Nobuo Uematsu's New Solo Album, "10 Stories"
 

It's finally here. They're releasing one song every 2-3 months, with a full album release in 2010. The first track, "Here Comes Conga Boy" is available on iTunes worldwide.

More info and impressions here:

Nobuo Uematsu’s 10 Stories: It’s The Beginning of Some New and Excitingly Different Stories

There are details on this album posted in an interview, which can be found on the frontpage of Gamasutra today: Final Fantasy's Uematsu - Record Label, Cello Quartet Remixes.

The discussion is with Hiroki Ogawa, the director of Dog Ear Records, and is a follow-up to a previous article for Siliconera about Wappa's background in videogame music.

The interview also touches on Uematsu's involvement in the animated series Guin Saga, the making of The Black Mages live concert DVD, and the cello remix album by Cellythm. The discussion is online also in French and Italian.

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Nope, they are all vocal themes, as far I as I know, and quite quirky at that. At least, his first single for it was! Very Katamari like.

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i hope he gets to his roots again when he does the Final Fantasy XIV OST.

You can watch a video of "Here Comes Conga Boy" at YouTube - ???????????????????????????

The latest single from 10 Stories is now out. It's called "Coconut Castaway," and was written when Uematsu was 12 years old:

Original Sound Version Blog Archive 37 Years in the Making: Nobuo Uematsu’s “Coconut Castaway”