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[soundscream]

I wonder if the recording studio being set up means we'll get the first video podcast this week.

Do they still share a studio for podcast? I could have sworn I heard they were each going to have their own.

 

[Antiwhippy]

recent j-pop discoveries are keeping me going during this trying bombcast-less time

Daoko.

If you like japanese females whispering breathlessly into your ear.

 

[Jothel]

Big part of this: PlayStation itself is now HQ'ed in in San Francisco (really San Mateo) and not Japan anymore.

Not surprising really - read a story the other day that stated over 90% of PS4s sold were sold outside of Japan

 

[daydream]

please share with the class

KOTO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEYvI83qPWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1g2oVijJlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-agxGZVDIoc&list=RDx1g2oVijJlw&index=3

 

[omgkitty]

KOTO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEYvI83qPWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1g2oVijJlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-agxGZVDIoc&list=RDx1g2oVijJlw&index=3

This......isn't bad....?

The Japanese music industry is really weird and I would love to see some actual bands and musicians come out of there instead of just all of the J-pop and weird idol shit.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I wish there was more japanese jazz like in the ending to the current Lupin the Third series.

 

[HoodWinked]

uh where is this bombcast.

 

[stump sock]

This......isn't bad....?

The Japanese music industry is really weird and I would love to see some actual bands and musicians come out of there instead of just all of the J-pop and weird idol shit.

there are more actual bands than any one person could ever listen to in a lifetime, but 99.9% of them will exist in international obscurity. on the one hand, it makes what happens in the scene pretty unique. on the other... most people will never know

 

[Antiwhippy]

I wish there was more japanese jazz like in the ending to the current Lupin the Third series.

There is so much japanese jazz.

So much.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

KOTO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEYvI83qPWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1g2oVijJlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-agxGZVDIoc&list=RDx1g2oVijJlw&index=3

im glad you found something you like

 

[daydream]

This......isn't bad....?

The Japanese music industry is really weird and I would love to see some actual bands and musicians come out of there instead of just all of the J-pop and weird idol shit.

it's fucking amazing is what it is

also, there's plenty of that. stump will put it infinitely better than i will but the idol stuff is extremely easy to avoid and what you'll be left with is one of the freshest and most interesting music scenes going at the moment, especially (but not exclusively) in the indie space

I wish there was more japanese jazz like in the ending to the current Lupin the Third series.

check out indigo jam unit

 

[Twin Tails]

isn't the bombcast late for the third week in a row now? did they change anything?

They are recording on Tuesdays.

 

[StopMakingSense]

uh where is this bombcast.

Brad has to finish just one... more... puzzle...

 

[justjim89]

I think I hate The Witness. I keep banging my head against it, and most of the more difficult puzzle solutions haven't been out of cleverness but dumb luck. At this point I'm having to

Spoiler

raise and lower a water level over and over

and ugh just fucking kill me.

 

[Antiwhippy]

isn't the bombcast late for the third week in a row now? did they change anything?

This isn't late mang.

The Ryan Davis era was constantly pushing the line. It's the top gun of podcast schedules.

 

[omgkitty]

there are more actual bands than any one person could ever listen to in a lifetime, but 99.9% of them will exist in international obscurity. on the one hand, it makes what happens in the scene pretty unique. on the other... most people will never know

But with the language barrier it seems impossible to find especially when the only stuff to be actively pushed by the media is the stuff people normally associate with Japan. If you have some recommendations I'd love to see them.

 

[Hasemo]

J-Pop recommendations?
A few years ago I started listening to LiSA and she's probably my favorite current J-artist.
Random medley

As for other J-music, I really like Tokyo Ska Paradie Orchestra - Pride of Lions

 

[stump sock]

There is so much japanese jazz.

So much.

yeah, jesus, if you have the desire, you'll probably never run out of that either

 

[Bowlie]

I wish there was more japanese jazz like in the ending to the current Lupin the Third series.

look for Paradise Lunch and Toe, some of their songs have that classic vibe

edit: then hit me with some, stump

 

[daydream]

But with the language barrier it seems impossible to find especially when the only stuff to be actively pushed by the media is the stuff people normally associate with Japan. If you have some recommendations I'd love to see them.

so, in terms of research, a mixture of copy & pasting into google, google translate and the j-music thread have pretty much rendered the language barrier a non-issue for me

 

[skLaFarebear]

I'm not too familiar with Japanese music outside of anime/video games, but Jam Project is my jam.

 

[omgkitty]

I wish there was more japanese jazz like in the ending to the current Lupin the Third series.

Check out a band called Sleepwalker. No idea where I found them at, but they do some Jazz stuff and are Japanese. I've had an album of their's for a few years now that's pretty good (though it might be closer to more traditional jazz than OVA stuff).

so, in terms of research, a mixture of copy & pasting into google, google translate and the j-music thread have pretty much rendered the language barrier a non-issue for me

For me, I guess I never really tried. I associated the standard J-pop stuff with Japan for the most part, and the stuff I did know about like Nujabes obviously is very popular here on GAF and is in some anime. I just noticed a lot of the people who follow that scene seem to only follow that scene, so I'm not seeing a lot of asian music pop up on any year end lists or whatever and accompanied by things I've heard of.

 

[mnz]

Not surprising really - read a story the other day that stated over 90% of PS4s sold were sold outside of Japan

The big EU countries each bought more PS4s than Japan. I would've never believed you if you told me that during the PS2 era.

 

[Antiwhippy]

But with the language barrier it seems impossible to find especially when the only stuff to be actively pushed by the media is the stuff people normally associate with Japan. If you have some recommendations I'd love to see them.

I mean it depends on where you're looking. Like, I grew up on stuff like hydeout productions, boris, melt-banana, Boredoms, and all sorts of weird, awesome shit. I rarely associate japanese music with j-pop.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Do they still share a studio for podcast? I could have sworn I heard they were each going to have their own.

i'm pretty sure gamespot has been using it for the lobby, but since they don't do any other podcasts it's basically just giant bombs

 

[Bowlie]

I think I hate The Witness. I keep banging my head against it, and most of the more difficult puzzle solutions haven't been out of cleverness but dumb luck. At this point I'm having to

Spoiler

raise and lower a water level over and over

and ugh just fucking kill me.

I saw your spoiler and daamn, if I'm only 1 hour in and loving it who knows what is waiting for me

 

[omgkitty]

I mean it depends on where you're looking. Like, I grew up on stuff like hydeout productions, boris, melt-banana, Boredoms, and all sorts of weird, awesome shit. I rarely associate japanese music with j-pop.

Obviously I'm ignorant to this side of music in general, so if people want to shoot me PM's or whatever with stuff to check out, I'm all for it.

 

[daydream]

For me, I guess I never really tried. I associated the standard J-pop stuff with Japan for the most part, and the stuff I did know about like Nujabes obviously is very popular here on GAF and is in some anime. I just noticed a lot of the people who follow that scene seem to only follow that scene, so I'm not seeing a lot of asian music pop up on any year end lists or whatever and accompanied by things I've heard of.

for the record, i don't follow that scene myself, i just enjoy good music (bold, i know). also, i really couldn't care less about how popular something is, i decided to give charisma.com a shot last year since it's come up in the context of gb before - jeff likes them, for example - and since then it's been one discovery after another of amazing stuff

only japanese artists i was really listening to on a bigger scale before that (aside from game and film composers, obviously) was the aforementioned jazz group indigo jam unit which is incredible and which i've also first heard about in a gaf thread, coincidentally

also, as a sidenote, as fresh as the music is, the music videos aren't trailing far behind. they're positively insane most of the time (but in an interesting way)

 

[stump sock]

But with the language barrier it seems impossible to find especially when the only stuff to be actively pushed by the media is the stuff people normally associate with Japan. If you have some recommendations I'd love to see them.

if you want rock bands then kurita is your dude, i guess just go through some of his posts

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=155079100&postcount=5524
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=171055547&postcount=6651

a lot of shit i like is pretty hard to recommend though, I'm not sure I'm a great resource for that.

though if you're curious, I've been keeping a playlist of videos that caught my attention this year

here's one for 2015

I mean it depends on where you're looking. Like, I grew up on stuff like hydeout productions, boris, melt-banana, Boredoms, and all sorts of weird, awesome shit. I rarely associate japanese music with j-pop.

this is where I came from. all the other stuff just kind of developed out of that.

 

[omgkitty]

for the record, i don't follow that scene myself, i just enjoy good music (bold, i know). also, i really couldn't care less about how popular something is, i decided to give charisma.com a shot last year since it's come up in the context of gb before - jeff likes them, for example - and since then it's been one discovery after another of amazing stuff

only japanese artists i was really listening to on a bigger scale before that (aside from game and film composers, obviously) was the aforementioned jazz group indigo jam unit which is incredible and which i've also first heard about in a gaf thread, coincidentally

also, as a sidenote, as fresh as the music is, the music videos aren't trailing far behind. they're positively insane most of the time (but in an interesting way)

if you want rock bands then kurita is your dude, i guess just go through some of his posts

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=155079100&postcount=5524
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=171055547&postcount=6651

a lot of shit i like is pretty hard to recommend though, I'm not sure I'm a great resource for that.

though if you're curious, I've been keeping a playlist of videos that caught my attention this year

here's one for 2015



this is where I came from. all the other stuff just kind of developed out of that.

I mean it depends on where you're looking. Like, I grew up on stuff like hydeout productions, boris, melt-banana, Boredoms, and all sorts of weird, awesome shit. I rarely associate japanese music with j-pop.

Thanks for all the tips. I'll check this stuff out!

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I think I hate The Witness. I keep banging my head against it, and most of the more difficult puzzle solutions haven't been out of cleverness but dumb luck. At this point I'm having to

Spoiler

raise and lower a water level over and over

and ugh just fucking kill me.

My main hesitation in picking up The Witness is that this will be my exact experience

 

[Pomo]

throwing another recommendation for Boris and Boredoms in here, as well as Otomo Yoshihide's crazy experimental stuff. Check out Ground Zero if you want some real sonic madness.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

what if i want cute girls clumsily dancing to terrible music?

is there anything for me in the jpop scene?

 

[justjim89]

My main hesitation in picking up The Witness is that this will be my exact experience

It's Trial and Error: The Video Game. Some of the puzzles have been neat and the map is colorful, but so far I'd say wait until the game is less than $10.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

There is so much japanese jazz.

So much.

*that i was aware of

But now I have several groups to check out.

 

[stump sock]

what if i want cute girls clumsily dancing to terrible music?

is there anything for me in the jpop scene?

I'm sorry man, can't help you there

edit: then hit me with some, stump

I don't really do the jazz thing personally

but there's a subreddit dedicated to it I guess? https://www.reddit.com/r/japanesejazz

 

[BreezyLimbo]

It's Trial and Error: The Video Game. Some of the puzzles have been neat and the map is colorful, but so far I'd say wait until the game is less than $10.

I highly disagree. It gradually teaches you how certain puzzles work. There's a mix of thinking inside and outside of the box in combination to this. I've found some genius puzzles that really make you look at the game itself differently.

It definitely isn't trial and error.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I'm sorry man, can't help you there

That's a shame. I'll have to hate listen to some other podcasts until the bombcast comes out.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Uyama hiroto and kenmochi hidefumi are always great for jazz stuff.

Jazztronik, quasimode, mondo grosso and all that stuff.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Wow, The Witness is beauuuuutiful. I can't wait to play it with the Rift.

Is talk about The Division positive? Want to see if I should make an effort to play the beta.

I think most people (myself included) adjusted their expectations for the game, and this is likely why impressions have been pretty positive. It's not redefining the genre or anything, but it seems like a fun co-op loot shooter.

 

[Twin Tails]

Giant Bombcast 01/26/2016

Episode Notes

Beware

 

[stump sock]

though if you want jazz punk there's always the dearly departed Midori

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oupT5Lz9gT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-MTp4Phzk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=566qKsQvM0g

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I waited this long for a two hour podcast?

They're slipping.

 

[Myggen]

Just over 2 hours. Cancelling my sub.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Oh I didn't realize this was a Danswers! Talk longer!!!!

Spoiler

just glad to have it finally

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I waited this long for a two hour podcast?

They're slipping.

Look on the bright side. There'll be a new episode next week.

 

[stump sock]

when you solve enough puzzles, the rest of the podcast unlocks

 

[daydream]

at least there's some electroswing in the intro ad

 

[Incandenza]

The Witness's lack of audio is going to make it a great podcast game.

 

[Death Metalist]

I can't stop solving puzzles in The Witness, I can't

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