I haven’t bought a record in a while but I used to buy a ton and buying used from Japan was always my favorite. It wasn’t like this if you bought from corporate stores obviously but almost every time I bought from just some dude on yahoo auctions or discogs or ebay or whatever I would have a similar experience. Handwritten note, candy, good luck charm from a shrine, etc. almost made up for the astronomical shipping
One time my friend ordered a book from Russia and got similar treatment except they got tea. We made it and it was the most horrible tea we had ever tried in our lives. It came with a sweet letter though so the sentiment was nice
Not enjoying rhododendron tea is heresy, not to be tolerated under any curcumstances.
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Only partially joking… Knowing that people don’t like it is painful. It is so hecken good, and great for reading on a cold day.
That album fucking rules. Can also confirm the Japanese vinyl store experience, they love to add personal touches.
Japan does jazz really nice. Look up Soil and Pimp for a more spicy metal jazz experience.
Huh, that’s actually pretty cool music.
A lot of the people doing video game music in the 80s were Casiopea fans, so there is a big overlap between their stuff and game music.
Their track “Countdown” being a very cleae example.
Yeah, so I noticed :D A YouTube video I saw also mentioned T-Square as another one that’s likely to’ve influenced video game music.
Listening to some of Casiopea’s tracks definitely evokes that feeling of ‘I might’ve heard that in Ridge Racer or Gran Turismo’ without being able to pin down a specific track.
I’m not seeing a track called Countdown on YT music though, what album is that on?
Huh I’m not seeing it either, but it’s a dead ringer for the Pole Position start music.
Maybe it was actually by another band and Spotify sneaked it into the playlist?
I watched a great Japanese animated film last year about a jazz musician: Blue Giant. Can definitely recommend.
Yes this Greentext introduced me to Casiopea and jazz fusion, Mint Jams is still my favorite album of theirs. Other notable works of the genre include Miles Davis’s In a Silent Way, Masayoshi Takanaka’s On Guitar, and ISSEI NORO INSPIRITS’ BEAUTY.
That is a good album. Those cats jam, and jam well.
I ran into a live performance they did in 1985 the other day while i was doing yard work. It was really good, they’re all phenomenal musicians. The crowd response was nutty, it was cool to see/hear that many people loving the hell out of the music and the band.
Listening to Dolphin while playing Wave Racer 64
According to this person: music = “weeb shit”.
Music from a famous Japanese band, sold by a Japanese person, delivered with a bunch of stereotypical Japanese things. Seems a bit disingenuous to generalize that to just “music”
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