15-592: Blue Night may refer to: "Blue Night", a song on the album Earth Moving by Mike Oldfield Blue Night Network of the Toronto Transit Commission Blue Night (Michael Learns to Rock album) , 2000, or the title track Blue Night (Art Blakey album) , 1985 B.L.U.E. Nights , a 2000 album by Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Blue Night (film) ,
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45-529: A noticeable pause in between. According to Oldfield, the album was made in full compliance with his recording company, Virgin Records , which demanded he create more commercially oriented material than his previous albums. After recording Earth Moving Oldfield wanted to move away from 'computerised music' and return to real musicians and instruments; this is evident in his next album, Amarok . According to an interview Mike Oldfield and Anita Hegerland gave on
60-436: A prototype, and 18 months later Mieda returned with a programmable organ. Keio sold the organ under the name KORG, created by using the first letter of each founder's name plus RG from their planned emphasis on products targeted for the organ market (emphasizing the letters R and G in the word organ ). In 1970 the firm name changed again to Keio Giken Kogyo Inc. (京王技研工業株式会社). Keio's organ products were successful throughout
75-576: Is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments , audio processors and guitar pedals , recording equipment, and electronic tuners . Under the Vox brand name, they also manufacture guitar amplifiers and electric guitars. KORG was founded in 1962 in Tokyo by Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Osanai as Keio Gijutsu Kenkyujo Ltd. . It later became Keio Electronic Laboratories ( 京王技術研究所 ) because its offices were located near
90-441: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Earth Moving Earth Moving is the 12th record album by British musician Mike Oldfield , released in 1989. Unlike Oldfield's albums released prior to Earth Moving , the album contains no instrumental tracks. Oldfield used several vocalists on the album, including his then girlfriend, Anita Hegerland . The album's music
105-493: The Keio train line in Tokyo and Keio can be formed by combining the first letters of Kato and Osanai. Before founding the company, Kato ran a nightclub. Osanai, a Tokyo University graduate and noted accordionist, regularly performed at Kato's club accompanied by a Wurlitzer Sideman rhythm machine. Dissatisfied with the rhythm machine, Osanai convinced Kato to finance his efforts to build a better one. The company's first product
120-526: The PS series. In the early 1980s, KORG branched into digital pianos. KORG is credited with a number of innovations. The key transpose function was Kato's idea after a singer at his club needed her accompaniment played in a lower key, which the accompanist wasn't able to do. KORG was the first company to feature effects on a synthesizer, and the first to use a sample + synthesis sound design. The M1 workstation, released in 1988, sold over 250,000 units, making it
135-529: The bestselling synthesizer ever at that time. The M1 is still to this day regarded as the perfect workstation. Yamaha Corporation has always been a major partner of KORG, supplying them with circuitry and mechanical parts. In 1987, shortly before the release of the M1 Music Workstation, Yamaha acquired a controlling interest in KORG. The takeover of the company was amicable, with Kato drawing up
150-739: The first album on which Oldfield used PRS guitars , having previously used Gibson guitars . Synthesizers on the album include a Fairlight Series III and various instruments made by Roland and Korg (including an M1 ). The album was recorded using an Atari 1040ST with C-Lab Notator software, a Harrison Series X console, a Studer A8800 tape deck with Dolby SR noise reduction, an Ampex Grand Master tape and ATC SCM200 monitors. All tracks written by Mike Oldfield. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Korg KORG Inc. ( Japanese : 株式会社コルグ , Hepburn : Kabushiki-gaisha Korugu ) , founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories ,
165-451: The late 1960s and early 1970s. Concerned about competition from other organ manufacturers, Kato decided to use the organ technology to build a keyboard for the then-niche synthesizer market. Keio's first synthesizer, the KORG miniKORG , was released in 1973. During the 1970s, KORG's synthesizer line was divided into instruments for the hobbyist, and large expensive patchable instruments such as
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#1732802014998180-401: The television programme Good Morning Britain , the song " Innocent " was inspired by their young daughter Greta, who appears in the song's music video. In the programme, Oldfield and Hegerland performed an acoustic version of the song, Hegerland singing and Oldfield playing the guitar . " Earth Moving ", " Innocent " and " (One Glance Is) Holy " were released as singles. Earth Moving is
195-623: The terms, and the two companies continued to independently develop their product lines and compete in the marketplace. In 1989, KORG recruited the design team from Sequential Circuits as they were relieved of their duties by then-Sequential owner Yamaha. In 1993, after 5 successful years under Yamaha's control, Kato had sufficient funds to repurchase most of the Yamaha shares. KORG has since diversified into digital effects, tuners, recording equipment, electronic hand percussion, and software instruments. In 1992, KORG acquired Vox , then primarily
210-729: Was an electro-mechanical rhythm device, the Disc Rotary Electric Auto Rhythm machine, Donca Matic DA-20, released in 1963. The name "Donca" was an onomatopoeic reference to the sound the rhythm machine made. Buoyed by the success of the DA-20, Keio released a solid-state version of the Rhythm machine, the Donca matic DE-20, in 1966. In 1967, Kato was approached by Fumio Mieda , an engineer seeking to build keyboards. Impressed with Mieda's enthusiasm, Kato asked him to build
225-451: Was performed mainly with synthesizers. It was the first time Oldfield recorded an album without an instrumental piece; each track being vocal-based pop and rock songs. Oldfield's only other album free of instrumentals is 2014's Man on the Rocks . The final track, despite appearing to be a lengthier piece, consists of two short, apparently unconnected songs, combined into one track, with
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