I don’t know why but this hit deep right away and brought some pretty substantial tears to my eyes on that first few songs. I remember this vibe well but of course never knew the artists so thought it was lost to the sands of time. It just struck me to look for who deejayed at La Luna Queer Night. Voila!
I chanced upon the 12-inch while in a department store in Kobe in the summer of 1985. Initially, I preferred Sakamoto's relatively dry mix (TYO). And the b-side (a snippet of which appears in the music video), is still brilliant.
Amazing single! I bought it when it was released, then I was waiting for the forthcoming masterpiece album Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia. Then I discovered YMO.
Hey Andy. Are you aware that someone named Samuel Alexandre has republished your track “Unconscious Familiar” under his own name, with no credit to you?
Hi. I think someone at the FL forums mentioned a few people who's tracks were in FL demos had people sell the tracks later as their own. Someone was going to contact the sellers to remove the offending tracks (or sick a lawyer on them) but I haven't looked into it much after that. Thanks for the headsup though.
Discovering this with 15 on German Radio, recording on Cassette, never knew the Name of Singer (i only remember he was from Japan) and after 38 Years finally found it!
Spent the early 80s on college radio, knew of Takahashi's solo work and with YMO, but never heard of this collaboration until 2023. Thank you for this 👍
Don't think so... strangely, according to "whosampled" this song has not been sampled by anyone! I'm sure it has been, but nothing well known apparently. That intro sounds like a lot of more contemporary songs for sure.
@@ricardobenitez3013 I havent had to chance to find it but it also reminds me of wolf alice song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gOpsMHPh5kk.html ... doesnt have some basic relation? ..it has "wind" noise and slightly related drum beat
I knew of YMO & Mr Dolby for a long time and then Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence came out. That movie is a "must see" in that it shows not only how great a composer Mr Sakamoto is, but how well he can act as well! I haven't been diligent in keeping up with Mr Sakamoto's career but I still wonder if he made any more movie or albums.
