From waving AND drowning Sent Mon, Aug 17th 1998, 15:20
From waving AND drowning Sent Mon, Aug 17th 1998, 15:20
I know where you can find out if you're REALLY curious.... http://www.oceanofk.org/artskool/jem/ymo1.html Japanese (YMO site) and here is the YMO xxxx....xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx. email here for signing on to the YMO list jeff Chip wrote: > interestingly enough, i saw snake eyes (nicolas cage) last week, and > while the title credits were passing by, i saw that the score was done by > sakamoto. unfortunately, i got too wrapped up in the movie to really pay > attention to the score as anything other than a tension builder, so i > can't give any sort of review/opinion. anyone else know about this? > > thanks, > alan! > > On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, waving AND drowning wrote: > > > Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from > > neo-classical to techno to pop and several points in between. Geez...where do > > I start? This guy has a - what? - 20 + year career we're talking about here > > full of twists and turns. If you can find "Technodon" (is this a Japanese only > > release or did it simply never see US domesticity?) by YMO, consider yourself > > lucky. That may be the group's > > most this-listy thing. I'm kinda surprised this never gets mentioned as it's > > (imo) a lovely thing - prolly too poppy at points for the crowd here. > > "Technodelic" is also a good YMO staple, albeit a good 12 years older than > > "Technodon". You might be more familiar with Haruomi Hosono, who was also from > > YMO and whose output (sometimes, anyway) has more of a chance of being talked > > about in this neck-o-the-woods. As for what you heard on the Ninja thing, the > > remixers (Tobin and co.) have definitely left a vast impression on the outcome > > of Ryuchi's original product. > > jeff > > Ali Lalani wrote: > > > > > Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these > > > burning question...so here they are: > > > > > > 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this > > > has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS > > > gets my blood pumping! > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008 > > > > -- dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008