^from the singles thread.
That feckin' hedgehog shows up everywhere. The end of the Ying Yang's "Grey Goose" has a pretty clear Labyrinth Zone influence in it. (As an aside, I picked up My Brother & Me (the Me & My Brother remix album, for the ingnorant) today, but haven't listened to it yet... I'm looking forward to it)
I was listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra's Solid State Survivor yesterday. The whole album's a Sonicfest except the hilarious and wonderful "Day Tripper" cover.
Yup. When I first picked up that album out of curiousity, I was in heaven. I believe Sonic's programmer cited Sakamoto as an influence. I've said it several million times, but I think overall the music for the original sonic is some of the best of the 90s.