567 Happy Halloween 2018 - 4 -

Lucifer...


The Devil?

555 Expulsion

I know this is too late. This should be online in late Mar or early April at latest. It, however, due to my another task, was so delayed that the mood does not match the current season. Shame on me.

The soundtrack "Expulsion" was based on my personal feeling at the end of March. And the movie is, yes, those who know it may find it easily, it is a tweaked legend of Hades/Pluto and Persephone. The story about a boy, and a girl as well as her mother and father. Also, I believe it is the story of  agricultural civilization enduring the severe winter and celebrating the coming spring.

I know it's already late April, looking forward to coming early summer, but yes, this is my feeling at the end of March.

Featuring some organic sounds and Japanese massively multi-singers/dancers girls pop style melody, I hope this bring you some feeling of isolation. Have you been tired of your new life in April? Let"s get together to feel the isolation. Being isolated is not  bad for music, anyway.

542 Escape the Ten Trials v1.0

Another work on MASCHINE EXPANSION "BASEMENT ERA", my best favorite EXPANSION so far. 90s Hip Hop, which is jazzy, soulful, and brings vinyl sounds. I just just love it.

To get "Out of the Ring", we must escape the ten trials which are actually a fake ritual. Yes, it's not bad if we live good, but it is not for the fake trials for better afterlife. It's just for this life. She has lived good. I know it. It's enough. No thanks for ten trials.

The theme of ten underground kings and queens are based on my original mix of Ten Kings theory and Celestial Stem plus my blog articles. Do you remember them?

1. 秦広王／甲 - Lynch
2. 初江王／乙 - Daji（妲己）
3. 宋帝王／丙 - Fire Demon
4. 五官王／丁 - Regina the Evil Queen
5. 閻魔王／戊 - Wang Zhi（王直）
6. 変成王／己 - Octopus!!
7. 泰山王／庚 - Raoh（ラオウ）
8. 平等王／申 - Philistis Phoenicianus
9. 都市王／壬 - Stay Pufft Marshmallow Man
10. 五道転輪王／癸 - Dark Schneider (!?)

Note: Originally, Celestial Stem and Ten Kings have nothing to do with!!!

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:

1. Make to Serve
2. Asian Resources
3. At Any of Your Convenience
4. The First Contact
5. Work for Your Style
6. I Wanna Cry
7. 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]

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!

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.

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.

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!

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

その498 London Pride 04 

そして…

あっというまの帰国の日。

メインの仕事も終え、フライトまでの時間を活かすべく、geneはかの大英博物館。The British Museumへッ！

前回は世界各都市巡礼恒例現代美術館ツアーの一環としてTate Modernに行ったため、この大英博物館は初ッ！

世界中から～♪

ぶんどりモノを～♪

エンヤラヤ～♪

…といったかどうかはわかりません。各種の紛争で破壊されるよりもこうして保存した方が…という声もあるでしょうし、返せよ、オラオラオラオラ！という声もあります。

ともかく、大英博物館です！かつて、スミソニアン博物館の航空宇宙館と自然史博物館を半日で走破しながらもHDD故障で写真をすべて失ったgene(T_T)、博物館をこよなく愛するgene、ここでリベンジです（笑）

その482 Odin in the Winter Solstice 

そして…

いまこそ冬至り

氷雪の国より

北の果てより

大いなる神、至る


大神オーディン

ヴァルハラより  降臨！！

ある時は

つば広の帽子に

フードを着た

長いあごひげの

片目の老人の姿で

硬めの老人じゃないヨ！

あと、フードはホントは灰色だヨ！

供には

世界の報せをもたらす

大鴉のフギンとムニン

そして狼のゲリとフレキを従えた

老人は

知のためならば

その眼や命を差し出すこともあったという

そしてまたある時は

黄金の鎧に

青いマントの

戦士の姿で

神槍グングニルを構え

神馬の

スレイプニールに

またがって

来たるべき

<神々の黄昏＞

　　ラグナロク　にて

世界蛇ミドガルズオルムや

魔狼フェンリルと

あいまみえんがため

そしていま、時は、2015年、冬至。冬の極まる一日。太陽の黄昏。

嗚呼、惜しい！ことしの冬至が水曜日ならカンペキだったのに！^_^;


鴉は、朝日と共にやってきて哭く、太陽の鳥。

太陽の力の弱き地では、しばしば聖なる鳥とされた。

その481 Talk about Odin 

おいおい、オーディン、おまえ、ホントはスゴいらしいな。

世界中プレゼント配って回るなんて、スゴいじゃないか。見直したぜ！

え？ああ。いやチガうぞ。

それはわしじゃなくて、わしの名の由来になった、あの大神オーディンのことだよ。

あの、片目の、帽子をかぶった、神槍グングニルを携え、スレイプニールにまたがった、あのオーディン。つまりヴォータンのことだよ。

あー、なーんだ。なるほどねー。でもおまえ、なんでオーディンなんて大袈裟な名になったの？

あ、そりゃわしが、水曜日生まれだからな。

まじで！？おれと同じだな！おれは木曜日生まれだから雷神トールの名をもらったのさ！

そりゃ奇遇だなあ。ところでトールよ、トナカイって、、、あれはどこから来たんだろうな？

鴉は、フギンとムニンだとして、オーディンって、、、トナカイなんて飼ってたか？飼ってたのは、狼だろ？確かゲリとフレキって言ったっけ？


うーん、トナカイねえ。あ、もしかして、あれじゃないか？？

その455 Sunrise from New World vol.9 

Latin trinity!

Congrats, Ms. Amazon! Your dance was amazing! I was moved!!

A girl from Argentina.

[originally, she is a flamenco dancer from Andalusia, Spain. Here, pls see her as a tango dancer. Impossible? Please!!;-)]

She is so attractive. Happily, smiling, and with vitality. I'd love to be like her...

A girl from Mexico.

Love music!

Love dance!

And love people!


LOVE and PEACE!!

その454 Sunrise from New Horizon vol.8 

Huh?

Stranger! Who're you? Tell me your name!

I'm Amazon. Have no name yet.

Nope!! I'm Ms. Amazon! Just won this title in our Samba Carnival. You are NOT!

... It's my tribe's name. I've no name. Give me one if you want.

...Nope. I don't want your name. Who cares.

Huh?? Are you kidding?

...I told you a lie. I've my name. Totally forgot it, but now I was reminded.

I'm a queen. Amazon queen, named Penthesilea.

Huh? Pan-chira!?

Noooooooo!!!!!!

..arisen from mythical world, I'm alone in this world, in this age. Wanna go back to Ancient Black Sea, but no way..

Where is it here? Green forest, big river, and hot and humid. Very much different from my place...

Sigh..

その453 Sunrise from New Horizon vol.7 

Huh?

Let me see... you're...a Greek girl?


Nope. I'm a very very famous lady soldier called Amazons!


"fig?ures series 8 girls 10 Amazon a.k.a. Gladiator girl" 

Ancient Greek believed to have been a female-only tribe called Amazons.

Amazons were believed to be very strong and aggressive fighters. Greek scholars theorized their original habitats were in Anatolia, or Scythia.

We, modern humans, however, places this name in Latin America. Widely-spread river, great basin, called Amazon.

Not only. Now, people call the largest online shop "Amazon".

その438 AUGUST ISLAND 

夏…

八月…

旧名、葉月…



秋津洲に…

夏が来たりて

去りてゆく…

秋津洲とは？

極東に存在する、とある列島。
大きな四つの島からなる島嶼。


その、最も大きな島を古来、
秋津洲（あきつしま）と
呼び習わしてきました。

そう、秋津とは。

蜻蛉、

トンボのこと！


この妖精、珍しい、翅がトンボになっているんですねー。これまでも、トンボを持った妖精は何度もあったのですが、トンボの翅の妖精っていましたか？

というわけで、使いあぐねていた件のアクセサリートンボ（デカい！メガニューラか！？）を二匹持たせて（うちひとつは、宝玉の杖に強引につけています。）、トンボの妖精の出来上がり＾＾

ワラワ　ハ…
　　…イザナミ…
　オホヤシマ　ノ　
　　アキツシマ　ノ　メガミ　ナリ…

　　　…アハシマ　ヤ　アハシマ　ヤ…  （ん？イザナミはアキツシマの親か…^_^;）

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