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KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/5/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/5/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

We know by now that everyone is feeling a little stir crazy…hopefully, you’re still able to get out and take walks, bask in the sunshine, feel that warm spring breeze. Whatever you’re up to outside of your home, be mindful and stay safe. And enjoy these jams, hand-picked and delivered fresh to your earbuds. Leave us a comment, let us know how you’re passing the time and what’s been your go-to jams to keep you positive and sane.

 

Playlist

VIP Club – Naoya Doi
(Yamiyo ni Sasayaku ~Tantei Sagara Kyouichirou~, Sony PlayStation 2)

Blackjack – Kenichi Arakawa
(Ace of Spades, PC-98)

Game BGM 1 – Yukio Nakajima
(Hat Trick Hero 2, Super Famicom)

Hanafunky – Satoshi Ishikawa
(Tobidase! Trouble Hanafuda Douchuuki, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Slow Motion Home Run – Shigemitsu Goto, Kaori Takazoe, Takayuki Nakamura
(Mobile Pro Yakyuu: Kantoku no Saihai, Game Boy Advance)

Romance – MANYO
(D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, Microsoft Xbox One)

Name Entry – Koichi Namiki
(Galaxy Force II, FM Towns)

Staff Roll – Daisuke Shiiba
(English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills, Nintendo DS)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/29/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/29/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Allergies kicked my butt this week but hey, spring is here, the flowers are in bloom, the weather is warming up. And sure, we may not be able to go outside and play but that doesn’t we can’t celebrate. Here at the Last Wave, we’re welcoming spring with open arms and tons of smooth jams, from your dad’s favorite sport to my sister’s favorite sport to Jimmy “The Whirlwind” White’s favorite sport. Lots of sports, loads of chill jams, come and hang out with us from a distance…even though Hammock sounds like he’s about to fall asleep.

 

Playlist

Candy ~Blues for M~ – Shigeo Naka
(Super Runabout, Sega Dreamcast)

Game Over – Takeaki Kunimoto
(Yuu Yuu Jinsei, PC-Engine)

Time Castle – Masaki Kurokawa
(Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Sony PlayStation)

Play Ball! – Tomoaki Hirono, Shoichi Tanaka, Masahiko Kimura
(Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012, Sony PlayStation 3)

Looking-Glass House – Barbarian on the Groove
(Rebellions Secret Game 2nd Stage, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Retrace One’s Memory – Masashi Yano
(Es no Houteishiki, PC-98)

Gameplay – Manfred Linzner
(Jimmy White’s Cueball, Game Boy Color)

Sunset – Ryuji Iuchi
(Love Game’s: Wai Wai Tennis, Sony PlayStation)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/15/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/15/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re keeping the energy up…but we’re also bringing it down when it needs to be brought back to down. Everybody needs a little extra energy these days but you don’t want to overexert yourself, especially as the planet continues to crumble all around us. But we’ve always got sultry visual novels to keep us preoccupied while the world burns. Hey, let’s come together, make some smart decisions, and try to save our future, our children’s future, our pet’s future…the future of all living organisms because, one way or another, the Earth will save itself from us. And with that, enjoy the jams!

 

Playlist

Drive Out – Koichi Fujiwara
(Power Quest, Game Boy Color)

JUN Teil : 01 – Naotoshi Nishino
(Mermaid Prism, Sony PlayStation 2)

Title – Unknown
(WonderSwan Handy Sonar, WonderSwan)

Menial Service – Hideshi Saito
(Angel Wish: Kimi no Egao ni Chu!, Sega Dreamcast)

BGM 02 – Masashi Yano
(Kuro no Danshou: The Literary Fragment, PC-98)

Seaside – Masahito Miyamoto and Mikio Ohno
(Ganso Pachinko Ou, Super Famicom)

Beach Time – Capcom Sound Team
(Finder Love: Hara Fumina, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Ending – MUSE and PANDA
(Urotsukidoji, X68000)

Special Request

Twilight Space – Masaaki Nishizawa, Keiji Ueki, and Kennosuke Suemura
(Super Bonk, Super Nintendo)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/8/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/8/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’ve got a heavy dose of jams, which is exactly what the doctor ordered. Sure, we’re living in scary times – even Aqua City Island isn’t immune from the current state of the world. But at least, the Last Wave can provide a little bit of distraction, lulling you into the sweet and sultry embrace of the smoothest video game music on the planet. Come sail away with us!

 

Playlist

Prologue Blue Moon – Masaru Nakajima
(Brandish 4, PC)

Pebble Beach View from Sky – Yusaburo Shimojyo
(Pebble Beach no Hatou PLUS, Sony PlayStation)

Menu Music 1 – Neil Baldwin and Steve Duckworth
(Dino Dini’s Soccer, Super Nintendo)

Shhhhhh Girl – Takeshi Ike
(Kita e. Photo Memories, Sega Dreamcast)

Don’t Say Goodbye – Tomohiro Takatsuka
(Pia Carrot he Youkoso!! G.P.Gakuen Princess Portable, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Harajuku – Masaki Kurokawa
(Shin Megami Tensei: NINE, Microsoft Xbox)

Yayoi Shinozuka – Kazuhide Nakagami
(White Album: Tsuzurareru Fuyu no Omoide, Sony Playstation 3)

Evening Glow of T3 (Ending) – Atsushi Fujio, Hidehiro Funauchi, and Katsuhiko Suzuki
(TwinBee 3, Famicom)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/1/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/1/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Enjoy the jams this week, there’s plenty to get your day going in the right direction. And if you want extra Hammock action, check out Pixelated Audio‘s latest episode, featuring music from the Playstation game, Kaze no Notam. We’ve featured a track from the game on the Last Wave but we take a deeper dive, exploring all that hot air balloon simulation has to offer. Thanks to Bryan and Gene for having me on, it was a lot of fun and the soundtrack is very chill and unique.

 

Playlist

Image Video Hot Girl – Hidenori Shoji
(Yakuza 0, Sony PlayStation 3)

Grass Land – Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura, and Yasushi Tokunaga
(Yoshi’s Safari, Super Nintendo)

A Song for J.P. – Studio M
(Yume no Sei, PC-98)

Back in City – Kohei Nakamura
(No Reality, PC)

Jewel Chase – Thomas Petersen
(Microsoft Puzzle Collection, Game Boy Color)

Inn Town Ageel ~ Cursed Land – Noriyuki Iwadare
(Grandia 2, Sega Dreamcast)

Beach – Unknown
(Cesti to Meigurumi-tachi no Mahou no Bouken: Kisekko Gurumii, Game Boy Advance)

Ending – Takayuki Iwai and Yuki Iwai
(Quiz Kidou Senshi Gundam: Toi Senshi DX, Sony PlayStation Portable)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/23/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/23/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Speaking of the anthropomorphic craze in kids’ cartoons in the ’80s/’90s, how many listeners remember Battle Beasts? I collected them as a young Hammock, as well as M.U.S.C.L.E. in their plastic garbage bins. Of course, my parents sold them in a garage sale when I was off in College World and I will never forgive them for as long as I live (kidding). Biker Mice From Mars wasn’t something I was into but I did enjoy the Cowboys of Moo Mesa.

 

Playlist

Unrequited Love – Takeshi Abo
(Memories Off Duet: 1st & 2nd Stories, Sony PlayStation 2)

Owl’s Song – Tsukasa Masuko
(Nontan to Issho: Kurukuru Puzzle, Game Boy)

Editing a Mii – Kazumi Totaka
(Mii Maker, Nintendo Wii U)

Hunters Guild Lobby Level 3 – Fumio Ito
(Virtua Quest, Nintendo GameCube)

Data – Tadashi Okada and Naoyoshi Yamamoto
(Air Traffic Chaos, Nintendo DS)

Level 2-1 – Katsuhiro Hayashi
(Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken, PC-Engine CD)

M.I.S.S. Member Confluence Scene – Takeshi Sato
(Bulk Slash, Sega Saturn)

Staff Roll – Hideto Inoue and Nobuyuki Akena
(Biker Mice From Mars, Super Nintendo)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/16/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/16/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Let’s throw a question out there to the listener: if you could name your dream pasture, what would you name it? Mellow Meadows is where all the chill horses hang out on Aqua City Island, eating hay and running in the fields. When I was a little Hammock, I rode a lot of horses…as a bigger Hammock, I don’t ride as many but still enjoy it when given the opportunity. But I do not enjoy taxi cab rides, nor do I want to simulate being a taxi cab driver. BUT THAT’S WHAT THE JAMS ARE FOR!

 
Playlist

The Emotion – Hiroto Saito
(POWER DoLLS 3, PC)

Ending #3 – Atsushi Fujio and Yasuhiro Ichihashi
(Survival Kids, Game Boy Color)

Shining Sea – CODASOUND
(MapleStory, PC)

Gameplay – Unknown
(1500 DS Spirits Vol. 4: Reversi, Nintendo DS)

Let’s Name the Pasture – Manami Matsumae
(Derby Stallion, Sega Saturn)

Unused Song 14 (Sakura) – Koichi Ishibashi, Akiyoshi Saito, Kazuo Oikawa, Hitoshi Nishimura
(Kaite Tukutte Asoberu Dezaemon, Super Famicom)

BGM 89 – Yasuhiro Miura and Kouichi Ishibashi
(Gekioh: Shooting King, Sony PlayStation)

Staff Roll – Unknown
(Simple 2500 Series Portable Vol. 09: The My Taxi, Sony PlayStation Portable)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/9/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/9/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Someone once asked me, “Hey Hammock, what’s makes a jam a smooth jam?” and I had to think about it for a minute. I had to consider all the possibilities. Because it’s true…a jam can be a jam but still not be a smooth jam. I think it’s the right balance of a good beat, some kind of brass instrument, the guitar shouldn’t be overwhelming, and last but not be least, you should not feel anxious listening to it. Plenty of video game music out there makes me feel anxious but when you pop in a smooth jam, all that anxiety melts away and you’re left with something so special…it’s worth of the Last Wave.

 

Playlist

Yum Cha – Hideki Sakamoto
(428: Shibuya Scramble, Sony PlayStation 4)

Shinjuku – Sizlla Okamura
(SD Keiji: Blader, Famicom)

English is Fun! – Unknown
(EIKEN DS Training, Nintendo DS)

Everyday – Yuki Sugiura
(Spectral Gene, Sony PlayStation 2)

BGM 11 – SOUND HOLIC
(Touge Densetsu: Saisoku Battle, Super Famicom)

Something Worrying – Naoto Ishikawa
(eye’s ONLY, PC)

Hunch – Hideaki Takeshita
(Kimi Dake ni Ai o…, PC-98)

Ending – Unknown
(Bowling, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Smooth City Night – Kent Jolly
(Spore: Galactic Adventures, PC)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/2/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/2/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Another week, another half-hour dose of SMOOTH~! — this time, we visit Fox Junction for a completely chill 90’s-esque jam, we play non-golf golf tracks, hit up that beautiful Bandai WonderSwan, and passive-aggressively explain to our virtual roommate that pantry space is limited. And remember,  love is a beach…sometimes…

 

Playlist

BGM15 – Yuzo Koshiro, Motohiro Kawashima, and Ryuji Iuchi
(Fox Junction, Sony PlayStation)

On the Green – Mitsuteru Furukawa
(Mini-Moni: Mika no Happy Morning Chatty, Game Boy Advance)

Recall – Hiromu Itoh
(MIND≒0, Sony PlayStation Vita)

Europe – Taku Iwasaki
(Air Management ’96, Sega Saturn)

Love’s A Beach – Juri Goto
(Kiss Yori…Seaside Serenade, Bandai WonderSwan)

Hunk Bump Bar – .Haku
(Card City Nights, PC)

out of rhythm – Yukiko Mitsui
(Roommate Novel ~Yuka Sato~, Sega Dreamcast)

Staff Roll – Kouji Nakagawa
(Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen, Super Famicom)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/26/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/26/20)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we hit rock bottom…briefly…but maybe we’ll score those free buffet passes. From the sad casino to the jammin’ airport, we bounce around the world of smooth VGM with some great tracks. Dreaming in amber color has never looked so good…oh, and by the way, my best friend Kody the bottlenose dolphin is running a special all week long at Reef Daddy’s. Endless mozzarella sticks only $4.99. Tell ’em Hammock sent you!

 

Playlist

Flying High – Unknown
(Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan: Airport Hero Kankuu, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Dian – Hiroki Matsunaga
(Favorite Dear, Sony PlayStation)

Shuffle – Naoya Shimokawa
(Routes PE, Sony PlayStation 2)

My Room – Hitoshi Sakimoto
(Pet Club: Inu Dai Suki!, Sega Game Gear)

Fly – Moshichi
(Phantom Crash, Microsoft Xbox)

BGM 7 – Rob King and Steve Baca
(Vegas Games 2000, PC)

Dreams of Amber Color – Junya Matsuoka
(Tasogare, PC)

Ending – Kazuko Umino
(Thunder Fox, Arcade)

Special Request

World Cup Champion (Beach Volley) – Yasushi Tokunaga
(Volleyball Twin, Super Famicom)