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Jazz Fusion

SEGA and it’s Jazz-Fusion band : S.S.T. Band

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The 80s were marked by the disco, the funk and there city-pop in Japan. But at the same time, the Jazz Fusion continues its evolution in parallel. Excellent bands and musicians excel in this field: Casiopea or again Masayoshi Takanaka. Here we are going to see a somewhat special group, made up of video game composers: the SST Band.

Sega Sst Band Powerdrif And Mega Drive

Power Drift & Mega Drive (CD Album, 1988)

SST Band, the official home band of SEGA

The STS. Band (SEGA Sound Team) was the official internal group of SEGA from 1988 to 1993, specializing in rock versions of Sega arcade game themes for compilation albums reserved for Japan and appearances at festivals. It is made up of six musicians then working in the sound department of SEGA.

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SST Mega Collection (CD Compilation, 1989)

Typically, some of these released albums included two specially recorded versions of the game’s soundtrack, and the rest consisted of the game’s original soundtrack.

 

The original composers of SEGA video games!

The main composers also playing in this project are:

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

He is the composer in particular of:

  • Hang-On
  • Space Harrier
  • Outrun
  • Fantasy Zone
  • After Burner

Kimitaka Matsumae

He is the composer in particular of:

  • Sega Rally
  • Virtua Fighter 3

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

He is the composer in particular of:
  • Daytona USA
  • Virtua Fighter 2
  • Shenmue

Sega Sst Band Cover Sega Classic Collection 1992

SEGA Classics Arcade Collection (CD Compilation, 1992)

Blind Spot

Although the original group ceased operations in 1993, in 2011, former members of the group reunited under the name Blind Spot, regularly releasing albums and giving concerts until 2021.

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Photo source: SEGABits

 

SEGA and Michael Jackson !

Let’s also not forget that SEGA has worked a lot in collaboration with Michael Jackson, but that’s another subject!

Taito, Konami, Data EAST, SNK.. they all had an official band!

 

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Go further/Sources:

 

Discog: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2606475-SST-Band

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S.T._Band

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