https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/album/elsewhere-junior-i-a-collection-of-cosmic-childrens-songs
certain tracks stood out in regards to thread relevance
― Evan, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9adJKhtZk
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Sunday, 16 February 2020 08:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBjTWVPrVFE
― oder doch?, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
kind of a mother 3 feel to that one
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
just dropping in here in case anyone wanted to know and was not aware that Chip Tanaka (who worked on the music for Earthbound and a bunch of other Nintendo games) has a new album out on Bandcamp
https://chiptanaka.bandcamp.com/album/domingo
(think I'd missed this thread before, will be checking out the youtubes now - or once I've finished listening to Tanaka's Snoopy Concert music for Super Famicom/SNES. Earthboundish vibes plus Vince Guaraldi "Linus & Lucy" motif all over the place)
(yeaahhh I stole both these from a Frank Cifaldi tweet, hat tip etc)
― L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
Beautiful Wikipedia sentences of our time:
Among specific musical influences, Tanaka has cited Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Stackridge, Yabby U, the Flying Lizards, Prince, Lalo Rodriguez, My Bloody Valentine, Frank Zappa, Keiichi Suzuki, Hal Willner's various artists compilations, Sly Dunbar, Jah Wobble, and the Slits.
― L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
Madalyn Merkey - Please Don't Keep Me Waiting (Side B)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFw6Jk0Gjz4
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 9 August 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
再生ハイパーべるーヴ - Pink Metallic Crusaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBc-O29Dnc
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 27 December 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
much of colin newman's 'it seems' qualifies for this thread imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPW9vwbREA
― donna rouge, Monday, 28 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
chihei hatakeyama's music often sounds v earthboundy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MLOnIbEYE
― clouds, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
chara "private beach"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGtYEazoSI
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
mr. g "meditative state (reflective)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asXg_R0GuZI
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 9 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQNLq1huYQ
just found out about this, new arranged versions of various earthbound tunes from keiichi suzuki himself released this year. he provides vocals too
― ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 06:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMnWEezS8E
probably the most proto-earthbound i've heard from suzuki's previous work
― ufo, Sunday, 17 October 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link
i love this video that highlights one of hip tanaka's idiosyncratic compositional techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQ_HO7rZhI
― missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
this song by miki nakatani and ryuichi sakamoto has a certain ethereal earthbound-y quality, i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ShKUHmnQU
― missingNO, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
oh, that's blocked for me but now I'm curious. I love that first nakatani album that sakamoto produced. which one? "chronic love"?
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 17 October 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
oh that's annoying, this one should work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKjgrE1G0I
song in question is track 2, 雨だれ ("amadare" ["raindrops"])
i think this is her best album, futuristic micropop w/ impressive production work from sakamoto and nobukazu takemura. love the peak y2k aesthetic / gen-x soft club cover art
― missingNO, Monday, 18 October 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
I literally just came here to post a track lol
https://soundcloud.com/vanishingtwin/zuum
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:32 (two years ago) link
hard agree on the y2k shiseikatsu cover art, totally rules (x-post)
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 18 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIgeh8PEQXI
just the start really
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 12:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIIFk0CiV04
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
^Excellent pull, has both the longing sweetness of something like "Smiles and Tears" AND a touch the weirdo electronica that soundtrack does so well. Also thank you for making me aware George Riley has a new album out!
― OneSecondBefore, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
jun chikuma's (bomberman hero) latest one sounds v v earthboundy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7pexiaVuU
― clouds, Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgcT_Q0t2rU
― ufo, Saturday, 7 January 2023 14:29 (one year ago) link
tenda village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl5poUmWuw
― c u (crüt), Friday, 20 January 2023 05:18 (one year ago) link
There's a bunch of Earthbound comparisons in the Stereogum review for the latest Kate NV album:
https://www.stereogum.com/2214730/kate-nv-wow/reviews/album-of-the-week/
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
elton vincent “coda”
https://cosimapitz.bandcamp.com/track/coda
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 27 April 2024 16:48 (one month ago) link