yamaoka yasuhiro - the switch (or unidentified frequency oscilltor) (2006)

yamaoka yasuhiro the switch (or unidentified frequency oscillator)



init_puls

01. ip_h
02. ip_f
03. ip_m
04. ip_y

programmed, recorded and mixed by yamaoka yasuhiro, august 27th-september 10th 2006, tokyo japan.
use waving isolation

init_puls :: reviewed by n

何だか新食感のアメ玉みたい。しかも無味の！食感のみの楽しみのための変なアメ玉。最初は硬いので奥歯でカラカラ弄んでると、そのうちに唾液がジワジワ〜っと滲んで来てシット〜リヤンワ〜リになったかと思うと、いきなり表面がホロホロっと剥がれ落ちザラザラした層が現れて、何じゃこりゃぁ？とか訝しがりながらも舌の上でコロコロコロリン♪と転がしてるうちに、さらに奥の層が剥離したかと思ったら、今度は歯にネチャネチャくっ付きそれが溶けきるか溶けきらないうちに、小さくて硬いツブツブが口いっぱいに広がって…‥・

init_puls :: reviewed by n (english translation: y with m)

like toffee with a new texture that's tasteless! the weird toffee is just for textural fun in the mouth. while playing its hard surface with back teeth, saliva begins oozing out slowly, making it wet and soft, suddenly the surface peels off little by little, its rough interior appears, still rolling on the tongue, wondering what kind of layer is revealed, soon the deeper layer is separated, the gluey something begins sticking to the teeth, just before it melts away, tiny hard grains spread fully around the mouth... . .

init_puls :: reviewed by n (興奮和訳)

....タフィー。..充填、新しいShoccan、どうにか。 そのうえ、ノーというのは味がします。Shoccanだけの楽しみのための奇妙なタフィー。時がたつうちに最初に、騒々しくプレーするとIsが汚す大臼歯とRiyanwa?糞のWhatで困難であるのが、突然Horohoroを剥き取って、秋が表面であるということであるということであるので唾液 Gewagewaであり、ふさわしいRiを考えながら、荒い層、およびいつに見えますか?内部の層が、それが疑わしいのですが、舌の上の Corocorocororin♪でそれを回転させている間、はげて、それが終わるとさらに、思うなら。Nechanecha Ts歯か今回…・・に溶けます。拡大… 満。固いTsbtsb、小さく、溶けることを終える前に口の動きで伝えます。

init_puls :: reviewed by n (excited english translation)

...toffee.. ..filling.. of new Shoccan somehow. Moreover, a no taste. Strange toffee for the enjoyment only of Shoccan. Is saliva Gewagewa in the course of time first because it is hard when clatteringly playing with by the molar?Is does blot and the shit?Riyanwa?What is it does peel off suddenly Horohoro, fall the surface, appear a rough layer, and when thinking becoming Ri?If the layer in the interior in addition thinks that it flaked off while rolling it with Corocorocororin on the tongue though it is dubious, it finishes ..Nechanecha Ts..melting to teeth or, this time, ... . . ..the extension... a full ..hard Tsbtsb.. mouth small before it finishes of melting



ritomica

05. ritomica 1
06. ritomica 2
07. ritomica 3

all files created by yamaoka yasuhiro, february 2006, tokyo japan.
oh, what a clap!



the switch (or unidentified frequency oscillator)

08. the switch 01
09. the switch 02
10. the switch 03
11. the switch 04
12. the switch 05
13. the switch 06
14. the switch 07
15. the switch 08
16. the switch 09
17. the switch 10

at the beginning of this project, the title was u.f.o. (unidentified frequency oscillator). while processing the sound files for this project, suddenly, an image came to my head: a switch on my forehead. it became very obsessive to me. i decided to change the title from u.f.o. to the switch.

i was recalling when i was child, it was great fun to play with the switches on the panel of audio devices. such as; tape recorders, amplifiers, radios, etc. these new electric toys gave me much influence in my improvisation. and yes, it was greater fun than practising the piano.

and i understand why the switch on my forehead. i am still doing the similar things with the new audio device: personal computer. i am just playing with the switches on the screen, like in my childhood.

i may be obsessed by the switch on the panel of u.f.o.

all switches built by yamaoka yasuhiro, april-october 2006, tokyo japan.
turn on the switch



catalogue number: yor-18

released on 15.10.2006.



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Yamaoka Yasuhiro - Four Variations in Stretch (2013)

Yamaoka Yasuhiro Four Variations in Stretch

01. Choir and the Phantom Strings
02. The Pianist Is Sleeping
03. Rocking Rolls
04. A Long Walk



Granular synthesis technology produces a quality of sound stretching without tonal pitch changes. When sound is over stretched, it causes a metallic feeling with a kind of quirky trembling from the granulated synthesis texture. Even though the result is not so smooth, the effect is like a microscopic view, zooming into the details of the sound. With this technique, the sound can be controlled for the wished duration and pitch, and short sound can be transformed into another kind of longer aural experience.

Four Variations in Stretch was created with this stretch technique and pitch changes from May to December 2013 by Yamaoka Yasuhiro.

Choir and the Phantom Strings: male chorus, The Pianist Is Sleeping: piano, Rocking Rolls: electric guitars, basses and drums, A Long Walk: a city noise.

Catalogue number: YOR-32



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EPF (1999-2006)

YOFonts EPF

I wanted to make the new font for my YOWorks web site around 1999. Sketches for some characters were drawn, but these had never been realized. Instead of this plan, I used Pixe and Smoo in some web pages of my YOWorks.
Around 2002, I picked up the sketches for upper cases, and made a font containing only upper cases with alternative characters; assigned into lower case keys. This font is called EPF. Later, I picked up the lower case sketches, and made a font containing only lower cases: similar to EPF. These two fonts come to build one font family which consists of EPF UC and EPF LC. Combining UC and LC in 2003, here the new family members have appeared: EPF UUL and EPF LUL. This sanserif font family in geometric, modern and naive feeling has been compiled like this way.
Added bolder compliments for EPF family in 2006, made additional characters in 2008 and 2013.

EPF is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 1999-2006.

Download free font (OpenType) EPF | A3 specimen poster

Vinea Sans & Egypt (1996-2013)

YOFonts Vinea Sans & Egypt

Vinea was designed in 1996 for my music project, and used just once. Vinea had only one weight, I added two more weights and small adjustments at the releasing in 2013.

Vinea Sans & Egypt is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 1996-2013.

Download free font (OpenType) Vinea Sans | Vinea Egypt | A3 specimen poster

Technotch (1996)

YOFonts Technotch

Technotch was designed originally for my music project in 1996, but this has been never used and has been forgotten. In 2013, I made Technotch Alternative. with the unused alternative characters.
I was about to change the font name, because this name seemed a little far from the image of the type set. On the other hand, I don’t know why, this typeface reminds me Japanese Techno Pop scene in 80’s. So, the name is still remained.

Technotch is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 1996.

Download free font (OpenType) Technotch | A3 specimen poster

Classiq (1992-2013)

YOFonts Classiq

Just after designing Practica, I began to draw another typeface in 1992 that was tentatively called Garamond Sans. As the name shows, this sans serif face has references to the various versions of Garamond including ATF, Monotype, Simoncini, Stempel, Adobe and so on. Practica is a sans serif face with a bone structure that is derived from Apple Garamond, but one that has a different proportion than the original Garamond. I then thought it would be an interesting challenge to make another sans serif adaptation of this well-known Old Roman style mid 16th century typeface.
Modern versions of the typeface Garamond are essentially based on the original cuts by Claude Garamond, however, some of the modern revivals, that I used as references, are based on re-cuts by Jean Jannon. Their italics are based on a design by Robert Granjon. The structure of the typeface that I have drawn is a mixture of these, therefore, in 2002, I changed the name of my Garamond Sans to Classiq.



Initially, my Garamond Sans only had a regular weight. The drawings were on paper; some of them were digitized, some were not. They just looked like sketches that were never completed and forgotten for a while. Later in 2002, I decided to expand the original weight to include 6 variations, and then changed the name of this typeface to Classiq. I discarded the old drawings on paper, and began to draw my new character variations on computer. I still could not pick the right ones from these additional variations, so just before the completion of Classiq, I constructed another family, Classiq Choix, with some alternative characters that included tabular numerals. Choix has a little more modern feeling than does the regular set of Classiq.



After the completion of Classiq I decided to make another alternative family with tails: Classiq Queue. I still had an idea for italic characters with tails that referred to Garamond Italic, but I almost abandoned this. At first, it only served as an italic accompaniment to the regular upright Classiq. Later I added shorter tails to the upright characters; then rebuilt the Queue family. The Queue italic looks closer to the Garamond Italic, but as a result, the Queue upright looks as if it has come far from its original reference.

Classiq is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 1992-2013.

Download free font (OpenType) Classiq, Classiq Choix, Classiq Queue, | A3 specimen poster (Classiq, Classiq Choix, Classiq Queue)

Font Alliance Network - Font x FAN Hybrid 2 (2013)

Font Alliance Network Font x FAN Hybrid 2

The 12,000 fonts DVD-ROM for Windows (XP or later) and MacOS (9 or later).

The selection includes the fonts from YOFonts. The package has OpenType/TrueType formatted fonts which include 740 full Japanese fonts, 81 Japanese Kana fonts, 301 numeric fonts, 3,262 European Alphabet fonts and 1,986 creators fonts collection. The first lot specially includes Cinema Font for the Japanese subtitles on the films.

21.03.2013 on sale
Standard price: ¥12,495 (including tax)
Direct sale price: ¥9,996 (including tax)

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