KORG KSMF-S03 YMO - Light in Darkness

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KORG KSMF-S03
Super Library Series
YMO - Light in Darkness
Production: KORG
Series: Super Library Series
Code: KSMF-S03
Title: YMO - Light in Darkness
Release year: 1995
Programming: Junzo Tateiwa
Sound format: GM
File format: SMF Type 0
Medium: 3½" 2DD

A selection of songs by the Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra's albums BGM (1981), Technodelic (1981) and Technodon (1993).

Tracks

  • Disk 1 (KSMF-S03A)
    • GMS00210.MID - Ballet (from BGM)
      バレエ
    • GMS00220.MID - Music Plans (from BGM)
      音楽の計画
    • GMS00230.MID - Mass (from BGM)
      マス
    • GMS00240.MID - Camouflage (from BGM)
      カムフラージュ
    • GMS00250.MID - Stairs (from Technodelic)
      階段
    • GMS00260.MID - Seoul Music (from Technodelic)
      京城音楽
    • GMS00270.MID - Light in Darkness (from Technodelic)
      灯
  • Disk 2 (KSMF-S03B)
    • GMS00280.MID - Prologue / Epilogue (from Technodelic)
      前奏 / 後奏
    • GMS00290.MID - Nanga Def? (from Technodon)
    • GMS00300.MID - I Tre Merli (from Technodon)
    • GMS00310.MID - Silence of Time (from Technodon)

Credits

Liner notes

🇯🇵 Japanese (original) 🇬🇧 English (machine translated)
プログラマが語る「このデータの聴きどころ

最初にKORGからオリエンを受けたときには、この選曲では売れないのではないか?と心配になったほどマニアックな曲が選ばれています。

BGM~テクノデリックのころのYMOはロシア構成主義への傾倒など、前衛的な作風が多く、 商業的にもあまり成功しませんでした。しかし、この時期が一番好きというファンも多く、アルバムは今でも根強い人気を持っているようです。「テクノデリック」はサンプリング黎明の時代で現実音が多く、工場ノイズなどのシミュレーションには苦労しました。

「テクノドン」は比較的「今風」の音で、レコーディングにもKORGのシンセが多用されており、似た音色を探すのはかなりラクでした。一番気に入っているのは「灯」、「Prologue~Epilogue」 あたりの曲ですね。「音楽の計画」のヴォコーダーボイス、「京城音楽」のトランシーバーボイスあたりの考えて創りこんだ部分も是非聴いてください。

立岩潤三

A Programmer's Perspective: "Highlights of This Data"

When I first received the orientation from KORG, I was worried that the song selection might not sell because it was so niche.

YMO's BGM - Technodelic era featured many avant-garde styles, including an inclination towards Russian Constructivism, and wasn't very commercially successful. However, many fans consider this period their favorite, and the albums still enjoy strong popularity. "Technodelic" was from the early days of sampling, and it featured many real-world sounds; simulating factory noises and other such sounds was challenging.

"Technodon" has a relatively "modern" sound, and KORG synthesizers were used extensively in the recording, making it relatively easy to find similar timbres. My favorites are "Light in Darkness" and "Prologue / Epilogue". Please also listen to the carefully crafted parts, such as the vocoder voice in "Music Plans" and the transceiver voice in "Seoul Music".

Junzo Tateiwa

Images

Cover

Liner notes

Disks


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