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Yamaoka Yasuhiro Easy Ride
01. side one
02. side two
03. album version
04. secret track
Groovy Booby, Yeah Yeah!
All files composed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro.
side one and side two 01.2003, album version and secret track 10.2003.
No catalogue number.
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Yamaoka Yasuhiro "Remix?" for Wantech
01. Shiranai Oyaji (try it!)
Wantech visited Tone Note BBS of ACE, and asked how to get an extract of the vocal section apart from accompaniment; he called it ekisu (essence). ACE was showing the succeeded sample at his BBS. He wrote back "just try it", instead of giving the answer. Wantech could not reach the answer.
Several days later, Wantech made a song: Shiranai Oyaji (an old stranger man). It's a song about unknown old man who is singing alone in the midnight. This was exactly what Wantech did. Wantech thought that singing by himself is easier rather than trying to extract the vocal part from a prepared audio file. Wantech uploaded the audio file of his vocal part to both of his web page and ACE's BBS.
The other day, a web friend of Wantech opened the web page for remix entries. The first subject was Wantech's Shiranai Oyaji. It seemed an interesting idea because Wantech had a web site for Orion users, his friend had a web site for Acid users. (Both of two web sites no longer exsist.) Their calls for entries had begun almost at the same time. They had gotten 4 to 5 entries from Acid users, but from Orion users. So, I decided to enter my remix file that was made with Orion. And this is the last entry for this project.
Shiranai Oyaji (try it!) was originally released in 03.2001.
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Yamaoka Yasuhiro Shumekuri Calendar
01. No Snow, HereNovember 2002, recorded in NY USA.these files are made for weekly web calendar project by contributors through the web.
02. please call againJanuary 2003, recorded in TYO JPN.
originally, the short 30sec version was exhibited for the ongoing project.each work was exhibited for 7 days.
03. fmxmhzMay 2003, recorded in TYO JPN.I contributed music mp3 files except for
04. Saguriai no Blues (karaoke)September 2003, drawn in TYO JPN.
the karaoke added in May 2006 TYO JPN.Saguriai no Blues: an imaginary folk song, shown just as a page from an imagined song book. now, you can sing it with karaoke mp3.
05. TOTAL ISOLATIONDecember 2003, recorded in TYO JPN.Saguriai no Blues English translation
Feel Each Other Out Blues
lyrics and music by Saguri Ai
Feeling each other out, touching each other / We are living, me and you / Here, there, everywhere / Feeling each other out, touching each other / Holding each other out, fraying the nerve ends / Feeling each other out, touching each other / We are living, me and you / For today, for tomorrow, everyday / Feeling each other out, hanging each other on / Holding each other out, bearing each other with / Robbing each other, giving each other / Vowing each other, nipping nipples each other / We are living, me and you / In the morning, in the night, everytime
(Dialogue) Well, let's sing this song and enjoy itall files created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro.no catalogue number.
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Yamaoka Yasuhiro 30 seconds conceptual moments
these sound files were made for Himekuri Calendar: a daily exhibition on the web by the artists who joined through the internet. my 30sec. c. m. is all set in the same duration of 30 seconds like a commercial video; each sound has its conceptualized background. contributing artists were asked that they should make their work under a monthly given theme.
01. indigo tones
theme: ai. I took ai for ai-iro (indigo). the noise spectrum is classified into colors, similar to the light wave spectrum; lower is red, higher is blue. based on this, Indigo Tones are made from the sound around indigo.
02. treasure search
theme: takaramono. means treasure. I searched the web for treasure, like pirates go on a treasure hunt. text data I found was edited as a poem, then transformed into background sound.
03. Thai foo
theme: tai hoo. uses rhythm patterns which are popular in Thailand country pop music.
04. surf on Jane
theme: tai hoo. it reads as typhoon, too. each typhoon, called by a female name, makes a bigger wave. it's a big try for a surfer but will also swallow him up.
05. cut, plug
theme: cut. sometimes, a spoken word in broadcasting is cut away if it's considered dirty or socially unacceptable. the word goes into silence, or a beep sound. sometimes, I hear music in it.
06. smile s.e.t.i.
theme: uchoo. the space. sine wave frequency curves draw a smile for ET.
07. sonic zoom
theme: zoom. zooming the sound in strength and length.
08. Hitomi my love
theme: hitomi. a lonely man sings a story about a girl: Hitomi!
09. dolphin party
theme: iruka. means dolphin. using the simulated sound which dolphin will make.
10. kill that bug
theme: mushi. means bug. the bad electric contact makes a noisy bug.
11. urban cricket
theme: mushi. when travelling to Seoul, Korea, I heard a strange sound of crickets. they were alarm clocks that a man was selling along the road.
12. technocut
theme: techno. a haircut with no sideburns is called as techno cut in Japan.
13. the end of groove
theme: groove. simulated sound of an analogue disk player playing at the end of the groove.
14. e-massage
theme: massage. put stereo speakers onto your shoulder, then play "e-massage" with maximum volume. is it cure? I do not guarantee you or your speakers, if you try this.
15. prayers echo
theme: inori. means praying. a mixture of chants from three different religions.
16. the last aphorist
theme: choh. means ultra. an ultra high-speed full-length version of Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.
all files conceptualized and generated by Yamaoka Yasuhiro in January-December/2001.
background vocal on Hitomi my Love by Molder.
no catalogue number.
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Totsuzen Danball Travel Alone with My Souloriginal versions by Totsuzen Danball01. Pettara Petarako Pettakko02. Jelly Beans Say03. Whiteman04. A Desert Island05. Hey!remix versions by Yasuhiro 'Yeppie' Yamaoka06. Pettara Petarako Pettakko (tour de monde)07. Jelly Beans Say (wrap round)08. Whiteman (everybody loves)09. A Desert Island (step outside)10. Hey! (go for it!)Refreshed old songs and fresh new songs with two versions each!Pettara Petarako Pettakko: first appeared on Sukidayo from Wax Record (Japan, 1993).
Jelly Beans Say: first appeared on compilation album Bowling Balls II from Clone Records (USA, 1981).
Whiteman: first appeared on 7" single Whiteman/Henna Permanent from Pass Records (Trio/Kenwood) (Japan, 1980).
A Desert Island: first appeared as rough recording on the special bonus CD-R from Disk Union for album D (Japan, 2008).
Hey!: unpublished.Produced by Toru Matsuura, Syunji Tsutaki.Recorded by JCR May - July 2010.Mixed, Remixed by Yasuhiro 'Yeppie' Yamaoka.Syunji Tsutaki: Vocal, Chorus, Guitar, Bass & Drum Programming.Yasuhiro 'Yeppie' Yamaoka: Electronics.Photo & Design by Yasuhiro 'Yeppie' Yamaoka at YOWorks.Catalogue number: JCRCD-0026 (limited 200 copies).Get the CD-R ! (Japanese)Totsuzen Danball Official Website (Japanese)AD page for Travel Alone with My Soul at YOWorks. (English)About Totsuzen Danball Formed by the Tsutaki brothers as a performance group for art events in 1977. Under the influence of the global Punk/New Wave movement, their debut was with Trio Records in 1980. Since then, they have run their own label FLOOR (Nippon Cassette Tape Recorzing), releasing albums continuosly. Later, Tokuma Japan Communications re-issued all of their titles through CDs. They cover many styles in the pop/avant-garde territory with rock band form/improvisation by guitar & effectic percussion/Apple Macintosh based computer programming, etc.Selected Discography Whiteman (1980), Naritatsukana?/Can I? (1981), Yokushi Onryoku (1991), Fubi (1991), Sukidayo (1993), Super (1995), I Love Love (1997), Kanshoh Ongaku (1999), Kono Yo ni Nai Busshitsu (2002), Junsui de Socchokuna Omoide (2007), D (2008).What's happened?! Why has YOWorks collaborated with the legendary Japanese rock band Totsuzen Danball (translated as sudden cardboard). It is the magic of the web. Do you believe in magic? I do! I met Toru Matuura; the guitarist from Totsuzen Danball through the web. One day, I got an emergency call from him, searching for someone to mix down their new recordings for the promotion. Yes, OK. Why not? Oh it's my pleasure!Yamaoka Yasuhiro August 2010.
Yamaoka Yasuhiro Out of the Room, Aircheck, Music for an Exhibition
Out of the Room (1987)
01. Out of the Room
for Synthesizer and Microphones. Improvisation. Recorded in September 1987.
One starry night, I was trying to mix my plays of synthesizer Yamaha DX21. By accident, my monitor headphone was off, then I heard surrounding insects singing around the outside of my room. It sounded very electronic. I put the microphone to the outside of the room, recorded it togather with my improvisation.
Aircheck (1983)
02. a: 20.08.83
for Airwaves receiver. Recorded on 20th August 1983. Detail from 24'00".
03. b: 24.08.83
for Airwaves receiver. Recorded on 24th August 1983.
04. c: 24.08.83
for Airwaves receiver. Recorded on 24th August 1983. Detail from 11'01".
The original title of this series was Wireless Song and there were four (or more) recordings for the album Y. Yamaoka 3 in 1983. Both of the master tape of the chosen recording and the original copy of the album has been lost forever, but the rest has survived here. I recorded these sounds from the electronic field with my handmade airwaves receivers.
The field recording could be compared to photographing: cutting the sound in a certain moment and cropping the scene from a landscape. Aircheck, the set of snapshots of airwaves, is composed as the electronic field recording.
Music for an Exhibition (1985)
05. 18'45"
for three MSX computers, programming. Recorded on 5th August 1985.
06. 20'35"
for Piano and tape, Improvisation. Recorded on 7th August 1985.
Music for an Exhibition is composed for the Group Tsukune-Imo which was formed by the art club members from their graduate high school of Tottori in 1985. I exhibited these two music at the city public gallery. Each of them had the title, but I delete thier titles here, showing their durations instead. The one reason is, I think they had not have their titles from the beginning. Second, I am not sure the titles on the master tape are the same ones for the exhibition. Also, I cannot remember the certain content of the statement which I wrote for the work in this exhibition.
18’45” is composed for three MSX computers. The original idea was to install three computers at the various points in gallery, and to repeat play command while the exhibition was on. But there was no way to prepare them all, instead of this idea, I mixed down pre-recorded three tracks to 2-channel tape.
20’35” is corresponding improvisation to 18’45”, with Piano and pre-recorded reversed tape. If possible, my idea was to play piano with the tape at the exhibition, but I knew it was impossible. Instead of this idea, I recorded the play on the B side of 18’45”, played them alternately by portable stereo Compact Cassette Tape player with tiny two speakers.
All files created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro.
Remastered and edited in March 2009.
Catalogue number: YOR-26.
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Yamaoka Yasuhiro Triptych01. 1-202. 303. 4-504. 605. 7It maybe called a paint sound synthesis. The Windows software Coagula Light which is called a color organ by its author, converts a picture to sound. Any BMP formatted files could be loadable and converted to sound files. Using your photographic image is fine, but perhaps, the result will sound out of your image. This software sets vertical axis to frequency, horizontal axis to time, color values to the volumes or stereophonic pannings of the sounds. When you understand this system, you come to know generally what the image will sound like.Triptych is played by Coagula Light on the prepared graphical score: one set of three images as the title shows.Yamaoka Yasuhiro, May/2001.All files created by Yamaoka Yasuhiro May/2001.No catalogue number.Download MP3 PackageJMI remixed Triptych 3 as 6203//Colony//.
