YMO Kirin Beer Commercial

The Making Of.


The Commercial

Previously posted here. I love the reference to Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. Akira Kurosawa is a master film maker.

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams on Amazon

YMO posts

BEHIND THE MASK ～ TECHNOPOLIS ～ RYDEEN (YMO copy)

YouTube via KM65536.

"2009/07/24. Prophet-5、VP-330、etc."

YMO posts

松武秀樹＆MMO on Stage2 @ Synth Festa Osaka 2013

Published on Dec 3, 2013 nicolai maruhama·95 videos

"We had a special stage on Synth Festa Osaka 2013.　（２３rd Nov. Dee Hall）
Our synth Master Hideki Matsutake joined this event and moog IIIc was operated.
Worth to see!

1.Tong Poo / YMO
2. Rydeen

Applied JASRAC

nicolai maruhama"

Part 1 here.

Update:

That's Hideki Matsutake on Moog modular. Via Wikipedia:

"Hideki Matsutake (born August 12, 1951 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming, as the assistant of Isao Tomita during the early 1970s and as the "fourth member" of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late 1970s to early 1980s.[1]

Through his participation in the session recording of Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1978 album Thousand Knives, he joined the recordings of Yellow Magic Orchestra during 1978-1982 as their sound programmer, to become known as "the fourth member" of the group. In 1981, he formed a unit of his own under the name Logic System, which released its latest album in 2008. He also continued to take part in solo activities by YMO members such as Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi beyond the group's breakup in 1983. He was also a member of the video game music group Akihabara Electric Circus in 1988[2] and composed music for the 1996 video game Guardian Heroes.[3] Today, Matsutake is also Chairman of Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association (JSPA)..."

YMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra RYDEEN cover

YouTube via gattobus.

"Here is another classic, this time from YMO.
It couldn't be missing in my cover collection, I really love this song.

I tried to use all my analog gear to recreate the sound of the original and I'm quite satisfied. Recorded in one shot... I did some mistakes, but... hey it's LIVE!

Hope you'll enjoy this ;-P

Instruments used:
- Nord Modular G2: Leads
- Elektron SPS-1 mkII: Drums
- Roland Alpha Juno 2: Brass
- Moog Little Phatty: Bass
- Virus TI: Arpeggio
- Korg TR-Rack: Strings
- Elektron Monomachine: Sequencing"

YMO - "La Femme Chinoise" on Prophet 600, Emax, Juno, Opera 6, Bit One, DX7, K3, Elsita & Linndrum

Valmont / Mooggy

"Ok this one took me a month to edit lol
19 tracks recorded with: Akai AX-80, Siel Opera 6, Crumar Bit One, Yamaha DX7, RMIF Elsita, Roland Juno 60, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Kawai K3, E-Mu Emax II.
Additional Linndrum LM2 played on VPROM.

- Akai AX-80: Bass, Verse Strings
- Siel Opera 6: Chorus Chords, Main Lead, Fonk Stabz Verse
- Crumar Bit One: Break chords, Chorus Syncope Chords
- Yamaha DX7: Main lead backs, Verse Stabs
- RMIF Elsita: (Played on a Roland R8) Snare double
- Roland Juno 60: Second Verse Lead
- Prophet 600: Chorus Strings, Chorus lead counterpoint, Chorus ponctuation
- Kawai K3: Verse Lead, Verse Lead Octave
- E-Mu Emax II: Verse Strings Lead Double, Bass ponctuation, Verse Stabs

Effects processors used:
Eventide Blackhole, SynthTronic Chorus, XLN RC-20, Waves J-37, Arturia 1973-Pre, IK TR5 EQual, U-He Presswerk, Xfer LFO Tool, Alex Hilton Stereo Control, Softube Drawmer S73, Nomad Factory 80's Spaces, XLN DS-10, Izotope Mastering Essentials, Fuse Audio Labs Chorus-65, Arturia Tape-201, JST BG-Mix

This song was written by Yukihiro Takahashi and Chris Mosdell, on the album 'Yellow Magic Orchestra' by YMO in 1978. Co-arranged with Ryuichi Sakamoto.


Find my stuff here! https://linktr.ee/Valmont"

Polymoog Synthesizer

YouTube via KM65536
"Great strings sound!
これは私の所有物ではありません。
YMOのコピーバンドで有名なあの方のお宅へ遊びに行った時のものです。
このストリングスサウンドは素晴らしすぎます。
ほ、欲しい。。"
Googlish:
"
Great strings sound!
This is my property.
YMO is when I went to your house to play with him the copy of the famous band.
This is too SUTORINGUSUSAUNDO greatness.
Most want."

cosmic surfin'

YouTube Uploaded by mttakuharu1 on Jul 10, 2011

"こんにちは。ymo大好きな中2です！
久しぶりにUPします！
今回はPublic Presserの中で1番ライヴ感がある、cosmic surfinをコピーしてみました！まだまだヘタクソですが宜しければ聞いてみて下さい！感想お待ちしてます！
ワールドハピネスでも演奏してほしいです！"

Googlish:
"Hi. The two loves of ymo!
The UP again!
We have a live feel in the No. 1 Public Presser, I tried to copy the cosmic surfin! Please try badly but still may want to ask! I welcome comments!
I want you to play at the World Happiness!"

Behind the Mask on Monomachine

YouTube via QuadraPolyphonic.

Click here for all posts mentioning YMO.

"Playing YMO's Behind the Mask with Monomachine and Electribe ER-1. Audio recorded by Logic using Presonus Fire Studio Tube interface."

YMO Behind the mask cover AtomoSynth x Dante-droid

Published on Dec 21, 2015 atomolab

"Hello, it is a cover of YMO Behind the mask, using 3 AtomoSynth KOE synth voice modules and 4 AtomoSynth TOTEM percussion modules."

Update: Some additional info via this upload on YouTube:

"Published on Dec 21, 2015
Atomosynth Analog Synthesizer System.
Programmed by Dante Gonzales.
Music by: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Lyrics by: Chris Mosdell
El Paraíso del Silicio Lima -Perú 2015
Koe analog synthesizer x 3
Totem Analog Drum Synthesizer x 4
Electroharmonix Vocoder
Trigger/CV Interface: Arturia BeatStep Pro

Hi Hats and Polyphonic Chords: Roland JV-880
Phaser Strings: ARP Omni 2 + Pearl Phaser"

The Sound of YMO with Arp Odyssey and Oberheim Synthesizers

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-23 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound​ channel: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com

One of my favorite tracks made by the Yellow Magic Orchestra
Solid State Survivor from the year 1979
Rest In Peace Yukihiro Takahashi ✨

YMO used a lot stuff in the original track. I have reduced the arrangement to some sounds.

bass synthesizer sounds: Arp Odyssey mk.3 from the year 1978
chords and lead synth: Oberheim OB-X and OB-Xa synthesizer (1979/1980), Arp Odyssey
fx sounds: Arp Odyssey

The ARP ODYSSEY Synthesizer is one of the legendary synths in music history. Used by many pop and rock groups in the 70s, 80s and today. Here can you find the full ODYSSEY playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The ODYSSEY playlist:"

KDJ-ONE YMO Rydeen Cover

video upload by Mush

And the original:

Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Rydeen“ (Official Music Video)
video upload by

"Official music video for 'Rydeen' by Yellow Magic Orchestra ©1980 ALFA MUSIC

'Rydeen' was first introduced in YMO's second album Solid State Survivor in 1979, and was released as a 7 inch single on June 21, 1980, coupled with 'Cosmic Surfin' in Japan.

Stream the song here: https://smdr.lnk.to/YMO_Rydeen"

YMO MUSIC PLANS(cover)

Published on Aug 20, 2016 Tosh Ara

"YMO MUSIC PLANS winter Live版をコピーしてみました。雰囲気をどうぞお楽しみください。(^_^)"

RYDEEN/YMO

Tosh Ara

Update: video re-uploaded

And the original live:

YMO - Rydeen (Budokan 1980)

Tosh Ara

TOYO GAKKI ULT-SOUND DS-4 ProMuzer Pedal Pad set!! YMO Drum Synth

via this auction

"Included

ULT-SOUND DS-4 ProMuzer (Good Condition)
Pad x4 (There are scratches and rust)
Pedal tuners
Manual
Code x3 (A state is not good)
Power supply (Not original)
Hard Case"

You can see the ULT-SOUND DS-4 in these YMO videos. Also see the Ultimate Sound label below for more.

YMO - FOCUS (cover with English lyrics)

YouTube Published on Jul 9, 2012 by EnvelopeGenerator

"EnvelopeGenerator on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EnvGen
My tracks on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/envelopegenerator/sets

My favourite song by my favourite band - I've been meaning to do a cover of this for years! It's a little bit more gritty and industrial than YMO's version.

Super mega awesome thanks to Helen for translating the lyrics - the original song is in Japanese (with a little bit of English), so I figured it might be fun to try it in English (with a little bit of Japanese). Sorry if my pronunciation's terrible, I don't speak any Japanese :P

Also, this is my first video with my fancy-pants new DSLR. Totally abusing shallow depth of field here - give me a break, the song is called "Focus" after all! Completely destroyed my computer though - a 4 minute video took up nearly 500GB of disk space, made my video editing software crash at least 20 times, and caused my computer to overheat and reboot twice.

Oh, and finally - happy belated birthday to Haruomi Hosono!

Equipment:
Bass - Moog Little Phatty
Drums - Alesis HR-16B
Pads - Roland Juno 6, KORG Microkorg
SFX - Commodore 64 computer with MSSIAH synth cartridge, Nintendo Gameboy Color with LSDJ cartridge
Fender Lite Ash Stratocaster
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi distortion pedal"

忌野清志郎+坂本龍一”い・け・な・い・ルージュマジック(cover)

Published on Sep 2, 2015 Tosh Ara

Get up and dance!

"忌野清志郎+坂本龍一”い・け・な・い・ルージュマジックをcoverしてみまし­た。清志郎さんの歌声は今聞いても鮮烈なインパクトがあり、YMO最盛期の教授との異­色コラボで当時はヘビロテ状態でした。(^_^)"

"The 'kiyoshiro imawano + Ryuichi Sakamoto' Lee only-a-physician Rouge Magic tried to cover. Kiyoshiro's singing voice has a vivid impact even heard now, at the time in the unique collaboration with professor of YMO heyday was Hebirote state. (^ _ ^) "

DSI Prophet-6

Ryuichi Sakamoto & his Fairlight 1984

Ryuichi Sakamoto of YMO. Be sure to check out the YMO videos in these posts as well. Via DVDBORN, where you will also find this interesting Japanese clip featuring the Fairlight CMI Series 2..

YMO's Moog Modular? - New Flickr Shot

This Flickr shot claims to be Yellow Magic Orchestra's Moog. Title link takes you there.

YMO - LIVE GREEK THEATRE '79 - PT1 - PT4

YouTube via ymo1965 | August 25, 2007 |
Synth spotting...
"4th August L.A '79

Anybody who owns 'Public Pressure' will instantly appreciate this

Hideki Matsutake (Logic System) is perched behind that 'Techno Spaghetti' console (Moog III) behind takahashi-san!

I was expecting 'Cosmic surfin' after the intro (just like the cd) so must be an alfa edit"

via BURNCARDS

REINTRODUCING THE P.M.S. SYNTAR ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER

YouTube via redmartian

"The Syntar was designed in the late 70s by George Mattson. George's company, P.M.S. (Performance Music Systems) manufactured these units with some work done by EML. There are roughly 8 units built and sold with a handful of prototypes, but by 1980 Moog Music had the Syntar beat marketing wise with its lesser Liberation.

Mark Mothersbaugh once optically scanned a Syntar at NAMM, but it seems the Liberation ended up in their rig.

I wanted to post a simple piece first and then later go into much further detail about what the Syntar can do that most mono-synths cannot and why it blows all other 'keytars' away.

(I hope I beat Jean Michel Jarre by posting the first Syntar video anywhere)"

Note that Jean Michel Jarre indeed did recently pick up a Syntar. Via his official blog:
"These past few days I have been chasing some analog instruments which I need for some new tracks and for the future on stage. I found a second Moog Liberation and a very rare portable keyboard, the Syntar."
YMO