Toshio Iwai Videos and the origin of Electroplankton

Update3: Demo of SimTunes put up by thewhiteline: http://www.twofloorsrecords.com/uploaded

Update2: Via the comments of this post:
"Toshio Iwai also made a game back in 1996 for the PC called SimTunes
http://ns05.iamas.ac.jp/~iwai/ [Toshio Iwai's website]
If you google you'll find a demo to download"

Note the dates of the exhibits on his website. The piano piece was done in 1995.

Update1: Looks like the orders of the videos changed.
Click here for the one that mentions Electroplankton.
Click here for a crazy one that plays the piano via light.
Click here for the list including the Tenori-On and some interesting related videos.

Title link takes you videos of Toshio Iwai demoing his work including the Tenori-On and what he states to be the origin of his Electroplankton for the Nintendo DS. Make sure to check out the second video in entirety and listen carefully. You can hear him state, "these thoughts, um installations are kind of the origin of Electroplankton." It's amazing to see the interface and design on this scale. Brilliant stuff. Via the comments section of this post. Thanks to whoever took the time to post this.

Electroplankton Samplepack (free download)

Published on Apr 28, 2019 AA Battery

Spotted this one on discchord. Electroplankton was a musical game for the Nintendo DS.

"Download it for free from:
https://www.aabattery.de/stuff/Electr... [Update: link now works]
Fellow artist J46+2 asked me if I wanted to help him create a samplepack from Electroplankton sounds, the Nintendo DS music making "game" from 2005. And of course I wanted! So here we assembled 40+ WAV Samples, Loops and One Shots for you to grab and use anywhere.

Thanks again to "J46+2" (https://www.instagram.com/4orty6ixand...) and his label at bigpharmaeuropa.bandcamp.com for assembling and mastering our first pack!"

Doepfer & Electroplankton

YouTube via RanKirlian

"Having some fun with Nintendo DS, Kaoss Pad 3 and my custom Doepfer cabinet: Nintendo plays Electroplankton Lumiloop over the XP filter module while a Doepfer oscilator does first a drone and later a sort sequence through the Xtreme filter. The result gets some delay with kaoss pad 3 and then is recorded to minidisc. Video is a bit dark at the begining, sorry, facts of the improvisations..."

Doepfer & Electroplankton from Ran Kirlian on Vimeo.

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Electroplankton Trapy

via Nintendo

"Trace lines through the water. The plankton swim along the lines to create mysterious music.

Trapy plankton make sounds as they swim over graceful lines made up of linked triangles. The creatures follow the lines you trace along the water. There are six types of Trapy in all, each with a unique color and sound. All Trapy plankton produce different tones depending on the direction they swim. They produce the lowest-pitched sounds when they swim to the right and produce higher-pitched sounds as their path veers to the left."

via Andrew who notes: "Nintendo have just made Electroplankton available for download in the DSi Ware store. It's kind of wacky, though: They're only offering 5 of the plankton, and you have to buy each separately (for 200 points - or $2.00 each). I still have my original cartridge, but a downloadable version is appealing!"

That is a bit odd. Note you can still find the original on Ebay. Click here for a search on Electroplankton posts including video.

ELECTROPLANKTON エレクトロプランクトン演奏

YouTube via jetdaisuke.

"The ELECTROPLANKTON is Nintendo DS music software made by Toshio Iwai known as the TENORI-ON producer"

And for those curious about jetdaisuke's shades (glasses):

カニエ・ウェストのシャッターサングラス


click here for prior posts on electroplankton.

Electroplankton Fun on YouTube

Published on Feb 21, 2006 danbhala

"Me playing electroplankton and also playing a melodica put throught a boss gt6 guitar fx pedal. Some vocal samples from myself too with the aid of the ds!"

This one via Martin Neumann. More on Electroplankton: 1, 2, 3. Thanks Martin!

Electroplankton

YouTube via salzmanufaktur
"Playin' around with Electroplankton. It's developed by Toshio Iwai. In collaboration with Yamaha he created the Tenori-On."

PPG wave 2.2 "Electroplankton"

Published on Oct 5, 2013 RetroSound·245 videos

"(c) 2013 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
'Electroplankton'

all synthesizer sounds: PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer (1982)
I use the internal arpeggiator for the main sequence.
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: reverb and delay"

Microsia - molecular sounds

YouTube via salzmanufaktur
"Microsia is somewhat between a computer game and an instrument. Yep, it reminds a lil of Electroplankton but it works on its own way. Microsia has a couple of tone generators and some FX and they're all controlled by their own "molecules". It's a stunning piece of software design and it's big fun to play with!
You'll find it here: http://www.microsia.de/index.php"

Microsia - Colors

"Playing with one of Microsia's presets. I did some color grading in Vegas8, so these are not the real colors of the program."

A bit like electroplankton on steroids.

Nintendo DS Electroplankton + Pod Studio UX2 (Pos Farm)

YouTube via pierrelebatteur
"My Nintendo DS link to the Pod Studio UX with the software Pod Farm"
Note Electroplankton is an app for the Nintendo DS designed by Iwai Toshio, the man behind the Yamaha Tenori-On.

Nintendo DS Electroplankton "There's life in the water"

YouTube via gattobus

"This is an original composition made by putting together multiple recording sessions of Nintendo DS software Electroplankton.

By the end of the track (about 1:30) I also used Clavia Nord Modular G2 emulating a CS80 and a Korg Trinity with some backing pad."

Devourer Of The Dead (Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer)

Published on Aug 9, 2018 sector

"Live dub tech ambient Session using Eurorack Modular Erica Synths Pico System II + Blue Lantern Sir Mix Alot , Disting mk4 , Black Hole dsp. Recorded directly into the line in of a canon d600 with magic lantern.

Stream or download this track on soundcloud:"



More modular eurorack jam session videos from sector:



Playlist at the time of this post:
Dub Tech Ambient Session with Eurorack Modular Pico system Expert Sleepers
Dub Tech Ambient Session with Eurorack Modular Pico system Expert Sleepers
Dub Tech Ambient Session with 2 Nintendo DS electroplankton Eurorack modular Pico system
Ambient jam with Dreadbox synths Murmux Erebus Nyx semi Modular
Hydric desires - ambient session with 3x nintendo ds electroplankton 12 min relaxing music
Refusing the signs, mutilating the prophecy (eurorack modular ambient jam)
Time Of The Corpses (eurorack modular ambient jam)
Years Spent Sleeping (eurorack modular ambient jam)
The Second Permadeath (eurorack modular ambient jam)
Globular Cluster (eurorack modular ambient jam)
Devourer Of The Dead (Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer)

ElectroPlankton Released

Wow, it seems forever ago since I posted on the ElectroPlankton. Well according to Create Digital Music, the game will finally be available in the US. Hmm... Might be time to finally pick up that Nintendo DS.

Elecktroplankton

I've been debating whether or not to get a Nintendo DS. After checking out the Electroplankton site, the debate is over. Electroplankton is from Toshio Iwai who also created the Tenori. Elecktroplankton is like a Nintendo DS theramin on steroids. Click through title link for the website with more info, sound and video. IGN has a good review as well.

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Death Boy Jr. - That Frequency // Korg DS-10

YouTube via godmadeusfonky | January 03, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Death Boy Jr. - Terrible

Electro-funk project made with the Korg DS-10 and Elektroplankton cartridges for Nintendo DS. (only eq was added, nothing else)

Track 7. That Frequency"

More tracks here.

Nintendo DSi on eBay
KORG DS-10 on eBay
electroplankton on eBay

Plankdronium

YouTube via salzmanufaktur
"A day and a night in the Electroplankton universe.
The Plankton named 'Sun Animalcule' grows when you hit the touchscreen. And when the sun goes down in plankton land, the pianoish singleshots turns into pads."

Nintendo DS concert, live performance (Electroplankton + KORG DS-10)

YouTube via Matchugovsky | March 05, 2009 | 109 likes, 7 dislikes

"Performing live "Warm Lake" track for "ALIASING" album made by me on Nintendo DS.
Download the album on http://thesands.ru"

iBand

YouTube via HirnW

Sent my way via brian c. You can see a write up on Wired here.

"The first iPhone band. More songs to come. www.iband.at"
That would be Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS.

PPG wave 2.2 "Electroplankton"

"(c) 2013 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound

all sounds: PPG wave 2.2 synthesizer from the year 1982
recording: multi-track without midi
fx: a bit delay and reverb"

via Marko Ettlich on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Water

video upload by GlakGlikGluk

"play ambient music synthesizer games"

Electroplankton for the Nintendo DS