Yes, as you find it from the title, this is based on MASCHINE EXPANSION, which is newly called as KOMPLETE EXPANSION as well, "BYTE RIOT".
Family Computer, Game Boy, and more. 8 bit beep, saturated drum, and synth arpeggios. It's not just a nostalgic 80s but the dawn of the 21st digital age.
This MV is featuring playmobil motors so that the tech mood of the sound meets the visual. Please watch the second version too. Thanks.
2018年2月16日金曜日
540 Seven Deadly Syncs
Happy Lunar New Year! Do you know Japan's folk gods called "Shichi-Fuku-Jin" or "Seven Lucky Gods"? Here are pirate characters pretending to be the gods but at the same time having Seven Deadly Sins within them.
The song is my old work in Sept 2017, which was initially for my job, market communication manager, but later turned into a soundtrack for my playmobil play. Combining seven songs into one with additional all-starz combination, this is a kind of DJ mix. Though I know the last all mix is just noisy.. Yes, all the seven songs play at the same time! Nope, actually, it was the first. Later, I picked up the parts separately seven times, I got the seven songs.
Some tweak because these had to meet my PowerPoint slide works. So the first 10secs of each song has 2 additional secs. Musically, they are wired, but ok. I always love experiments.
Although the MV is completely dedicated to my "Seven Deadly, Happily or Whichever" articles of playmobil, the original theme of these songs were technology such as Internet of Things and Servitization , ERP, retail tech, customer contacts, work spaces, Internet security, and software development. Those themes brought titles like:
Make to Serve
Asian Resources
At Any of Your Convenience
The First Contact
Work for Your Style
I Wanna Cry
Agility Pusher
and 8. All Starz Out.
And you know, the title is inspired by one of the Cyndi Lauper's best albums called "Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some". Great work in 80s and 90s. Must listen to.
*Since the initial version of the MV released on Feb 16th had a critical mistake of caption! Here is the newest version with no typo and a newer description for Ben-Zai-Ten to express her versatility. [Mar 1st 2018]
2018年1月1日月曜日
Overdrive AG - Happy New Year 2018
3, 2, 1, ignition, break down and GO!
Happy New Year 2018!
With MASCHINE Expansion called "BYTE RIOT" and playmobil exclusive set of 9225 "Porsche 911 GT3 Cup", here is cerebration to the new year by mixing 80s, 90s and 21st century sounds.
Overdriven, saturated, the decoded and reconstructed anthem for the motor sport has turned into the party rock track.
Are you ready? Over drive!
Guys, don't miss any one of the movie and playmobil theater here!
Pleeeeeeeease! :-)
2017年12月31日日曜日
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!
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!!
2017年11月12日日曜日
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.
2017年10月9日月曜日
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.
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, NovationCircuit, 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.
After the long interval of more than two months, finally, production 75 is proud to host its official 500th article!
Huh? Looks like our first article of this year 2016 should be the real 500th? No, no. Please. Some articles have not been counted. Just like in this July and August. Anyway, THIS IS THE 500TH!!