minimum electric design

Profile

Dates

March 2009 - present

Website

minimum electric design official website

Genre

Electronic, Rock, Jazz

Members

松井庸 (Yo Matsui) — arrangement, vocals, lyrics, guitar, bass, programming, mix & master (twitter)

Support

すぎやま (Sugiyama) — arrangement, guitar, bass, programming

dalin — vocals, lyrics

KANIHARA — vocals, lyrics

Description

The circle is lead by arranger 松井庸 who's music can be described as a melding of Electronic and Rock/Post-Rock. In contrast the groups support member and arranger すぎやま will often use Jazz as a base when arranging music. Early albums by the group were chiefly Electronic and Rock with minimal vocals, but since then albums have included elements of Jazz and Pop in addition to more Vocal tracks.

Vocalist mineko of MN-logic24 will often contribute to albums by the group and 松井庸's arrangements are often featured on mineko's releases.

Discography

	幻想郷 Electronic Shoegazer Release date: 2009-11-08 (Touhou Fuhai Komachi SP) An album featuring instrumental arrangements of themes from Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith, Undefined Fantastic Object and Changeability of Strange Dream.
	明治172年のフィクション Release date: 2009-12-30 (Comiket 77) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith and Undefined Fantastic Object. Half of the tracks from this album are reworkings of arrangements from 幻想郷 Electronic Shoegazer.
	minimum electric design 2009 Release date: 2010-05-05 (M3-25) A compilation album featuring vocal and instrumental tracks from 幻想郷 Electronic Shoegazer and 明治172年のフィクション, it does not contain any new material.
	sanae telegraph Release date: 2010-05-05 (M3-25) An album featuring instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Mountain of Faith. The first album to start integrating Jazz into the circle's established style.
	少女は電気河童の夢を見る Release date: 2010-08-14 (Comiket 78) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Mountain of Faith and Subterranean Animism. More then half of the tracks from this album are reworkings or arrangements from sanae telegraph.
	another good morning Release date: 2010-12-30 (Comiket 79) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night and Mountain of Faith.
	the cosmic recognition Release date: 2011-03-13 (Reitaisai 8) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Lotus Land Story, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night and Mountain of Faith.
	続・少女は電気河童の夢を見る Release date: 2011-08-13 (Comiket 80) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom and Mountain of Faith. A follow up album to 少女は電気河童の夢を見る that contains new material and instrumental versions of previously released tracks.
	Run Girl Run Release date: 2011-10-16 (Touhou Kouroumu 7) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Mountain of Faith and Undefined Fantastic Object. A short 2 track album with arrangements that would later be featured on an experiment on dolls and focus and defocus.
	an experiment on dolls Release date: 2011-12-30 (Comiket 81) An album featuring instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Mountain of Faith and Undefined Fantastic Object.
	focus and defocus Release date: 2012-05-27 (Reitaisai 9) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith and Subterranean Animism. The first album to begin exploring Jazz style arrangements, a trend that would continue on future releases.
	TRAIL Release date: 2012-12-30 (Comiket 83) A mostly instrumental compilation album featuring almost the entirety of the circle's works from 2009 to 2010 split across 2 discs. The album also contains several early and unreleased works not featured on previous album.
	ultramarine Release date: 2013-5-26 (Reitaisai 10) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Imperishable Night and Ten Desires.
	Amplified Shooting Star Release date: 2013-08-12 (Comiket 84) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Mountain of Faith, Undefined Fantastic Object and Ghostly Field Club. The album is much more Rock oriented than previous works or the works that would follow.
	Yukari Telegraph Release date: 2014-05-11 (Reitaisai 11) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Shoot the Bullet and Double Dealing Character.
	EXTRA WORKS 2014 Release date: 2014-11-24 (Autumn Reitaisai) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Perfect Cherry Blossom, Shoot the Bullet, Ten Desires and Undefined Fantastic Object, the album contains unreleased extra material from 2014
	TRAIL II Release date: 2015-05-10 (Reitaisai 12) A compilation album featuring a selection of vocal and instrumental songs released from 2011 to 2014 split across 2 discs.
	the border Release date: 2015-29-12 (Comiket 89) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Ten Desires and Neo-traditionalism of Japan, it contains 2 tracks that would later be featured on Two-Tone.
	Two-Tone Release date: 2016-05-08 (Reitaisai 13) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Subterranean Animism, Ten Desires, Retrospective 53 minutes, Magical Astronomy and Neo-traditionalism of Japan. The album is more Rock oriented than other releases by the circle and is the first to fully explore Alternative Rock style arrangements.
	RENOVATION Release date: 2016-08-13 (Comiket 90) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith, Double Dealing Character and Neo-traditionalism of Japan. The album largely features re-recordings of tracks from previous album.
	PARTICLE Release date: 2017-05-07 (Reitaisai 14) An album featuring arrangements of themes from Hopeless Masquerade, Changeability of Strange Dream, Magical Astronomy, Trojan Green Asteroid and Dateless Bar "Old Adam".
	0秒の主役 Release date: 2017-08-11 (Comiket 92) An album featuring instrumental arrangements of themes from Imperishable Night, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Ten Desires, Double Dealing Character, Changeability of Strange Dream, Magical Astronomy, Neo-traditionalism of Japan and Dateless Bar "Old Adam".
	グーテンベルクの科学世紀 Release date: 2018-05-06 (Reitaisai 15) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Shoot the Bullet, Undefined Fantastic Object, Ten Desires and Magical Astronomy.
	FLOWERS Release date: 2018-12-30 (Comiket 95) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Ten Desires and Magical Astronomy.
	TRAIL III Release date: 2019-05-05 (Reitaisai 16) Two albums featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith, Undefined Fantastic Object, Ten Desires, Ghostly Field Club, Changeability of Strange Dream, Magical Astronomy, Neo-traditionalism of Japan and Dateless Bar "Old Adam".
	Asymmetry Release date: 2021-12-31 (Comiket 99) A collaboration album with Aftergrow featuring vocal arrangements of themes from Imperishable Night, Mountain of Faith and Subterranean Animism.
	Achievement Release date: 2023-12-31 (Comiket 103) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith, Subterranean Animism, Undefined Fantastic Object, Ten Desires, Double Dealing Character and Neo-traditionalism of Japan.
	WILL Release date: 2024-05-03 (Reitaisai 21) An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from Magical Astronomy, Shoot the Bullet, Dateless Bar "Old Adam", Dr. Latency's Freak Report, Retrospective 53 minutes, Mountain of Faith, Undefined Fantastic Object, Trojan Green Asteroid, and Hopeless Masquerade.

Other works

• "表象と構築" released 2012-10-28 (M3-30) is the first original album featuring vocal & instrumental compositions to be released by the circle, it incorporates fewer rock elements then the circle's other works.
• " fragments" is a series of 3 mini albums released from 2012 to 2013 which contain original material that would later be used on the circle's original albums. Original material that was used as part of previously released Touhou tracks is also included.
• "Memoria" released 2013-30-12 (Comiket 85) is a Kantai Collection album produced and arranged by 松井庸, it is the only Kantai Collection album to be released by the circle.
• "クローゼット" released 2014-04-27 (M3-33) is the second original album featuring vocal and instrumental compositions to be released by the circle.
• "ORIGINAL WORKS introduction" released 2014-30-12 (Comiket 87) is a compilation album featuring works from the circle's first 2 original albums and does not contain any new material.
• "STORY" released 2016-10-30 (M3-38) is the first original album featuring vocal and instrumental compositions to be released under the name "paw" (prestige and wealth).

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RECORDS

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RECORDS is a record label run by 松井庸, it is also the label that minimum electric design's works are published under hence the ALMR-XXX catalog numbers. It can be seen displayed somewhere on almost every album released by the circle, even going as far back as their very first release 幻想郷 Electronic Shoegazer.

• "impressions" released 2010-10-31 (M3-26) is an original album released under the label ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RECORDS featuring arrangements by 松井庸 and vocals by MORIYA PAYA.