I wanted to make something familiar, like Musak music for this album. It's similar to Yamaocan Groove.
all files composed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro. recorded at home in Tokyo, April-December, 1996. composed between September 1994, and December, 1996. catalogue number: YOR-3.
Yamaocan Mood was originally released on cassette tape: YOT-3, 09.03.97. Afterwards was inserted between Over and It Was a Long Distance, only for the cassette tape release.
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically generated noise, randomly produced electronic signals, and non-traditional musical instruments. Noise music may also incorporate manipulated recordings, static, hiss and hum, feedback, live machine sounds, custom noise software, circuit bent instruments, and non-musical vocal elements that push noise towards the ecstatic. The Futurist art movement was important for the development of the noise aesthetic, as was the Dada art movement, and later the Surrealist and Fluxus art movements. During the early 1900s a number of art music practitioners began exploring atonality. Some composers proposed the incorporation of harmonic systems that were, at the time, considered dissonant. This lead to the development of twelve tone technique and serialism. There is a suggestion that this development might be described as a metanarrative to justify the so called dionysian pleasures of atonal noise. Contemporary noise music is often associated with excessive volume and distortion, particularly in the popular music domain with examples such as use of feedback. Other examples of music that contain noise based features include genres such as industrial, industrial techno, and glitch music exploit noise based materials.
duration: 45’28” created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro September 2009 text adapted and edited from en.wikipedia.org, read by Alex
01. Sleepwalking (destructive) 02. PIN.CC.O Once, BBS at the web site of ACE(Tone Note/MIDI Strage) was the place for exchanging audio files and for discussion on music. He exhibited his Sleepwalking for Hammerhead feast. (Hammerhead is a rhythm machine simulator software.) Later, he remixed his own Sleepwalking: Sleepwalking (suicide-mix). I made destructive version from these two versions. Several months later, he began using Acid (sound loop authoring software). PINOKO was his third work with Acid. The title PINOKO is taken from the name of the little girl character in Black Jack: manga by Tedzuka Osamu. The refference of her name and of the role are from Pinocchio: a well-known tale of the wooden little boy doll. The title PIN.CC.O, my transformed version for PINOKO, came from this background. PINOKO is withdrawn from ACE's web site now, I don't know why.
Sleepwalking (destuctive) was originally released on 20.06.99. PIN.CC.O was originally released in 11.99.
Unreleased 01. Inside View (2000) 02. Trauma (2000) from Basement Resonance (2000) 03. Basement Resonance 04. Basement Resonance (in the grave) Unreleased 05. 25.09.97 (1997) for TOSHIBA CLAIMER (1999) 06. It's Fun to Communicate Unreleased 07. Bloody Brothers (1999) 08. Devil/Man (fusion) (1999) 09. Swob (1998, remixed in 2006) 10. 12.12.97 (1997) from Yamaocan Special (1998) 11. Stabilized Low Unreleased 12. 04.01.00 (2000) for Winter Greetings 1997 (1997) 13. Home Way in Snow
all files created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro. except Inside View & Trauma: by Yeppie/Molder. It's Fun to Communicate: made from an audio file TOSHIBA CLAIMER on 01.11.99. Bloody Brothers: made of the fragments from; IronFruit 2000 by ACE, Fish by F7, 373 by funaki1Go, t2k by parabola on 26.10.99. Stabilized Low: made for Yamaocan Special on 29.11.98. Home Way in Snow: additional file for Yamaocan Special, originally released for Winter Greetings 1997 on 24.12.99.
Swob: created on 31.01.98, remixed in 05.06 - 06.06. No catalogue number.
Do you know about Anaheim Records? About the music label that existed mostly on the web for a year and a half. This music label, that Shigehito Funaki who lived in Ibaraki is thought to have been launched with his brother and friends in January 1998, already appeared on the web in October of the same year. But, around the end of May 2000, the label put "announcement of resting" to their web page, and they never come back again. Not like today (I am writing this in 2007), distributing music MP3 was not so common at that time. The label began their trial MP3 music distribution in February 1999 under such a circumstance. They even planned releasing music only through MP3 formatted package. If they have survived for today, they might become the one of oldest netlabels. The web project Techno Scholarship was the beginning. The aim of this project was; to exhibit the remixes for a chosen composition by the contributers who joined mostly through the web, to sell the compilation CD of their remixes and to pay back the sales to the contributors. That was why the project called scholarship, but actually, the CD had never been sold enough. Techno Scholarship continued to the third round. But many changes happened around the private life of Anaheim Records owner Funaki Shigehito, he could not keep the activities for the label any more. Producing the third CD was postponed forever. Therefore, YOWorks here took over the producion and the distribution of the third CD. And now, the MP3s and the card data for CD from the all three rounds are still available here on the web.
YOWorks feel sorry that the traces of Anaheim Records are disappearing. This web page is written to keep their traces.
Anaheim Records Statement
I said it the label, but it doesn't apply copyright management to the
organization, with the 3 participating artists including myself at this
time... Um, to say, it's all talk. Here comes my favourite original music
only, and if you have the similar taste with me, here you will find fun
to come. My thought is like this,
Is our music categorized to Techno for genre?? Anyway, my collection is
mostly Electro-Music. But, as I told it at first, I accept and introduce
any work like a band based music or a ridiculous pop song, when I think
it "great".
This is just the beginning with few compositions. Releasing one new work in two months at least, I go for it at this pace.
NEW mark indicates an addition of the latest updating. The extracts are
available for listening, but their sound qualities are poor and with no
stream play option. (18.10.98 finally available) In this condition, I am
nervous that it is really enough for a serious listening, for someone
interested in, come into the order section. Remind that they are not
free, I send you our CD or MD by postal deliver. (04.11.98 changed to
sell CD only)
"Put in my music, too", to people who say it, I am here waiting. Come
into the call for artist entry section. I have plans to introduce lots
of work, and to express the label's characters, sensibilities and
tastes, I am waiting for the entry of the music with originality from
you all. They are few yet now, I have begun introducing the web sites
that I think "great".
I am waiting for your e-mail with the impression, a hard criticism, etc.
01. Pink Noise / Shigehito Funaki I created this seriously. Though my goal was to compose characteristic
work, the latter half was made to a familiar feeling intentionally.
Please listen to this at night alone in your room. 02. Bird's Tail / Mituhiro Morita At first, I think this kind of music couldn't be judged from 2-3 minites
trial listening. I would like you to listen to whole music in CD. For
myself, as an creator, I like his manner of work, the way of ignoring
the listener expectation. My favourite is track 8: professor Luvsanjav. 03. Kyookon Butterfly / The swimmerz (The title says: Butterflying for a Courtship) Hi there, it's The swimmerz. I am sorry that this work is out of print
now. "Phew!" No more selling, but you can still have trial listening on
the web. I can serve the whole tracks by MP3 when you request them. "Ah,
I guess you won't do it." 04. No Purpose / Shigehito Funaki The selections are mostly from compositions around August-October 1996.
It was when I just got sampler, I recall that I tried various ways to
work with it.
06. at before down / neko no asioto The first release of "neko no asioto": an alias for Morita. He presented
his another side that was not shown before, such as a snare roll attack
(laughs). Listening from his previous work "Bird's Tail", it might be
interesting to know the changes of his tastes. On the other hand, he is
very good guitarist. I like to say I want him to sing along his guitar,
just saying.
07. Craftman's amber works#001 / V.A. Compiled and directed by tamaki. Contributers are MaM, Touru Fukuhara,
Morihisa Ikeya plus 3 Ana-Rec guys. If you would like to contribute your
work, send e-mail to Anaheim Records. We welcome you to pick up the parts from these compositons to sample, if
you want to use the used samples alone, I will tell you the sample
library/the sources what we used. Make contact with me. (from tamaki) For our CD card, I call for entry of photo, illustration, painting and more from you all. Send e-mail to Adachi. (from MaM) 08. Techno Scholarship Lesson#1 / V.A. Finally, the CD of Techno Scholaship at "Remix" page has come! Play it
loud and enjoy as you like. "It comes at the usual Ana-Rec price."
09. Techno Scholarship Lesson#2 / V.A. The 2nd release of Techno Scholaship. The part from the original mix is
very lessor than previous one! "Is this really the remix work?!" It may
be because of the 2nd try, I feel there was a well coordinated play each
other.
Anaheim Records takes a break for a while.
You can still enjoy our music files in the web site,
but the updates are no longer added for producer's circumstances.
I thought it's better to close everything forever,
but I changed my mind, hibernating for a while, promising a new start.
Thank you to all visitors.
See you next time at the new "Ana-Rec"!
(2000.05.26) original text by Funaki Shigehito, traslated from Japanese to English by YOWorks.
Techno Scholarship the 3rd, so-called Tech-Schor 2000, or Fools' Scholarship in another name, has changed its way a little from the previous two conventions. It called for entries of foolish songs, then, each student remixed the song which he liked.
01. F7 I am chipper son of the bitch 02. ACE The Last of Killer ACE Koroshiya ACE no Saigo 03. Yeppie Ant Sandals Arinko Sandaru 04. Wen U3 05. funaki1Go Marshmallow Man Mashumaroman 06. ACE SOB 07. jamicow The Last of Killer ACE (Fruity-mix) 08. jamicow I am chipper son of the bitch (rock da house live mix) 09. ACE Super Machismo 10. ACE ALLIGATOR 11. Yeppie I am chipper son of the bitch (trippin') 12. F7 The Last of Killer ACE - Consomme 13. Yeppie Burial 14. Wen my saw 15. Yeppie U3 (surf 'n' snow) 16. funaki1Go Mashumaroman - Kashikoku Naritai mix 17. Yeppie Mashumaroman (fuwafuwa S) 18. jamicow Mashumaroman (FM Sound Street Demo mix)
tr01-tr05: Uploaded at their websites on 1st/April/2000. tr06-tr13, tr15-tr16: Uploaded at their websites from 22/April/2000 to 1/May/2000. Re-issue and card design by Yeppie for YOWorks. Additional photo materials provided by ACE and F7. Special thanks to funaki 1Go.
Copyright of each track is owned by each artist. Please enjoy these tracks only for yourself.
Commentary about Ant Sandals
Poem by Yeppie (translated from Japanese to English):
If it means a dry love abandoned From a story endless It will roll down to the house of glass
My dance Kind desperation
The bath supine Slimmer peaky
Hi there
There is no meaning in the title Arinko Sandaru (Ant Sandals), neither in the words of this tune.
This work is one from my Harisen Poemer Yeppie series which had been introduced in a net. (Harisen is a kind of Japanese fan which has wider side to slap one's face or head in a "comedic" situation, when he (or she) spoke (or did) a fool thing. Poemer means poet. This wrong English is one of Japanese narrative English - so called Japanese English. The name Harisen Poemer is also taken from Hariken Polymer: a Japanese action SF.) The aim of this is; writing the words which have no meanings and which comes to my mind automatically, then rewriting them in Kanji which have the same pronaunciations, and/or exchanging their lines, and show the lines as a poem (laughs) which seems to have some meaning. Is it really so? I don't know. In most cases, I composed the poems as results of confused and inexpressive mix of the words.
In Arinko Sandaru, I used rather common way to write words in Kanji, then arranged (or edited) the words. The sung melodies are made from edited adlib singings.
Originally released by YOWorks 01.04.01. Limited 6 copies edition included 2 special tracks: Introduction - Rap the Tech-Schor and Mashumaroman (fuwafuwa). No catalogue number Download MP3 package
Uploaded at their websites on 1st/April/1999. Originally compiled and released by funaki 1Go for Anaheim Records. Original card design by funaki 1Go. Calligraphic logotype by Wen at 000. Re-issue and card design re-arrangement by Yeppie for YOWorks.
Copyright of each track is owned by each artist. Please enjoy these tracks only for yourself.
The compilation does not include 2 tracks: winter mute patch mix by Ukiwa and winter mute Inside Mix by INSIDE.
Commetary about Winter Mutation (for A, E and 35)
The idea comes from the word "mute" from the original tune Winter Mute by AE35.
MUTING the original sound limitlessly, making another MUTATED tone from it.
The work was done with a sound editor software Alchemy: 1. Cut 8 bars out from the original. 2. Mute the sound to the minimum level. 3. Boost frequency bands at very narrow width with equalizer function. The tones are taken after the author's name of the original. A (tones based on 440Hz), E (tones based on 660Hz) and 35Hz. 4. Repeat 2 and 3 until the original sound disappears. 5. Make sound files in 35 times (x2) repeating sounds. 6. Mix these sound files by controlling their volumes.
My friend listened to this mutation and said: "I can see many cows in the distance." So, now it has another name Moo Moo Heaven Mix.
Remix project on the web: Techno Scholarship (1999-2001)
"Because each of us has a site for music, What do you think about remixing our music with each other?"
This message on a BBS is the starting point for the Techhno Scholarship. The members are the friends who met on the web. We choose one subject for the composition from members' ideas, and each contributes a remix in his own way.
The main website for this project was at Anaheim Records (out of business now). The project has stopped after 3 conventions from Jan/1999 - April/2000.
Various Artists Techno Scholarship Lesson #1
01. ACE Psychic Hi-kick 02. T.Matsuno/funaki1Go Introduce 03. jamicow "Psychic Hi-kick" Cosmic space style Mix 04. T.Matsuno Psychic Hi-kick Minimal Edit 05. AE35 Psychic Hi-kick Macroscope mix 06. funaki1Go PsychicFunachic 07. INSIDE Psychic Hi-kick INSIDE MIX 08. F7 Psychic Hi-kick Iconoclast MIX 09. ACE PsychoKiller lives on the second floor with his Cannon 10. Yeppie The Ghost of Psychic Hi-kick (secret track)
Uploaded at their websites on 15th/January/1999. Originally compiled by funaki 1Go with funaki 2Go for Anaheim Records. Original CD card design: funaki 1Go. Original materials: ACE (photo and logotype), F7 (font) and Yeppie (font and scholar mark). Re-issue and CD card re-design: Yeppie for YOWorks. Copyright of each track is owned by each creater. Please enjoy these tracks only for yourself.
The Ghost of Psychic Hi-kick was intended to be a secret track.
Originally released by Anaheim Records 24.02.99. No catalogue number.
began as a part of the work which is called tonebox (1998-), and turned into the work for year 2000 (tone 2000 - t2k is taken from y2k). using sounds which are made of frequency modurated sine waves. they are based on 2hz, 20hz, 200hz and 2,000hz. four tunes are remixes from root (the duration is 21'20").
tone 2000 generated by parabola, february-october, 1999. catalogue number: yor-7
saving or deleting files on the computer disk again and again, causes the fragmentation: the files and the vacant part of the disk break into small-fragments. fragmentator is a simulation of this "fragmentation" on 99 odd sound fragments (including the blank parts). 99 is the limit of file number with audio cd. each file for mp3 version is made with the same duration. random (shuffle) playback is recommended.
all files composed and produced by parabola. recorded and fragmentated in september/1996-march/1999, re-sectioned and divided into mp3 files in may/2006. catalogue number: yor-6.
fragmentator was originally released on compact disc recordable: yor-6 on 27.03.99.
01. Yet Ain't Hot Tonight 02. Practice of Romance 03. Light Me Up 04. Yet Ain't Hot Tonight 03
It began suddenly at my friend's BBS I used to visit. His idea was called Eurobeat feast, and I decided to make a track for this idea. 2 or 3 hours later, I completed Yet Ain't Hot Tonight. This is not exactly a Eurodance tune, but I uploaded this on the BBS. Unexpectedly, this tune was welcomed, so, I made two more, and called these three Euroid. 4 years later, my friend asked me to make an updated version of Yet Ain't Hot Tonight. In July, Yet Ain't Hot Tonight 03 was totally updated using Orion: music workstation software.
All files composed by Yeppie (Yamaoka Yasuhiro), April-May/1999. except "Yet Ain't Hot Tonight 03", July/2003. No catalogue number. Download MP3 package
Hammerhead feast began at friend's BBS. Hammerhead is the rhythm machine simulator, but I misunderstood it as a loop player. Because I didn't have it. I started to make these tunes with DigitalPerformer. But I couldn't hear any sound through it while I was working on it. Anyway, the results are unexpectingly interesting to me.
All files combined by Yeppie (Yamaoka Yasuhiro), May/1999. No catalogue number.
YOFonts LiqLiqwas designed from my need to have aLiquid Crystal Displayfont for a project I was asked to do. I did not have access to any fonts intended to express numbers in the 7 segment LCD format, so I decided to make my own. Later, I found that there are many LCD fonts available on the web, but I prefer my own alternative.Liq is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 1995.Liq is freeware (OpenType)Download free font (Opentype) | A3 specimen poster
Recordings 1977-1987: Early work by Yamaoka Yasuhiro
01. 1977 (1977) detail, unreleased 02. Running Water (1980) detail 03. Hato Poppo (1983) 04. Froschgesang (1981) 05. Octopus Song (1982) 06. Ennui (1982) 07. The Dozenth Appearance (1987) unreleased 08. Untitled (1984) unreleased 09. 1984 (1984) 10. Glass Cut Windows Face the Sky (1983) 11. Opaque Stars (1983) 12. B (1982) 13. Decrescent (1982) 14. Untitled (1983) 15. Very Much (1984) 16. Sanatorium (1984) 17. 1977 (1977) detail, unreleased 18. Return (1984)
These chosen sound files are from my very early recordings in 1977 to 1987. I used to play with various electric devices which include Compact Cassette Tape recorders, turntables, airwaves receivers, etc, and with several musical instruments since 1975. These devices spreaded out my sound experiences. I began collecting various sounds around me. Sometimes, recorded with my musical instrument playings. My very private label; Scribble Records was made to release my collections in 1982. The name of this label comes from my first collection's title in 1975: The Scribbling Days. Most of files in The Memorial Junk are from Scribble Records releases.
All files created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro. Froschgesang: traditional, arranged by Yamaoka Yasuhiro. All files recorded in Tottori except The Dozenth Appearance in Tokyo. Remastered and edited in February-March 2009. Catalogue number: YOR-20.
