arrangers:
- link: artist/3688
  names:
    en: Keiji Yamagishi
    ja: 山岸継司
- link: artist/4008
  names:
    en: Takahiro Izutani
    ja: イズタニタカヒロ
- link: artist/12924
  names:
    en: Chipzel
- link: artist/64312
  names:
    en: Kozilek
- names:
    en: Daliesk
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Arrangement, Live Event, Remix, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/3688
  names:
    en: Keiji Yamagishi
    ja: 山岸継司
- link: artist/2800
  names:
    en: Ryuichi Nitta
    ja: 新田竜一
- link: artist/36225
  names:
    en: Stemage
- link: artist/187
  names:
    en: Manami Matsumae
    ja: 松前真奈美
covers:
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  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/98/83489/83489-1547571516.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/98/83489/83489-1547571516.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '119:17'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: First Contact
    track_length: '3:54'
  - names:
      English: Bounty Hunter
    track_length: '3:11'
  - names:
      English: Nobody Knows Me
    track_length: '4:41'
  - names:
      English: Total Escape (ft. Ryuichi Nitta)
    track_length: '4:03'
  - names:
      English: Starfish Cluster
    track_length: '3:32'
  - names:
      English: Drifting Love
    track_length: '4:47'
  - names:
      English: Chaotic Code
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: Thought Police
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: Memories of T (ft. Stemage)
    track_length: '2:46'
  - names:
      English: We, Robots
    track_length: '4:04'
  - names:
      English: Kaleidoscope (ft. Manami Matsumae)
    track_length: '3:32'
  - names:
      English: Eastern Sky
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
      English: Transparent Thorns
    track_length: '5:41'
  - names:
      English: Artificial Feelings
    track_length: '5:03'
  - names:
      English: First Contact (Takahiro Izutani Remix)
    track_length: '4:07'
  - names:
      English: Starfish Cluster (Chipzel Remix)
    track_length: '4:02'
  - names:
      English: Drifting Love (Kozilek Remix)
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: Kaleidoscope (Daliesk Remix)
    track_length: '4:25'
  - names:
      English: First Contact (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: Kaleidoscope (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '3:43'
  - names:
      English: Memories of T (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '3:03'
  - names:
      English: We, Robots (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '4:10'
  - names:
      English: Thought Police (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '4:23'
  - names:
      English: Chaotic Code (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
      English: Transparent Thorns (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '5:59'
  - names:
      English: Nobody Knows Me (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '5:12'
  - names:
      English: Bounty Hunter (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '3:10'
  - names:
      English: Total Escape (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '4:17'
  - names:
      English: Starfish Cluster (Live at MAGFest 2018)
    track_length: '3:32'
link: album/83489
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2019-01-15T08:56
  edited_date: 2022-05-03T17:25
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T12:27
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3254
name: The Retro-Active Experience
names:
  en: The Retro-Active Experience
  ja: The Retro-Active Experience
  ja-latn: The Retro-Active Experience
notes: '"Welcome to THE RETRO-ACTIVE EXPERIENCE! This project is 6 years in the making,
  and marks the first collaboration between Ninja Gaiden composer Keiji Yamagishi
  and Brave Wave director Mohammed Taher. This new release combines the 2 previous
  EPs, 2 NEW tracks, extra remixes, and a full live album featuring Brave Wave''s
  in-house band Super Strikers.

  Keiji Yamagishi is a Famicom-era pioneer and has composed music for some of the
  most beloved gaming franchises, notably Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl, Captain Tsubasa
  and Gitaroo Man. 30 years later and surer of his place in life, Keiji Yamagishi
  and Brave Wave are releasing the definitive version of his first-ever solo project.
  Inspired from his Famicom days and fueled with more passion and inventiveness, Keiji
  Yamagishi sends us all into a "futuristic emotional chiptunes world", as he himself
  has described it.

  In addition to the 14 studio tracks, the album includes extra remixes from Takahiro
  Izutani (Bayonetta, Metal Gear Solid 4), Chipzel (Super Hexagon, Octahedron), KOZILEK
  (Minit, Nuclear Throne), and Brazilian newcomer Daliesk.

  The album also includes the 2018 MAGFest performance by the Brave Wave in-house
  band, Super Strikers. The band is made up of Stemage (Metroid Metal), ap0c, Dino
  Lionetti and Kev Ragone (Cheap Dinosaurs). For the live show, a large portion of
  what you hear is actually not Yamagishi’s original stems, but instead is made from
  scratch by ap0c and Dino using authentic VRC6 sounds. The end result is a live album
  that''s uniquely different from the studio album!

  Keiji Yamagishi: "This project already feels so nostalgic for me, but I think that''s
  a good thing, given the rose-tinted title of this album. I''ll be very happy if
  returning listeners and newcomers alike can find the same satisfaction in this new
  release. I offer all the best to my beloved listeners.""

  ---

  Composed, arranged & produced by Keiji Yamagishi

  Executive produced, directed & managed by Mohammed Taher

  Associate Director, Mixing Engineer: Marco Guardia

  Mastering Engineer: Dan Suter

  Illustrators: David Hellman (Retro-Active series cover artworks), Philip Summers
  (booklet drawings)

  Designer: Caspian Whistler

  Retro-Active Logo Designer: Cory Schmitz

  Art Director: Mohammed Taher

  Editors & Translators: Stephen Meyerink, Derek Heemsbergen

  Special Thanks to Alexander Aniel, Lauren Lucas, Yousef AlNafjan, Super Strikers,
  Nowa Mogi, John Ricciardi and the 8-4 family, Brendon Pritchard, Tariq Lacy, MAGFest,
  and the loyal listeners throughout the years.

  Tracks 1–14 mixed by Marco Guardia. Tracks 15–17 produced and mixed by their respective
  artists. All guitars in tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 by Stemage.

  Tracks 19–29 mixed by Stemage. Performed live by Super Strikers on January 6th,
  2018 as part of MAGFest 2018, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.

  Super Strikers is:

  Stemage on guitars

  Steve "ap0c" Lakawicz on bass, tuba

  Dino Lionetti on keyboards

  Kev Ragone on drums

  Keiji Yamagishi on music production

  Mohammed Taher as executive producer & director

  Produced and published by Brave Wave Productions'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/2366
  names:
    en: Brave Wave
    ja: Brave Wave
    ja-latn: Brave Wave
  role: label
- link: org/1464
  names:
    en: Brave Wave Productions
    ja: ブレイブウェーブ
    ja-latn: Brave Wave Productions
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/36225
  names:
    en: Stemage
- link: artist/30719
  names:
    en: Super Strikers
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2019-01-28'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 14.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://store.bravewave.net/album/the-retro-active-experience
  name: Bandcamp
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/83489?perpage=99999
votes: 0
