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About güt on-line
If you can read Japanese, please visit güt on-line page to obtain information from
the original sources.
"güt on-line" is a radio show within a radio program called
"Pazz & Jops" at a station named J-WAVE (FM 81.3MHz) in Tokyo,
Japan. The show is hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto (or SKMT), a musician (ex YMO)
and the founder of the musical label gü:t. He broadcasts a fragment of sound
(e.g. a rhythm pattern) in each show, using which the listeners
compose their own musical pieces and submit them to the show. The best
three or so will be on the air the next month, and the best ten or so
will be posted at güt on-line opuscule page.
Bossa Nova Girls,
Musée Psyché's official band, invites the visitors of
this site to the road to güt on-line, where the fragment
of sound is altered and mixed with your submissions, so that you
can also be a part of this challenge.
So far, Bossa Nova Girls' being here
(the theme music from MoMO, October 1996 Special Exhibition) has been
selected as one of the top three among the contestants of the fifth
"güt on-line" challenge, and was broadcast on the show on
27/Sep/96. Bossa Nova Girls' Super H and flower power
were nominated for the sixth and seventh challenge respectively, but
were not broadcast. Our pursuit for great music continues.
güt on-line is broadcast on every last Friday of a month in
Pazz & Jops, which starts at 23:00 Japanese Standard Time.
This month's subject
Obtain this month's fragment of sound from
güt on-line monthly page.
Advice given by SKMT is the following:
- Bring the ear-catchy part of your music near the beginning.
- Use human voice in a thoughtful way.
- Use non-keyboard instruments too. Enrich your music.
- It is important that your music makes listeners smile (entertain
the listeners).
Session room for November - December 1996
Bossa Nova Girls have submitted the following piece:
You are invited to rearrange any of the arrangements posted here in
any way you would like and submit it as your work here or to güt
on-line. However, usages of the arrangements here are limited for
non-business purposes only.
We also welcome new sound resources to be used in the session.
If you are not familiar with MPEG Audio or do not have a viewer for it,
please ask for Technical Information at our Information Desk.
How to submit
If you would like to submit your musical piece of work to güt
on-line, send a DAT or an audio cassette tape to the following snail
mail address:
J-WAVE, "Microsoft Pazz & Jops - güt on-line," 106-88, Japan
Your snail mail must arrive at J-WAVE no later than December 16, 1996.
If you would like to submit your sound resource or arrangement to the
road to güt on-line, please use the following form. The original
copyright holder retains the copyright of the submission. However,
you must agree with our policy of free distribution of art works for
non-business purposes.
Your sound must be already on the Internet and downloadable, as we
will set a link directly to the sound file.
Recommended sound file formats are MPEG Audio, AU, AIFF and WAV.
Please click "Send" once, and your form will be sent to us. Thank you.
If you could not mail us with the above form, please send the
equivalent contents with "gutsmt" in the subject line to
the following mail address:
psyche@yk.rim.or.jp
being here (la version bossa ambiante)
We made this opus out of SKMT's subject and a series of sampled sounds
of London underground which Angela recorded. This opus is mostly done
by Angela, with a help from Valeria on the groove, and suggestions
from Monica and Marina. Words are written by Kenji.
If you are not familiar with MPEG Audio or do not have a viewer for it,
please ask for Technical Information at our Information Desk.
Always under déconstruction
Copyright © Kenji Saito, 1996
