Morpheus To Metamorphism

 

Logic System - Venus [WWSLP 35 FRA 2020 24-Bit FLAC]

Originally released in Japan as a vinyl album on Express Records (ETP-90139) in 1981. Ripped here from a 2020 repress in bottle green from Wewantsounds.

Hideki Matsutake is Logic System. The former technical assistant to Isao Tomita became integral to  Yellow Magic Orchestra, not as an official member, rather their programmer and performed as part of their live show.

Using a combination of classic Moog III, Prophet 5, Roland MC-8 & TR808 and a Yamaha GS-1, he composes a mixture of the breezy ambient, Japanese techtronics and pounding euro-beat. The album, recorded in the USA even evolves into slick jazz-funk complete with chorus harmonies.

Matsutake remains one of the unsung heroes of Japanese electronica, who transported his skills into the j-pop world, working with many modern artists through the decades. Further evidence that one does not need a wizard's cloak and a silly hat/hair/beard combo to be considered a keyboard wizard.

A1 Venus

A2 Morpheus

A3 I Love You

A4 Plan

A5 Take A Chance

B1 Automatic Collect, Automatic Correct

B2 Be Yourself

B3 Prophet

B4 Metamorphism

B5 Equivalent