Hideki Matsutake

Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer (born 1951)

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Hideki Matsutake

Background information
Genres| electronic music
Occupation(s)| composer, arranger, and computer programmer

Musical artist

Hideki Matsutake (born August 12, 1951 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming, as the assistant of Isao Tomita during the early 1970s and as the "fourth member" of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late 1970s to early 1980s.[1]

Through his participation in the session recording of Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1978 album Thousand Knives, he joined the recordings of Yellow Magic Orchestra during 1978–1982 as their sound programmer, to become known as "the fourth member" of the group. In 1981, he formed a unit of his own under the name Logic System, which released its latest album in 2020. He also continued to take part in solo activities by YMO members such as Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi beyond the group's breakup in 1983. He was also a member of the video game music group Akihabara Electric Circus in 1988[2] and composed music for the 1996 video game Guardian Heroes.[3] Today, Matsutake is also Chairman of Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association (JSPA).

## Biography

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Matsutake was grabbed by the playback of Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach using a synthesizer and a computer at the American Pavilion of Expo '70 in Osaka. In June the following year at age 19, he made his first step into professional music as an apprentice to Isao Tomita, providing him the chance of operating one of the few Moog III-P synthesizer units in Japan.

Establishing a company of his own named Musical Advertising Corporation (MAC) in 1974, his involvement with 'new music' artists such as Yoshitaka Minami and Akiko Yano started. In 1978 he participated in the production of Ryuichi Sakamoto's first album, Thousand Knives. In the years 1978 to 1982, Matsutake served Yellow Magic Orchestra as its sound programmer, eventually to become known as the "fourth member" of the band. He also led sequencing work for numerous technopop albums by other artists, especially at the beginning of the 80s.

In 1981, Matsutake formed "Logic System" with Makoto Irie, with whom he toured to perform in other Asian countries several times. The unit has released 10 albums to date, two out of them released in eight countries. Its latest album is Technasma, released in 2020. He was a member of Akihabara Electric Circus, which released the chiptune album Super Mario Bros. 3: Akihabara Electric Circus in 1988.[2] He composed the video game music for Treasure's Guardian Heroes in 1996, alongside Nazo Suzuki.[3] Matsutake is currently chairman of Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association (JSPA). Matsutake was also a member of the musical group MONOLITH, which was responsible for creating the music for the Dragon Ball video games and insert songs from the early 90s to the mid 2000s.

## Discography

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### Discography

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Album title  | Published  | Song list

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Logic
(12″-LP)  | 5 June 1981  |

1. Intro 0:40
2. Unit 4:50
3. Domino Dance 4:15
4. Convulsion of Nature 3:01
5. XY? 4:16
6. Talk Back 4:14
7. Clash (Chinjyu of Sun) 4:17
8. Person To Person 4:18
9. Logic 4:15

Venus
(12″-LP)  | 21 December 1981  |

1. Venus 4:59
2. Morpheus 3:05
3. I Love You 4:42
4. Plan 3:00
5. Take a Chance 4:29
6. Automatic Collect, Automatic Correct 5:23
7. Be Yourself 5:02
8. Prophet 5:03
9. Metamorphism 4:06
10. Equivalent 0:33

Orient Express
(12″-LP)  | 1 October 1982  |

1. Overture 0:48
2. Orient Express 4:13
3. Simoon 4:14
4. Armistice 4:32
5. In a Persian Market 5:46
6. Karelia 2:47
7. Wagons-Lits 4:03
8. Sofia 4:21
9. Classical Gas 3:50
10. Georges Nagelmackers 4:30

To Gen Kyo
(12″-LP)  | 1991  |

1. Rydeen 4:43
2. Asian Woman 7:08
3. Sogenno Tobira 4:00
4. Let's Take A Coffee 5:32
5. Shanghai Tsukiyo 5:01
6. Mythological Falls 4:45
7. One Note Samba 4:57
8. La Femme Chinoise 4:16
9. Gekka Bijin 4:18
10. Shin Nihon Kikoh 2:45
11. Let's Take A Coffee (Extended Version 7:21

Space Polyphony
(CD)  | 21 September 1992  |

1. Man-Yoh Densetsu
2. Symmetry Dance
3. Mongolian Rhapsody
4. Shiroi Irowa Kobitono Iro
5. 3.33 • • •
6. Usu-Beni-Roman
7. Views & Visitor
8. Voyager
9. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
10. Hana

Impressive Express Vol.1
(CD)  | 21 March 1993  |

1. Kandoh Express Opening Theme 0:21
2. The Boy's Dream (Main Theme) 3:00
3. Little Nomads (Crossing The Peak) 4:03
4. Winds Of A Pilgrim (The Mountain Of Gods) 3:21
5. The Salt Road 2:38
6. Along The Karnali River 2:50
7. At The Border Market 3:35
8. Autumn In The Humla Valley 3:09
9. Green Paradis 3:27
10. India Of Spiritual Revival (Main Theme) 2:27
11. Sacred Waters Of The River Ganges 2:27
12. Valley Of The Flowers 2:54
13. Mother Earth 2:39
14. Road Into The Distance 2:17
15. Ponboore (Prayers For Shiva) 2:13
16. Meditation 2:06

Mystery of Life
(CD)  | 21 November 1993  |

1. Mystery Of Life
2. Direction
3. Tomi To Eika
4. Ancient City Of Sigiriya
5. Kurenai No Umi
6. Elephant Parade
7. Southern Island
8. Lines On The Snow
9. Kanashimi No Trap
10. Mother Nature
11. Diamond Dust
12. Aurora

Patch Work [Unreleased 1983–1990]
(CD)  | 2003  |

1. The Air 4:56
2. Northern Lights 4:50
3. Additional Text 2:46
4. Kaleidoscope 4:06
5. Progress 3:05
6. Take Pine 3:44
7. Traffic Circuit 3:51
8. Urban Night 3:09
9. Metamorphosis 14:17

History of Logic System
(CD; Japanimport)  | 28 May 2003  |

1. Intro
2. Domino Dance
3. Convulsion of Nature
4. Talk Back
5. Person To Person
6. Logic
7. Morpheus
8. Plan
9. Automatic Collect, Automatic Correct
10. Prophet
11. Equivalent
12. Overture
13. Orient Express
14. Simoon
15. Wagon-Lits
16. Sofia
17. Georges Nagelmackers
18. Ano subarashii ai o moo ichido (Neuaufnahme)
19. Min-yo(ru)-hitsuji (Neuaufnahme)

Tansu Matrix
(CD)  | 2008  |

1. Turning Point - Epilogue
2. Hypnotize
3. Wandering On The Road
4. Digiphone
5. 桜繚乱
6. Thousand Knives
7. Sweet Memories
8. Nenkororo (MOSH)
9. Left-Handed Woman
10. Love
11. Y.M.C.A.
12. A Long Cool Rain
13. Go!! Rise!! Cow!!
14. Land of 1000 Dances
15. Some Enchanted Evening
16. Turning Point - Prologue

Electric Carnaval 1982
(CD)  | 2010  |

1. Overture 0:51
2. Orient Express 6:43
3. MC1 1:28
4. Sunshine Of Your Love - Armistice 9:06
5. MC2 0:54
6. OTAKEBI 3:29
7. Wagon-Lits 3:57
8. Prophet 5:03
9. MC3 1:01
10. Karelia 2:50

Technasma
(CD)  | 2020  |

1. Overture 2:38
2. Crisis 3:33
3. Time Seeds 5:26
4. Mondrian's Square 4:18
5. Closing//Glassworks 5:22
6. Golden Ratio 5:03
7. Aqua Aura 2:56
8. 妖踊 5:05
9. Contact 5:15
10. Revive 5:21

## Notes

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1. ^ Sound International, Issues 33-40. 1981. p. 147. Retrieved 21 June 2011. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
2. ^ a b "Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
3. ^ a b "Guardian Heroes Tech Info". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

## References

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* (in Japanese) Profile of Hideki Matsuake found in a special interview article Hideki Matsutake plays with Terumin (松武秀樹 ふろくのテルミンで遊ぶ) on Gakken (publisher), viewed on 2009-03-28.
* (in Japanese) Article: Interview with Hideki Matsutake - Marking his 30th year of Techno life (祝テクノライフ30周年～松武秀樹氏) on All About, viewed 2009-03-09.
* Interview with Hideki Matsutake about YMO, Logic System, Modulars and beyond here.
* An example showing general recognition of Matsutake as being a part of YMO can be seen here.

## External links

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* Logic System Homepage[usurped]
* Logic System at discogs

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Japan

Academics|

* CiNii

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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Yellow Magic Orchestra

* Haruomi Hosono
* Ryuichi Sakamoto
* Yukihiro Takahashi

Studio albums|

* Yellow Magic Orchestra
* Solid State Survivor
* ×∞Multiplies
* BGM
* Technodelic
* Naughty Boys (Instrumental)
* Service
* Technodon

Live albums|

* Public Pressure
* After Service
* Faker Holic
* Complete Service
* Technodon Live
* Winter Live 1981
* World Tour 1980
* EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008

Compilation albums|

* Sealed
* Kyoretsu Na Rhythm
* UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra

Singles|

* "Computer Game/Firecracker"
* "Behind the Mask"
* "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)"
* "Pocketful of Rainbows"

Session musicians|

* Christian Fennesz
* Cornelius
* Ichiko Hashimoto
* Hideki Matsutake
* Bill Nelson
* Sandii
* Akiko Yano
* Kazumi Watanabe

Related|

| People|

* Makoto Ayukawa
* Peter Barakan
* Miharu Koshi
* Takashi Matsumoto
* Chris Mosdell
* David Palmer
* Hiroshi Takano

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Bands|

* Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
* Sketch Show
* Happy End
* Sadistic Mika Band
* The Beatniks

Labels|

* Commmons (Avex Group)
* Sony Music House
* Restless
* EMI Japan
* UMG Japan/A&M Japan
* Alfa

Albums|

* Thousand Knives
* YMO Versus The Human League
* Audio Sponge
* Tronika
* Wild Sketch Show
* Loophole

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