Haruomi Hosono & ... - Cosmic Surfin'

Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita - Pacific (1978)

[aliciadunn]

The rest of the world was in 1978 but this track was in 2078.

[squinteastwood]

When I first played this album in the basement of my house on an old '90s tv set on my wii console, it blew my mind. Still this is an amazing album. In my opinion the Japanese reached a musical peak that no other country ever reached.

[GryndStone]

I will NEVER get over this coming out in 1978

[ootoot]

The past that sounds like the future that still sounds like the past.

[leesherman]

I've loved the album version of "Cosmic Surfin'" since my Kazaa days, and this alien prototype might be even better!

[darkcorner]

Tomita meets Kraftwerk via Donna and Moroder, while on acid! This track is amazing!!

[ethanoreilly]

This track is so awesome!! Love analog synthesis!!

[BSCOOP]

50s Exotica meets Electronic and Funk.

[negimarossy]

0:46 the flangered sound is used for base sound in solid state survivor. 1:55 the vocoder voices are similar to those in mad pierrot. 2:34 the infinite scale is used in cosmic surfin in public pressure. 3:39 the vocoder voice are also similar to those in the end of asia in thousand knives.

[widbear]

I hear 'I Feel Love' in it, that 70s disco thing - an amazing track though.

[sebthes]

I think this is much better than YMO's, maybe original version of cosmic surfin.

[rushingtoparadise]

The answer to what if Gino Soccio recorded Dancer in an underwater studio

[ananas]

This version is on par with YMO's version. I think this is just the same case of songs made by the individual members or band reprised as their own version or YMO

[ЛИЛЯ-чж]

Why This Song Reminds Me Of The Sea In The 90's

[TheJgjfg]

Is this the past, or is this the future