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There was a time when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had the biggest pop culture boom when I was in high school, starting or culminating with the 1984 film "Amadeus" which won a ton of awards including a Best Picture Oscar. I think it was about the same time that the singer Falco had a hit with the song "Rock Me Amadeus". And even Japanese pop music wasn't immune to his charms since there was a popular Seiko Matsuda（松田聖子）song around that time based on the Austrian composer. Not sure whether the spirit of the classical music master was amused or bemused.
The last time I spoke about the technopop duo SPANK HAPPY, it was for the title track from their April 2002 maxi-single "Angelic" which sounded like they were channeling some Daft Punk. Well, later on in September, leader and songwriter Naruyoshi Kikuchi（菊地成孔）and vocalist Hitomi Iwasawa（岩澤瞳）released the album "Computer House of Mode" which contains the track "Forever Mozart". Written and composed by Kikuchi, I don't know whether he was actually aiming for something reminiscent of Mozart's style but there is something about "Forever Mozart" that feels like a combination of Fashion Music, technopop and even early 1980s Taeko Ohnuki（大貫妙子）. I can imagine white powdered wig and ballroom gown-wearing robots skating on a grand floor in Austria.
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