from the
HG101 blog:
Quote:
Steven "surasshu" Velema and Ken "coda" Snyder, two non-Japanese composers, love this style of music so much that they created their own tribute album, similar to Atushi Fukai's numerous "Project" albums. Titled "Tree of Knowledge, it comes complete with an authentic late 90s Japanese website at
http://yogurtbox.com/, along with a made-up plot, screenshots and character artwork, under the pretense of being a long lost game. The tracklist consists of an opening theme, a couple of general songs, and a theme for each of girls, balancing nicely between the peppy songs and the darker ones. It's quite good stuff, and anyone with a thing for FM synth - if you grew up with a Genesis or an Adlib capable sound card on your PC and dig it - will definitely enjoy it. It can be had for $10 as a digital download or $12 on a CD, and will be releasing on May 1.
This looks really cool. The composers have cited the YU-NO music as a major inspiration.
They did a good job with the website, too. Check out the
Youtube vid (the PC98 never used cassette tapes, but whatever).
edit: Huh, actually there was a cassette tape interface waaaay back in the early 80s, the PC-9801-03. There were even games for it.
The album cover looks awesome.