From laerm Sent Fri, Sep 18th 1998, 03:15
From laerm Sent Fri, Sep 18th 1998, 03:15
i know there are YMO fans here. gotta be. i found this on...alt.music.synthpop? crazy. anyways, sounds way cool. too bad i live in america. :P In alt.music.synthpop, xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx (Ersatz) wrote: >YMO fans, rejoice, now is really a time to say "Hurrah" (pun intended) > >I had the luck of getting my hands on the two YMO DVDs released so far >in Japan. Well, in short, they're nothing less than astonishing. > >The first one is called Giga Clips. It runs 150 minutes, and is an >RSDL disk. It contains a brief history clip of YMO, from their >beginnings to the split of the band. We're then treated with NEW >interviews of the three members, which are interesting and giving >insight as to why and how they made the band. Then follows a HUGE >section of clips, live appearances and TV shows. >The fantastic thing about this DVD is that EVERYTHING is bilingual. >For the history clip, you have the choice between Japanese AND English >commentary, and all the interviews can be English subbed!!!!! :-)) >That's quite a treat, folks, believe me (Yukihiro is so funny!) >Qualities from the clips varies a lot, but that's to be expected, as >some of the material is now 20 years old. > >The second one is Giga Live. It contains roughly 30 titles (I didn't >count, sorry), and the disc runs 185 minutes. It, too, is RSDL. >Now, here are the good thing: Five titles have been remastered in 5.1 >sound (yeah!...) and three of them have multi-angles (4) >capabilities!!! Wow... As always, YMO-related material has been >innovative, to say the least. The live period covered spams from their >beginning to the final Propaganda concert in 1983. > >Both discs have a stereo PCM track of 16 bits and 48 KHz audio, except >for the tracks in 5.1 sound. ALL the titles sound like never before >IMO. The animated menus are simply fantastic and very easy to work >with, as they are in English. >Both discs come in a nice, big, black package. One is lead to believe >there will be a third disc, because on the first disc, the number 1 is >superimposed over the Y, which is also of a different color from the >otther two letters; while on the second one, 2 is superimposed in the >M... Well, we'll see, but that would be definitely nice to see a disc >detailing the solo career of each member... > >In all, this is THE definitive must-have for every YMO fan out there, >it's what we've been waiting for. The ONLY downside is that they are >coded for region 2. So you Americans will have a hard time playing >them... :-/ > >Enjoy! * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com #### "Nothing beats making a synth fart." Vince Clarke, Erasure