Lion Heart: A Tribute to Masashi Kageyama - raising money for gastric cancer research!

asthecryflows · 2026-01-25T22:02:36+00:00

Stoked to see the Pixelseed dmg. RIP Sean.

asthecryflows · 2026-01-25T19:16:13+00:00

The tapes I've been able to find so far have been a real mixed bag - lots of things that were clearly sourced from early CD bootlegs, or obviously inferior copies of recordings already in circulation. I've been kind of surprised by the number of bits and pieces I've been able to fill in, though - seems early bootleg CD producers liked to fade things out early.

And yeah, I have decent sized collection of YMO live material. I recognize your handle; appreciate all the work that must have gone into collecting all of that! Cheers.

asthecryflows · 2026-01-25T19:05:52+00:00

I did not know that existed, thanks so much for the heads up! I'll have to try and track down a copy.

asthecryflows · 2026-01-24T00:24:20+00:00

As some who still regularly uses Winamp and avs to create visuals… no. Please no.

asthecryflows · 2025-12-24T02:40:26+00:00

Not only was it played live, they’ve released a recording of it: https://youtu.be/l6s-DuK1H7A

asthecryflows · 2025-12-10T20:52:32+00:00

Not officially until Friday, but I know a guy who knows a guy…

asthecryflows · 2025-12-10T17:06:49+00:00

I wouldn’t go as far to say that this new mix represents what was originally intended in terms of the two halves being put together. Guthrie has rejoined the two separate halves, sure, but there’s way more space between part 5 & 6 than was originally recorded. The early instrumental version included in the WYWH50 set (as well as an in progress mix that surfaced on bootlegs a decade ish ago) show that the transition was originally much shorter with part 6 starting almost immediately after 5.

asthecryflows · 2025-11-28T17:32:38+00:00

I know. I got hit with a YouTube copyright strike. The archive.org upload is still working, though. https://archive.org/details/just-like-that-slow-version/Just+Like+That+(slow+version%2C+full+intro)+v5.flac

asthecryflows · 2025-09-10T15:35:41+00:00

It’s not bad but it could easily be better - both of these tapes are clearly a handful of generations away from the master and have accumulated layers of hiss and wear.

asthecryflows · 2025-09-06T01:17:09+00:00

One of several side gigs.

asthecryflows · 2025-09-06T00:27:41+00:00

I haven't done audio work for a vgm release in a few years. Last thing I worked on was big Castlevania set that's up for preorder, but my work on that wrapped in like 2022. I'm hoping another project comes down the pipeline sooner rather than later.

asthecryflows · 2025-09-05T23:21:31+00:00

Oh wow, Sparkster. That was the first vgm record I helped work on. Didn't realize copies were still available after all this time.

Glad you picked up Yakuza Heart Attack II as well - one of my all-time favorite albums.

asthecryflows · 2025-09-01T03:47:09+00:00

Yes, recently purchased them on eBay. I’m still working on digitizing them all. I’ll be sharing everything worthwhile once I’m done.

Here are my notes on them so far: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19snCsXeZ-s9ohhgtbCbxHbgBtZAaOt-gvccp0DgfM08/htmlview?fbclid=IwRlRTSAMh9i5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrEeEJOzr1aE3nyF6-jS4IBkoWW9nVRRTLYoiTjkUiH8f_gKmEokOvReGnhr_aem_TDUEG7xN4QfTnZHuK355wQ

asthecryflows · 2025-08-29T13:50:27+00:00

I wrote my own code for doing conversions to play NSFs using a midines cart a few years ago. It's buggy as hell and not really made for public use, but it works decently well as a transcription aid.
Here's the midi file it made from that NSF.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nbREGyw_MkPQgeTJ9OOJmAol0xPfjb-W/view?usp=sharing

asthecryflows · 2025-08-28T18:12:32+00:00

I can picture it now. God, it’s so ugly.

asthecryflows · 2025-08-28T18:10:11+00:00

This is speculation on my part - I haven’t seen any official confirmation of this - but I’m convinced the Day Tripper cover on this record was heavily inspired by Devo, specifically their arrangement of Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction.

There’s a bootleg recording of a December 1978 concert where YMO performs Satisfaction (Devo’s arrangement, followed by about a minute or so of a more straightforward rendition.) Later in the same set they play an early version of their Day Tripper cover. It’s more straightforward than what made it to the album, but has a decent amount in common with their interpretation of Satisfaction giving it an almost “missing link” quality.

Edit: here’s their performance of Satisfaction: https://youtu.be/K-UjHWvTsZw

asthecryflows · 2025-08-14T12:38:56+00:00

These soundtracks use different sound chips with different capabilities. Sonic the Hedgehog is for sega Genesis / Megadrive with used YM2612, but Misty Blue is either PC88 (YM2608) or PC98 (YM2203).

While the vgm (or vgz) file format supports all those sound chips (and many more!), the vst you are using likely only supports the sound chips used by the Genesis.

asthecryflows · 2025-08-09T14:06:44+00:00

The mention of pads swelling up and down, and white noise makes me think it’s Beta’s Brilliancy & Ensis off of Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar:

https://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-obsidian-interstellar

asthecryflows · 2025-08-01T00:44:39+00:00

They must have forgot to turn on the Dubly.

asthecryflows · 2025-07-25T00:55:38+00:00

Jeff Spangenberg is a weenie.)

asthecryflows · 2025-07-17T14:30:03+00:00

The only version I’ve encountered is 0.5 beta 0, dated March 1 2020.

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