Oasis in 2op - "CALL VOICE" / Tadahiro Nitta / Oasis in 2op - "CALL VOICE" / Tadahiro Nitta / Oasis in 2op - "CALL VOICE" / Tadahiro Nitta

This album was pre-released digitally on November 6, 2021.

Composer
1-5: Tadahiro Nitta / 6: gyabuneko & Tadahiro Nitta

Arranger
Tadahiro Nitta

Jacket Design
Shinji Ishikawa

English Text
Mike "Mr,mouse" Zuurman

Tracks programmed in MSX-MUSIC for PSG and OPLL (MSX2+)
Post-production using Adobe Audition and Steinberg Cubase


CALL VOICE is a mini-album by Oasis in 2op's Tadahiro Nitta,
one of the top game music composers of the home computers in the '80s and '90s.
In particular, Tadahiro's classic compositions for games on the MSX platform were
received with wide acclaim and are exemplary of pushing the combination of FM and
PSG audio to the limit. Examples are Illusion City, the Xak series and Fray in Magical Adventure.
CALL VOICE features 6 new compositions by Tadahiro. All instrument tracks on the
album were created by programming an actual MSX2+, recording the FM and PSG
output, followed by post-production and mixing.

Dedicated to all who love MSX!


Y-City

Y-City is a tribute to Yokkaichi, a port city of around 300.000 inhabitants, located in north-central of
Mie Prefecture. The city was also the location of Microcabin, the software company that produced
many classic games for which Tadahiro Nitta composed the music. In Tadahiro-san's words:
"Yokkaichi is the city that raised me. "


&HB4 and B5$

These titles do not have a deeper meaning, but are a syntax often used in Tadahiro's BASIC programs
to compose music, He felt sympathy with the expressions and used them as carriers of his music.


U-Ka

U-Ka (羽化) means the emergence (of insects), hatching from an egg or their pupal case. The song
refers to an experience Tadahiro had in his garden. One time in July he noticed a Cicada, a type of
insect, in a fruit tree and was deeply touched by its wonderful appearance. This type of insect sings
many songs during summer. A few days later Tadahiro observed another Cicada that was still developin
It died the next day because it couldn't stretch its beautiful wings. Tadahiro witnessed both the beauty
and the cruelty of Mother Nature and infused this emotion in his music.


TPorFD

TAPE or FD? A title with a wink. Tape or floppy disk, not something you would ask these days. But you
can hear the nod to old times in the music.


Oasis

Oasis is a collaboration with Gyabuneko, who created the chords, the electric piano and a mysterious
sound that closely resembles the cooing of a specific type of pigeon you can find in the mountains of
Japan. It is not living in flocks, but mostly on its own. Japanese love this pigeon and will recognize the
cooing immediately.