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February 26, 2005
Rydeen
 | I had always thought that Y.M.O.'s "Rydeen" sounds like video game soundtracks, but in reality, video game soundtracks sound like "Rydeen." |
Posted by marxy at February 26, 2005 9:07 PM
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gosh I love that record!
Posted by: Chris_B at February 27, 2005 3:01 AM
What do you think of "Technodon"?
Posted by: Chris_B at February 27, 2005 3:01 AM
Clearly a case of video games have shown us (the self titled YMO album) and now we'll show you.
"Technodon" seemed appropriate to where they left off, in other words they pretty much were on par with a lot of leading synth-pop acts by the time they did "Service", they weren't exactly really breaking new ground, and they more or less did something on par with early 90s acts like the Orb and Bill Laswell when they came back. (both were hired to do remixes)
I can see why it dissapointed fans of "Solid State Survivor" when they got the next thing after "Service" though anyone who listened to their solo works from that period had a pretty good idea what they's get or not get.
FWIW - if you want to hear something closer to "Solid State Survivor" circa 1993 check out P-MODEL's borg like construction "P-MODEL"
Posted by: ndkent at February 28, 2005 5:46 PM
Actually RYDEEN was a used in a coin-op videogame !
It was used in full in SEGA's Super Locomotive (1982) which was a very rare game. I have a PCB and it sounds VERY like YMO's track.
Posted by: XY-Man at June 8, 2005 11:20 AM
Thanks for that info.
Posted by: marxy at June 8, 2005 11:35 AM
If memory serves, YMO's Harumi Hosono composed music for a number of early video games (which company/companies I don't recall, maybe Namco?), later compiled on two CDs, now out of print...
Posted by: guest at July 16, 2005 6:53 PM
Ah yes, it was Namco (Pac-Man, Mappy, Pole Position, Dig Dug, Galaga, etc), though my description of Hosono's involvment was apparently a bit off...
http://www.artskool.biz/jem/hh.html
says:
A full length album of early-ish arcade game music and sound effects from Namco. This was the first full album of this kind of music, now a whole genre in Japan. Hosono arranges and produces (does not compose) ... There is a Volume II, Return of Video Game Music that Hosono did not work on.
HARUOMI HOSONO
GAME SOUND LEGEND SERIES VOL.1: VIDEO GAME MUSIC
(+) SGCD-007
This site has a Real Audio clip:
Posted by: guest at July 17, 2005 10:37 AM
LOLEX... "Rydeen" is one of my ALLTIME faves... so happy to find this blog entry when googlin' for it. I just did my own here:
http://torley.blog-city.com/rydeen_from_solid_state_survivor.htm
Everyone should listen to "Rydeen"! It's not just paying your dues, it's about fighting oppression.
Cheerio, carry on!
Posted by: Torley at August 3, 2005 8:53 PM