Blog Link: https://videogamegrooves.com/2023/06/22/episode-106-kaze-no-notam-notam-of-wind-jet-lancer-mat-ombler

Up, up and away, in our beautiful balloon! Luxuriate in the wind, in our beautiful balloon!

We are joined by first-time guest cohost Mat Ombler from the GXM Podcast, lover of math rock (or was it numbercore?) to feature some very noticeable and discoverable albums. First, we tap into that balloon-DJ lifestyle with Kaze no NOTAM, also known as NOTAM of Wind. This aeronautic oddity is simultaneously chill and kickin, cerebral and meditative, and it’s just not something we expected to exist. We spend some time appreciating Artdink as a studio and as a “Sound Team”, which is the only credit offered for this one-of-a-kind soundtrack. The record can still be imported from Japan, but is it worth the trouble? Next, we climb into the cockpit of Jet Lancer, a “Luftrauser-like” which adopts a sound that’s far different from the Robotech-esque looking style and jetting gameplay. Mat shows us an example of how the game’s mathy sounds can either get our toes tapping or emotionally drain us with sheer brute force. St. Louis duo Fat Bard works overtime to give us the best of what math nerds demand.

We cover recent releases and offer our opinions on their relative worth (links below) and in our final segment we discuss whether vinyl is actually a good medium for discovery of music, or whether it always has to follow a noticeable moment on a digital playlist.

Outro: “The Black Knight” – Jet Lancer, by Fat Bard

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Release Links

Suikoden II (Ship To Shore PhonoCo.)

   https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/suikoden-ii-original-video-game-soundtrack

Gradius Gaiden (Ship To Shore PhonoCo.)

https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/gradius-gaiden

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus (Laced Records)

https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/warhammer-40-000-mechanicus-deluxe-double-vinyl

Dragon Age: Selections From The Original Soundtrack (Spacelab9)

   https://spacelab9.com/products/dragon_age

Citizen Sleeper (Lost In Cult Records)(Stumpy Frog Records)

https://www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/citizenvinyl

https://www.stumpyfrog.com/sfr10

Airborne Kingdom (Mana Wave Media)

https://manawave.co/products/airborne-kingdom

LISA: Pain & Joy (Serenity Forge)

https://store.serenityforge.com/products/lisa-pain-joy-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack

Neversong (Serenity Forge)

   https://store.serenityforge.com/products/neversong-1xlp-vinyl-soundtrack

Detroit: Become Human Vol. 3 (Quantic Dream)

https://shop.quanticdream.com/products/detroit-become-human-original-soundtrack-volume-3

Video Game LoFi: NieR Automata (Curaga Records)

https://floopy.bandcamp.com/album/video-game-lofi-nier-automata

Lame Genie Presents: Turtles In Time The Metal Album (Deep South Minneapolis Records)

https://dsmrecords.net/product/865003

You Are Filled With Determination (Undertale ska arrangement) (Fangamer)

https://www.fangamer.com/collections/undertale/products/skatune-network-undertale-vinyl

Mega Remix Man (2).EXE (Firaga Records)

https://roborobmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mega-remix-man-2-exe-2

Knockout City (Velan Studio)

https://thekoyostore.com/collections/knockout-city/products/knockout-city-original-game-soundtrack-3xlp

Soup’s On (The 7th Guest & The 11th Hour arrangement album) | Two Guys Records | €50-200 (Kickstarter)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twoguysrecords/soups-on-music-from-the-7th-guest-and-the-11th-hour-on-vinyl

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