Most of the Western audience has little idea or knowledge on the subject of Eroge games, more commonly referred to as hentai or to a smaller extent bishoujo games. Usually, the mention of such games will be centered around the fact that anime characters are engaging in coitus, which is much more silly than say a country which manages to believe in Donald Trump as a possible future president. But truth be told, Eroge games have had a huge impact on game music history and many of today’s big wigs had their start in the genre, producing some of the very best soundtracks ever crafted for video games, especially on the Japanese based home computers NEC PC-88 and its successor PC-98.
Dutch imported Sweden based composer Steven Velema, better known as surasshu and the equally great Ken “coda” Snyder have taken notice of the incredible musical material, and got their hands out of their pants to make a tribute CD based on the style of music found in the steamy video games found on PC-98. Taking cues from legendary names like Ryu Umemoto, their tribute CD is structured much like those soundtracks, and on the website it even offers a back-story and “screenshots” as if it was a legit release from the 90s. The music itself is luckily as good as the awesome presentation, and the international duo have managed to craft a a faux soundtrack that is close to as good as the real deal. In addition, the CD comes with authentic styled art and drawings by Diana Jakobsson and pixel artist Jordan Chewning.
The CD goes for $12, and is scheduled for release on 1st of May. Celebrate the real labor day by unloading with the sounds of PC-98 done righteously.
Check out YogurtBox for order info and their official trailer.
Tags: CDs, Coda, Eroge, PC-98, Preview, Ryu Umemoto, surasshu, Tributes
This is the best idea ever, and the music is great. Looking forward to buying it.
Pardon my words, but whoever wrote this was passively being a douchebag to the artists that put their time and effort into creating the album. In case you didn’t pick up on it:
“… anime characters are engaging in coitus, which is much more silly than say a country which …”
“… and got their hands out of their pants to make a tribute CD …”
“… luckily as good as the presentation, … is close to as good as the real deal.”
It’s like trying to be positive about the album, but with undertones of “I really don’t care and am only writing this article to get my website more attention.”
VERY clever. The website has this insane “authentic Japanese” feel to it. Well done!
(no, I don’t play eroge … *darts eyes back and forth* …)
Actually Vance, I’m good friends with the creator of the CD, not to mention I work with Umemoto who was instrumental to the whole genre, and have no negative undertones or message between the lines. I just wrote it in a way that would make them laugh. Next time I’ll spoon feed you so baby don’t go boo boo again.
And you missed several points. The silly comment is aimed at people who denounce eroge as silly because it is anime characters doing the mambo jambo while the majority of the country is taking Trump seriously. And I’m saying this CD is as good as the real deal, meaning the soundtracks of the era that were safe to say, quite spectacular. So there you go, moose sniffer.