Comments on: Beat Bachs http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/09/beat-bachs/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/09/beat-bachs/comment-page-1/#comment-13446 Chuck Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:53:22 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=838#comment-13446 Probably not, but it's understandable. My knowledge of Japanese pop & electronic music is pretty limited, and at least 5 years out of date, but even an outsider can see there's a lot of cross-pollination going on. I've gotten a couple of the records <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=omodaka&x=21&y=21" rel="nofollow">from Amazon</a>, and the influences are from all over the place. Omodaka throws in the chiptune/8-bit stuff, and of course the traditional Japanese pop vocals, but I think they're all following the same trends and pulling from the same place. Some of the samples I recognize from Pizzicato Five remixes. I'm still astounded by that video for Kyoteizinc, even after watching it like a billion times over the last week. It's the first case I've seen where an artist's statement wasn't just pretentious nonsense, but it really does what it says: the "mutational fusion of music and motion graphics" from the "What is OMODAKA?" part. It really has knocked over my existing image towards a music video by a beautiful trajectory. Probably not, but it’s understandable. My knowledge of Japanese pop & electronic music is pretty limited, and at least 5 years out of date, but even an outsider can see there’s a lot of cross-pollination going on.

I’ve gotten a couple of the records from Amazon, and the influences are from all over the place. Omodaka throws in the chiptune/8-bit stuff, and of course the traditional Japanese pop vocals, but I think they’re all following the same trends and pulling from the same place. Some of the samples I recognize from Pizzicato Five remixes.

I’m still astounded by that video for Kyoteizinc, even after watching it like a billion times over the last week. It’s the first case I’ve seen where an artist’s statement wasn’t just pretentious nonsense, but it really does what it says: the “mutational fusion of music and motion graphics” from the “What is OMODAKA?” part. It really has knocked over my existing image towards a music video by a beautiful trajectory.

]]> By: Jake http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2008/09/beat-bachs/comment-page-1/#comment-13444 Jake Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:20:05 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=838#comment-13444 Thanks for sending this around, it's awesome stuff. Am I allowed to say that this stuff reminds me of the better electronically-focused music in the Katamari soundtracks (listeng to the 'kyotei daiski' video right now), without it being wholly obvious that this and the Katamari soundtracks are maybe the only things resembling Japanese music that I've listened to in the last two years? Thanks for sending this around, it’s awesome stuff. Am I allowed to say that this stuff reminds me of the better electronically-focused music in the Katamari soundtracks (listeng to the ‘kyotei daiski’ video right now), without it being wholly obvious that this and the Katamari soundtracks are maybe the only things resembling Japanese music that I’ve listened to in the last two years?

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