤セカンドのリイシューで狂喜乱舞❗ pic.twitter.com/oYLluvgmwl— チキン カツ夫 (@djwaffle) April 21, 2018
― frogbs, Monday, 23 April 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Monday, December 16, 2013 10:12 PM (four years ago)
No joke. Just bought it a couple of days ago and I love it.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:33 (six years ago) link
I got a copy of What Me Worry at the beginning of the year. Has a really cool synth pop take on “It’s All Too Much”
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
blessed image
https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39569808_1895132173914923_2904513252153098240_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=baf50ae94f39867a437cb889ce671602&oe=5C07780F
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 August 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
YMO circa "Multiplies" X Sparks circa "Whomp That Sucker" would be something.
― clouds, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45066105_566410803773123_4338783272453537792_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=79faa70de92d9a4b70f387192b7e75f0&oe=5C88E1B8
the drummer for the greatest band of all time, and Ringo Starr
― frogbs, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
the strangest of the strangers...secondhand teenagers
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:58 (one year ago) link
Finally watched the movie. it is insane! highly recommended.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:36 (one year ago) link
The link from poster visiting is fine if you've got an ad blocker
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
oh yeah, I forgot to report back but watched that basically immediately after grabbing it. a total blast! the kind of thing I'd picture grabbing at the video store and seeing a quote like "a truly delightful romp!" on the cover.
re: movie + the wine and cheese vid - was mr. yt known for being a francophile or something? or maybe everyone was in the 80s...
also recently watched obayashi's the island closest to heaven, he's in that one too, tho briefly. loved it, in any case.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 19 March 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
back cover of his first albumhttps://i.discogs.com/YG39ydbuIyKovYS8vw5CTfGfyolRrPKJeY7YgTv5QcI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc3NjMx/MC0xMzk0MDY5MjM4/LTIzMzguanBlZw.jpeg
― visiting, Sunday, 19 March 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
was mr. yt known for being a francophile or something?
well Keiichi Suzuki (the other half of Beatniks and one of his best friends) for sure was. plus there's the whole first album thing.
― frogbs, Monday, 20 March 2023 02:12 (one year ago) link
well, here's where I admit I've never listened to the first YT record...
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 20 March 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASxctAzCKkE
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
Also 71 today!
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
lol he calls Steve Jansen "Steve-O"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:31 (one year ago) link
The Alfa YT channel is v underrated, so much great stuff in there.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
Here's a translation of Sayonara, one of the two Japanese songs on What, Me Worry?
...
(spoken)It's really such good, bright weather...The sun's glare casts a shadow behind the two of us.
(sung)You swing your hand so broadly it seems it's about to fall off.I close my dazzled eyes.Such nice weatherand I'm going to say goodbye...
A bright goodbyeA bright goodbye
(spoken)In such good, quiet weather,the cicadas are singing a little too loud...
(sung)You swing your hand so broadly it seems it's about to fall off.I'll be alright -- for sure I'll be alright.I'm going to say goodbye sadly to you, bathed as you are in the bright light.
This song could bring me to tears before I even attended to the lyrics; how much more so, now? I love you forever, YT.
― TheNuNuNu, Saturday, 3 February 2024 06:54 (four months ago) link
And the other, Flashback (Sakamoto's music, Takahashi's words). Didn't quite cry while translating this one, but a couple times I had to stop and say, "Holy fuck." There are elegant elements of the Japanese that I couldn't get across in English -- places where Takahashi's text is poignantly succinct, or beautifully vague, or drifts off in just the right way.
A phantasm drifts at the edge of the water,rustling faintly and sadly in the weeds.Back then every day was like a dream.That fragrance always flooding everything.
In the full light of a lovely morning,my heart cracked. Come, let's find somewhere to throw it away.
And honestly, I didn't understand any of it,any of the absurd falsehoods spoken over and over and over again.To this day, I try and summon the faded images of what I witnessed -- though, where...? I can't remember.
Deep in the tender twilight,my heart cracked. Come, let's find somewhere to throw it away.
[instrumental verse]
To this day, I try and summon the faded images of what I witnessed -- though, where...? I can't remember.
To this day, I try and rememberthe fading colors, the timeworn tale, the customary scene.
A phantasm drifts at the edge of the water,rustling faintly and sadly in the weeds.Back then every day was like a dream.Always that faint fragrance in the shadow of the flowers.
― TheNuNuNu, Sunday, 4 February 2024 03:32 (four months ago) link
Love this. Hosono looks so happy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzIpofcS3e0
― TheNuNuNu, Saturday, 17 February 2024 03:00 (three months ago) link