536 At the End of the Year: To The End of The Sky

Thanks 2017!

Thanks playmobil and playmoland!

Thanks NATIVE INSTRUMENTS!
Thanks MASCHINE and KOMPLETE!
Thanks Soundiron, Arturia and NKS!

Thanks my experience in 80s, 90s and 2000s!
Thanks those who brought them into my life!

Thanks MSX2, thanks D&D, thanks Wizardry!
Thanks Roland, thanks KORG, thanks D.A.-san and T.K.-san!

Thanks House music! Thanks Techno! Thanks clubs!!


Featuring MASCHINE Expansion called "BYTE RIOT", 80s game console sounds for tip tune creator, this track " To the End of the Sky - Age of MSX2 mix" is my tribute to nostalgic RPGs in 80s, especially their ending themes. Imagine you're out of the dungeon or the castle of last boss, riding on the back of your partner Dragon, and are flying into the endless blue sky!

I know the drum track especially kicks are too much saturated so that you might find this a bit noisy. Hope you enjoy those sounds like trying to go beyond the limit of the poor hardware of the days.

Another version of my track "To the End of the Sky". More contemporary or at least 90s dance house music style than its original 80s game console sounds. The Expansion is the same, "BYTE RIOT", but some addition. Also I tweaked the mix of track volumes and the balance of each drum so that it sounds probably more bright, shining, and trancy. Hope you feel the sense of countdown party between the end of the year and the new year day.


This is my appreciation to the human civilization ;-)

Ok, it's time to count down!!

535 Cross Road - It's Long and Winding

Merry Christmas! or Happy Holidays! Whichever.

It's the day right before the sacred moment, and also from celestial point of view, it's the day of the turning. The Sun dies on 22nd but resurrects on 23rd!

Happy the day after Winter Solstice! And here is my tribute to the Sun, our several tradition of worship the celestial event, the beginning of it, and the Road which was exposed the strong light (and darkness) during its several thousands of years.

Fertile Crescent, Eastean Mediterranean, Aegean. Persia, Rome, and Arab. Jewish, Christian, Muslim and pagans. Wherever and whoever. We are alive thanks to the Sun.

Hope you enjoy the travel through the road and history with no prejudice.

Do not forget the history so that we won't repeat it.


The track is composed with MASCHINE Expansion: RISING CRESCENT. Hope you can feel the sense of Middle East, Greek, and Silk Road or Seidenstraße. Persian, Arabian, Aegean and more instruments here. Hip-Hop meets Crescent tones. Great expansion. Thanks.

534 Balalaika Decoded  v2.0

Please take a moment to compare this video to the previous version "Zodiac Maniac". The same photos, with the different tracks, texts, and visual effects. Which do you like?

While the first version is Hip-Hop style track (with my poor verbal..), this second version is composed as more electric, tech lounge style, chilling out sound. The drum track is simply composed of a sequence of 16 hit out of a kit, and the melody is heavily inspired the 80s song in japan.

Zodiac in the Summer, and the Zodiac in the Winter.

Hope you like both!

533 The Series of "Autumn Leaves Gone"

It was when I felt the calm of late Autumn in the city. The leaves were almost gone, people were walking down the illuminated street with some happiness and some nostalgia. The darkness of the evening came early. Wind blew. Still no rain but expected. It was the last days of Autumn 2017.

Right after that, I came back home, and made these tracks.

The sound samples here is SIERRA GROVE. It is ambient, jazzy, with natural breeze, lounge-style very best intelligent sound package ever.

The first edition was titled "- Cloudy Day", which was followed by the slightly tweaked edition named "- Rainy Day". The difference was the use of Replika XT, the super innovative delay effector which turned the track into the professional-like another version, with just inserting it, in just one second, literally. RXT brings the raindrop effect on the base sound of Cloudy and make it into Rainy.


The videos featured the "long long ago" or "once upon a time" scene of Autumn. It was probably 20,000-10,000 years ago. The leaves had almost gone. The food sources were hardly found. Men came back home from hunting with no bringing. The granma and mom just gazed at dad... "Dad. Are you serious? Do you know the winter is coming soon!"

The last edition "- Windy Day", is also titled "Autumn Leaves Gone" but this may sound completely different. But if you listen to it carefully, I mean just in case if you have a plenty of time to waste.., you'll find the the drum tracks and bass are the same as the proceeding two.

To tell the truth, this is an arrangement of patterns which were originally intended to be the part of  "Cloudy" and "Rainy" but later abandoned because of unmatched feel. This "Windy" sounds more tech, electronic compared to ambient type of predecessors. Hope you feel the versatility of SIERRA GROVE.

In this MV, music lovers of playmobil gather.

Just to excuse me. I took these photos before I started making tracks. That's why headphones are Beats's bluetooth and Pioneer DJ headphone. Still I love both but my current favorite is Audio Technica's ATH-50mx. Super great monitor headphone!


BTW, you may know it. The title Autumn Leaves Gone is my tribute to the very famous anthem of vintage jazz. I love it.

532 Lost Tribe - The Age of The Beasts v2.1

Does anybody remember my long posts in Sep 2015? It was "The Age of The Beasts", which was featured the fictional history based on the so-called northern crusades in the later middle age?

Teutonic Orders, Livonian Brothers of the Swords, and the lost tribe, Old Prussians. And a Wolf. It is definitely a fiction but based on what happened there in some senses.

This video, my first trial of theatrical track with dramatic sound samples, is one of my best favorite out of my 2017 works.

The monochrome old-style film at the beginning with the tribal drum struck is followed by the melancholic sound with laughing and whispering vocal samples with the sepia-like film. Again, the mood changes. With tribal drums again. And it goes on to the finale with some oriental sound, which is inspired by the tensed scene of Kabuki.


The tracks are made with both NATIVE INSTRUMENTS and Soundiron packages. while NI brings drum kits and part instruments, what Soundiron brings here are Apocalypse Percussion Micro, which is a beginners set of sampled acoustic drums around world especially eastern Mediterranean regions, and Voice of Gaia, which is a compilation of voices of four male and female vocalists, which is very mythical as to its name, but no so religious. To tell the truth, the other chorus sets sound very christian style, but this pack is more pagan tense. You fan feel the sacred power of the Earth but there is no God there. More like spiritual. That's why I chose this package for this movie.

531 Shape of Who v1.1

He is back again!

But who is he? Is it.. a shape of who?


Based on my post in Feb 2016, titled "BOTACL'S TRADING POST", the world of Dungeons and Dragons, Wizardry, Record of Lodoss War, has become alive again! See the heroes are back! The trading post is open again.

The story is: A gladiator who is to be a new king of his own realm in the wilderness island in the south exchanges his friendship with a merchant who runs a trading post for adventurers. But not only to the king-wannabe, many legendary figures visit the shop. It is the crossing of ages and universes.


The rhythm and the keys/codes are based on the very famous 2017 chart song. To tell the truth, it is "Shape of You". Do you detect it? :-) Just an inspiration.

530 Black Daydream v2.0

This is the Black Daydream of young and famous pirate kid.

It's Rico. Rico of the Playmobil Fun Park!


Based on the post in June, 2016, which was called "Daydream Believer", mixed the photos and the newly edited track, "Black Daydream".

Young Rico, napping at the edge of the ship while fishing sardines, dived into the daydream in which he was trying to be the Pirate King by excavating the ruins of legendary Pirate Emperor called Philistiss Phoenixianous- You may know its name is from two legendary maritime tribes in the ancient world.

This track was originally edited as BPM 120 song, but later, Gene changed my mind and made it faster. The piano track uses Marverick of KOMPLETE. I love the vintage sound!

529 GHOSTBUSTERS: 

TEHY ARE BACK - Oktober Chill v1.0

Happy Halloween 2017!

Heavily inspired by by the 80's cinema anthem, the new track turned my childhood favorite into the digital techno/house music.

Following the disco dancers out of wired tales like vampires, ghosts, skeletons, the undeads, the underground deities, a pumpkin scarecrow, a demon and an ax man, now THEY'RE BACK!

GHOSTBUSTERS!!

Thanks for playmobil collaborating with the legendary icons.

527 Disco Pumpkin - Happy Halloween 2017 They Are Back

It's a short work. Just a minute plus.

Gene spent almost all month of September on my work for money. The only track Gene composed was for my job. It was tentatively named as "The Seven Deadly Syncs".

Gene needed 7 tracks all of which had the same duration, same tempo, same rhythm and can be synced also can run together. My idea was to compose one track with more than 7 parts (NI groups) and chopped it into seven by muting the rest of 6 parts. The idea was nice but the result was different. Finally, Gene muted some sounds for the 1st track, the others for the 2nd, and continuously to the 7th. To some extent, the project was successful.

This part was the 7th, which was named "Agility Pusher". It contains the NI Groups with an unique synth called "FLESH" which I first tried. Very nice.

Just because I had no post in Sept, and this track was only one song in the month, Gene put the part of the Oktober Halloween movie together with the Sep track, and made it a tether. A forecasting message to the Team G.B.!

The sequence of pictures are almost the same as the following movie but the visual effect and the typography are different. More disco-like, 54-like typography, don't you think? Hope you love this too.

526 Black Orpheus - Caribbean Gelato Edition v1.02

Inspired by two of the 20th cinemas, "Ghost Dog" by Jim Jarmusch and Brazilian movie called "Orphe" or something like that [NOT the very famous music film Black Orpheus 1959]. More precisely mimicking, should the gelato stand owner be Haitian who only speaks French? ;-) Never mind, the owner here must be immigrating from French Martinique! He must speak French, only French!

This song, actually, is the proceeding of another work of me "Tango Nu Yoricano". Tried to mix tango and hip-hop, but this time it failed. This, however, could be some good intro for my virtual album of summer songs.

If you have plenty of time to watch the ending, you'll find the gelato will be melting!

Playmobils here are the musician characters of "pax fantasica". Caribbean percussionist and his little brother, Jimmy-like organist, Bassist of Green Dolphin and DJ Z! Watch another movies and blog posts that featured them, pls.

Also, the story of Orpheus the Harpist and his colleagues, Argonauts!

525 Samba de Sophia - 49ers Edition v1.0

It's a summer song!

Featuring Session Horns Pro and playmobil southern types of girls, it's a samba-like dance music.

Why not take a world travel with Sophia/Sophie/Zophie/Sofi/Zofi on the planet? Get along with them to dive into the Latin America, Southwest, Hawaii, India, Africa, and the world of Xenarthra!

All played by MASCHINE2 and KOMPLETE KONTROL S25. No EWI. Ashamed, but the KOMTROL S25's velocity control is so great that it could take advantage of Horns. I like the last moment of this song.

Thanks.

524 Tango Nu Yoricano v1.0 - London Gothic Mix 

feat. The Diary of Sir Arthur Cunningham

MV: The Personal Diary of Sir Arthur Cunningham, which is based on the Nov 2015 posts of pax fantasica as the beginning story of my Wolf Blood series, and, as easily found, my homage to JOJO the Phantom Blood.

A young Londoner, originally a butcher on the street, met a bourgeois girl and her governess, left them due to his brother's marriage and his own heart break, walked into Terra Incognita, and finally encountered the tragedy in London when he back.. It is the journey from London through Africa and Latin America to New York.

Not so Tango, not so Hip-Hop.. But shared some mood with the track. Precisely speaking, Armadillo and the African beasts expresses the Tango and Black music. Maybe.

Sounds: by Native Instruments MASCHINE and KOMPLETE

Mixing Urban style drum kit, piano called THE GIANT, orchestra-style strings and some Session Horns, tried to turn the traditional Tango rhythm and phrase into modern Hip-Hop track.

It is "Tango Nu Yoricano".

My first try with 2 Bars drum patterns and first strings on NI sounds. All played by MASCHINE2 and KOMPLETE KONTROL S25.

523 Hot Damn Days v2.01

It was a national holiday called the Day of the Sea in the country where I'm currently living. It was Hot Damn Day, and the whole week was the Hot Damn Days. It was, however, the glorious summer days!!

The second try on Native Instruments MASCHINE and KOMPLETE. It's the summer track! Session Horns and Funk Drum Kit gave me a Southern breeze. Hopefully. Plus, bass section was composed by the quartet of Arturia V Collection 5. Wurli, VOX, Forfisa and SEM.

MV from my 2014 Summer post of "pax fantasica".

522 J.S.Africa v1.21

My first work out of NI family!

Just out of box, MASCHINE and KOMPLETE sample library, and its tutorial documentation, took me to the journey into Africa.

West Africa drums, strings, and winds together with synth sound of J.S.B.


Respect Africa, Protect Rhinos, and Save the Wildlife!!

And finally, respect Germany! Thanks playmobil, thanks Native Instruments!

521 Circuit Mega Structure v.1.01

Inspired by the awesome Sci-Fi animation movie and its original legendary manga by the master T. Nihei, both of which are known as "BLAME!", the long and endless journey of a super-cybernetic agent through the expanding complex of mega-structure and his battle with silicon-based creatures became the motivation of my newest movie.

Composed by my new synthesizing groove box, Novation Circuit, and finalized on Ableton Live Lite as usual, this sound is made of only 3 parts - 2 synths and 1 drum kit (of 4 drum part). Simpler than my usual composition, it is more precisely structured as 4-on-the-floor and 16 step sequencer-based drum patterns.

520 TOUGH BOY - 90s FIGHT - v1.2

Finally, after a week passed, the newer version of "TOUGH BOY - 90s FIGHT" has come!

Recorded vocal again with 10% English correction. Added automation of Filter Frequency and Filter Ratio to lead synth and bass synth, Draw bar action to Funky Organ, Flanger and Wah to the Guitar riff, etc. A small gap between climax and chorus was filled with drum dill.

Not the best, but my level is here now. If you have plenty of time, please compare the older and the newer.

519 La Isla Bonita - Una Gira Mundial v.0.91b

A little bit earlier but might be good for late Spring vacation!

"La Isla Bonita" - a version of playmobil 'Una Gira Mundial'.

My trial to cover the Latin-inspired pop anthem "La Isla Bonita" finally came to a world tour - 'Una Gira Mundial' in Spanish - because the sound has some Oriental aroma and Afro-American Hip Hop air. Anyway, enjoy playmobil dance by Spanish, Latin Americans, Afro-Americans and Beach Party People!

Ableton Live Lite native sounds only except for Dexed DX7 emulator. TR-909, TR-808, Analog Saw for base, and Celesta like sound for vocal part. Dexed Guitar from YAMAHA ROM is used for the metal synth riff. My point is the alternative for Spanish guitar part of original. Since I cannot copy it by my ears, tried to compose the similar but different melody by MPK mini.

Anyone who wants to see more of Playmobil Beach Party, visit my old post here [story telling was written in Japanese.] and the proceeding stories for the party can be found here (vol.201 - vol.205) [also in Japanese.]

Looking forward to the summer 2017!

*The first upload was initially allowed with monetization by the owner, but later it was blocked. I don't know why. Please let me know the reason.. Temporarily, I made it unlisted. I hope the policy of the owner someday change so that I can publish it again on YouTube.

Here is the silent version below. Please imagine the sound! :-)

518 Get Wild 1987-2017 A.D.S.D.

A.D.S.D. - Analog, Digital and Software-Defined in 30 decades.

Based on the proceeding version, taking advantage of existing MIDI clips, but this time with hardware synthesizers and a drum machine.

• Arturia MiniBrute as a base
• Micro KORG
• Roland JU-06
• Roland JP-08
• Roland TR-09
• FM-like sound by Dexed, YAMAHA DX7 emulator
• and some parts are still Ableton Live Lite based

The Adventurers - Gamba and Co. - v1.0

"The Adventures - Gamba and Co. - was a juvenile animal story in early 70s and the best favorite in my childhood. It was more than 30 years ago. You can still buy the book. Super recommended.

The original story has a subtitle "Gamba and 15 Colleagues" but the animation reduced the number of rats to avoid something messy so that the visual version is known as "Gamba and 7 Colleagues". To take photos of rats, I have double checked who are 15 or 7, and found that Shioji may be one of the 15 or 7. Is it correct? I don't know..

Anyway, the must-read story for kids. The proceeding "Glick's Adventure" and the later released "Gamba and the Otter" are also recommended.

Ashguine The Castle In The Sky High v1.2

The original post was here. Not a video but a story ... of me.

THANKS DAD SPECIAL v2.0

Three years ago, v1.0 -not a video but a short story with pictures and text- started here.

HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY!!

The memorial compilation CD will be released the day after tomorrow!
 - and the Amazon prime customer with reservation may get it tomorrow!!

Sakura to Believe in v4.2 (v1.1)

Out of "pax fantasica" Mar 2017 play

as my appreciation to the Land and the ZOOO!

Since I showed them my first playmobil stop-motion movie for the first time, which was probably two years ago, shop chiefs and staffs have been encouraging me to publish it to much more people. I've been afraid. No confidence :-) It's ok it's been just in this blog and I never posted it to any social. But finally, they recommended my YouTube work to the subscribers of their shop mailing list. Great thanks. As my appreciation of them, here is the stop-motion picture remixed featuring the shops.

Lands of Childhood Dream v1.0

Great thanks to all who viewed this video!!

playmoland and Shimokitazawa ZOOO! will never end!

Monkey Spring Rain v1.0

It rains. Spring has come. A monkey in his room dreams of friends of Green Forrest and Green Meadow who he has not yet meet. He never knows one day he will be there. Thanks, T.W. Burgess.

Soundtrack "Monkey Spring Rain" inspired by several funk musics.

Related post: Burgess Animal Books played by playmobil animals

Ninja Black Flight v1.2

Ninja, is it real or just a fantasy?

In the history. In video games. In comics. And in this modern age.
They are alive.

Watch what the real Ninja is! - and what the fictional is.. -

Featuring Wizardry and BASTARD!

- Wizardry played by playmobil vol.1
- Wizardry played by playmobil vol.2
- BASTARD! played by playmobil
- Ninja Modern played by playmobil vol.1
- Ninja Modern played by playmobil vol.2

Modes of Samurai and Ninja: The war is end.

Do you know "Raku-chu Raku-gai zu Byobu"?
Do you know Matabei Iwasa?

Watch long history and the last moment of Samurai and Ninja.

Related post: Rakuchu Rakugai Zu by Matabei Iwasa (possible)

Diana Full Moon Journey v.1.0

Another Goddess in night sky. Love hunter. It is Diana.
Rising from the linage of night goddess, she rules the silver moon.

One more remix of 80s sound. Ashguine out of MSX game music.
This version just features its 1st phrases.

Edited by Roland MC-303.
TR-808/909, synth lead, synth bass, synth strings and brass.
Thunder and birds song FX.
Lastly, with Audacity, intro and outro of two versions
got to be together into one arrangement.

Related post: Deities on the Orbits

Jupiter Night Throne v.1.0

Never miss his legendary adventure both day and .. night.
Born playboy, mighty leader, and big family.
His name was Jupiter.

Succeeding 2nd and 3rd projects,
my 4th practice of Ableton Live features
the anthem both in classic and pop music scene.
It is also called "Jupiter".

My drill song for EWI USB and favorite.

Related post: Deities on the Orbits

Venus on the Orbit (v.1.0)

YouTuve movie updated on Feb 26th

See how Roman goddess Venus 

has become a Queen on the stage. 

TV show, Superbowl Halftime Show, and more. 

Her life is well on the orbit.

As my Ableton Live practice, tried to cover or remix 

another my favorite pop song of 1969/1986.

Related post: Deities on the Orbits

Mountains 12 - Cinema Trailer with Soundtrack "180 Degrees"

みなさん、こんにちは。1月演目、そしてHappy New Year動画以来の投稿です。

そしていまは実はもう2月も終わり…。

そう、YouTubeのアップ日付のとおりですが、ただいま2月25日にこちらの新動画を公開しました。1月演目の『Mountains 12』の写真をもとに仕上げています。

大枠は2週間ほど前に一度できていたのですが、ちょっと単調な展開だった曲にアレンジを加えたりしているうちにあれよあれよとこんな日に。ああ！もう2月演目をアップする時間もほとんどないじゃないか！^_^;

…というわけで、さみしい限りの1月のproduction 75mmのここに、この投稿をしておきます。詳しいことは続きで！

Happy New Year 2017 (ver.1.1)

(rendering updated)

Happy New Year 2017 (ver.1.01)

(motion picture bug fixed)

Happy New Year 2017