The Music of Japan.

[Mr. Afternoon]

Casiopea -(2004)-Live & More {UIGZ-7005} [SACD]

How's the sound on it? The cat num makes me think ambient mix...I have UIGZ-7004 and while it's a sonic treat it's not exactly a discrete 5.1 mix.

 

[mandrix]

How's the sound on it? The cat num makes me think ambient mix...I have UIGZ-7004 and while it's a sonic treat it's not exactly a discrete 5.1 mix.

I'll have to get back to you on that...I'm currently on Lichtmond 4 and grooving on the animation.

 

[mandrix]

How's the sound on it? The cat num makes me think ambient mix...I have UIGZ-7004 and while it's a sonic treat it's not exactly a discrete 5.1 mix.

The rears are very weak, pretty much ambient.

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

The rears are very weak, pretty much ambient.

Well, that's hardly a 5.1 mix, is it? A shame.

 

[mandrix]

Well, that's hardly a 5.1 mix, is it? A shame.

Yes, very disappointing.

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

Gave this a listen today and it has plenty going on in the surround channels (QS-encoded CD).

Figuring out what that "plenty" is is gonna take several more listens...

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

Having a lot of fun with matrix quad on CD. This one was originally released only as a QS-encoded cassette, of all things, in 1976.

First impression of the content is they'd been listening to a lot of contemporary Steely Dan and Herbie Hancock, and the third song shamelessly lifts the intro from The Who's "Love, Reign o'er Me". Only 5 songs and they start running out of ideas pretty quickly, but seem to be having fun throughout. The bass player especially. Japanese jazz bands have always struck me for how much space the bass players are free to occupy.

The quad mix is energetic and aggressive. "Early Santana quad" kind of vibe in the layout and balance.

Re-released on CD in 1989. The fidelity on the CD's very nice and speaks of good recording and mastering. There's some overuse of rapidly panning keyboards side-to-side in the rears that gets tiring (played it direct in stereo to make sure it wasn't a decoder issue, it isn't).

 

[fredblue]

i guess these are all known about here already and/or common and i'm not even sure how 'Japanese' half of it is musically but they're some of the Japanese 5.1 discs i picked up over the years i'm just giving their annual Spring dust off i might even play some of them this year

from top L to bottom R;

Jacintha "Lush Life" & "Jacintha Is Her Name", Chie Ayado "Time" & "Shine", Susan Wong "Woman In Love", "911" & "My Live Stories", Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story", Akiko "Mood Swings", Takuya "The Wide Wild World", Seigen Ono "Forest And Beach", Kodo "Mondo Head", M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars "Afro Blue" & "Birdland", Casiopea "Live & More", Akiko "Mood Indigo", "Big Band Sound", "Big Band Stage", "Big Band Special", Cornelius "Five Point One", Trouvere Quartet "Shall We Sax?"

 

[Sonik Wiz]

i guess these are all known about here already and/or common and i'm not even sure how 'Japanese' half of it is musically but they're some of the Japanese 5.1 discs i picked up over the years i'm just giving their annual Spring dust off i might even play some of them this year

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from top L to bottom R;

Jacintha "Lush Life" & "Jacintha Is Her Name", Chie Ayado "Time" & "Shine", Susan Wong "Woman In Love", "911" & "My Live Stories", Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story", Akiko "Mood Swings", Takuya "The Wide Wild World", Seigen Ono "Forest And Beach", Kodo "Mondo Head", M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars "Afro Blue" & "Birdland", Casiopea "Live & More", Akiko "Mood Indigo", "Big Band Sound", "Big Band Stage", "Big Band Special", Cornelius "Five Point One", Trouvere Quartet "Shall We Sax?"

Wow! The most recent posts here have been amazing. There's so much good stuff to follow up on. And the amount of physical media in surround that people have, just makes me very jealous. In the best possible way!

Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story" is very good. One of the only two I have myself to mention. But the I've liked everything I've heard of hers. Surround is the frosting on the cake.

Cornelius 5.1 is true surround sound demo material. And the music is imaginative & listening to it many times, the music still grabs me. As you dig into this pile I might suggest starting with this one.

 

[fredblue]

there's quite a bit of Ayumi Hamasaki's music streaming in Atmos, including her new album!

 

[fredblue]

more Ayumi streaming in Surround

 

[fredblue]

more Ayumi? so sue me!

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

From what I heard the Ayumi mixes on streaming are upmixed...hopefully someone can dispute that.

 

[fredblue]

including "My Story" now in Atmos!

 

[fredblue]

From what I heard the Ayumi mixes on streaming are upmixed...hopefully someone can dispute that.

the only appropriate response =

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

the only appropriate response =

I'm pretty sure all the Hikaru Utada streaming mixes are upmixed as well...I haven't seen too much real discrete Atmos from Japan...I think Tomita's Tale of Genji is the only one I can name off the top of my head.

 

[4-earredwonder]

i guess these are all known about here already and/or common and i'm not even sure how 'Japanese' half of it is musically but they're some of the Japanese 5.1 discs i picked up over the years i'm just giving their annual Spring dust off i might even play some of them this year

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from top L to bottom R;

Jacintha "Lush Life" & "Jacintha Is Her Name", Chie Ayado "Time" & "Shine", Susan Wong "Woman In Love", "911" & "My Live Stories", Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story", Akiko "Mood Swings", Takuya "The Wide Wild World", Seigen Ono "Forest And Beach", Kodo "Mondo Head", M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars "Afro Blue" & "Birdland", Casiopea "Live & More", Akiko "Mood Indigo", "Big Band Sound", "Big Band Stage", "Big Band Special", Cornelius "Five Point One", Trouvere Quartet "Shall We Sax?"

Quite a stash, Mr. Buckley. BTW, Jacintha Abisheganaden is from Singapore ...close enough...and her latest album FIRE AND RAIN [a tribute to James TAYLOR] on Groove Note stereo SACD is worth picking up!

 

[fredblue]

Quite a stash, Mr. Buckley. BTW, Jacintha Abisheganaden is from Singapore ...close enough...and her latest album FIRE AND RAIN [a tribute to James TAYLOR] on Groove Note stereo SACD is worth picking up!

ahh... that's some spicey Singapore Noodles, Chef Ralphiepie! there's more Surround of the Asian persuasion in the stash, i just need to sortmyfuckinlifeout!

while dusting down the discs i just found this version of Ayumi Hamasaki's "My Story" on DVD-A.. umm.. DVD-V.. err.. DVD-A/V... ahhh.. DVD-Eh?

 

[4-earredwonder]

ahh... that's some spicey Singapore Noodles, Chef Ralphiepie! there's more Surround of the Asian persuasion in the stash, i just need to sortmyfuckinlifeout!

while dusting down the discs i just found this version of Ayumi Hamasaki's "My Story" on DVD-A.. umm.. DVD-V.. err.. DVD-A/V... ahhh.. DVD-Eh?

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JEEZ ADAM, WHAT DON'T YOU HAVE ....AH, YES, A MAGIC OPAQUE NOTCHED BLACK MARKER PEN ...TO EDGE YOUR DISCS....LOL!

And as you should know by now, dear Adam ...4ears likes to live life on the edge!

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Morning Jam.