Ken Ishii - Reference To Difference (musicmine)

Reissue of the 1994 version of the album. I love this album just as much as Jelly Tones. Proper job. 

Fingers crossed for a Jelly Tones reissue next year.  

Such a great album.  Good to see this and Acid Mt. Fuji being remastered and rereleased on this same label.  Both essential. 

ken ishii?! wow whata blast from the past! hopefully we will see jelly tones on vinyl next year

Nice to see some Ken Ishii love. He's one of my favourites! 

He also did the OST for Netflix's Yakitori.

  On 6/28/2024 at 10:07 PM, dcom said:

He also did the OST for Netflix's Yakitori.

 

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Nice! I totally forgot about that. I like that track. Is it worth a watch? 

  On 6/28/2024 at 10:27 PM, Scaramouche said:

Nice! I totally forgot about that. I like that track. Is it worth a watch? 

I think so, yes. Netflix has been good with anime the past few years. It's not just that one track, go to YT and listen to the whole OST.

Jelly Tones is such a classic.  Not familiar with this album though.  Will check it out, thanks!

  On 6/29/2024 at 12:28 AM, NewSchoolScience said:

Jelly Tones is such a classic.  Not familiar with this album though.  Will check it out, thanks!

Ken Ishii's best work, to my mind. Always loved this album.

Except, why does this one leave out the extra tracks from previous versions? I like the idea of keeping the original tracklist, but I wish they would've done it as 2xLP and put everything on there. It's a shame to not have Morceau included.

  On 7/1/2024 at 12:26 AM, NI64 said:

Ken Ishii's best work, to my mind. Always loved this album.

Except, why does this one leave out the extra tracks from previous versions? I like the idea of keeping the original tracklist, but I wish they would've done it as 2xLP and put everything on there. It's a shame to not have Morceau included.

 

 

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Morceau is wicked. I like all the additional tracks, they work well with the album's flow.

Anyone know what gear he was using around this time? Found this Gearspace thread that makes some suggestions, but nothing definitive: https://gearspace.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1201078-ken-ishii.html