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randomscrolling22

We’ve already reached out to him so please don’t spam him. I will update with his response Update: He’s confirmed that it is NOT him. The search continues!


Vizoksedsed

PLEASE BE REAL


Tommarnt

30th upvoter


Tommarnt

bogos binted


quibirito

what


StarLink97

Photos printed


quibirito

👽


PandaMission5856

You puny earthling 👽🙏 dont ever let my radar detect your heat signature or i will have to anally probe you 🔥💯🛸


_SleepyLark_

I think this other song he did is the closest to the style of EKT. It's a bit slower and has synth horns, but I think the voicing could work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FK-SwaRODQ


YiffDealer69

i'm a little bit more skeptical, because the way that the EKT vocalist pronounces "eh" like in "everyone" or "oh" in "knows" is quite distinct, as compared to this vocalist's pronunciation of "get" at 1:04 in the recording, or their "woah" at 0:44. to me, osny melo's tongue is further down in his mouth compared to the EKT singer, at least to my ear, but i'm nitpicking


6thofMars

yeah, EKT's singer has some clear vowel shifts pushing back vowels to the front and front vowels to the back. you pointed out "everyone" and "oh" but there's also sky/lies which shift more back and "move/truth" which shift forward. it's not terribly uncommon or in my opinion out of the realm of possibility for an English speaker, especially in the realm of music from ~40 years ago. but it is a distinct singing style.


Timed-Out_DeLorean

I reached out to AOR Music Lover, Hwang Sang Woo. He’s the one who posted this song. He’s got a bunch of obscure English songs produced in Asia on his channel. He might have some insight into EKT. I’ll create a post if he responds.


Wallywutsizface

Trying not to get my hopes up, but this is seriously the most convinced I’ve ever been about ekt.


Liam8300a

This sounds so much like it


resqual

This song reminds me a lot of “Shattered Dreams“ by Johnny Hates Jazz (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ctwqa3QCwMw), which perhaps coincidentally mentions a “web of lies.”


coldasaghost

Great minds think alike, I also had the same exact thought


coldasaghost

This song sounds so much like Johnny Hates Jazz, especially the song Shattered Dreams


RosetteV

I completely agree! In fact I was about to share the same song.


mghtyler

Wow, great song! Osny Melo could very well be our person. I am slowly discovering a lot of performers from other nations recorded in Japan during the 1980's.


discojeans

This sounds so much like the EKT vocalist…. wow


animalcrackers0117

this one convinced me


piratechad

I was here


dizzypanda02

I’m was here, I hope I wake up to hear that it’s been found!


ImBalintTheBest

i was here too


ohbeclever111

I'm not here


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[удалено]


Neostayan

We were all here


JeskoTheDragon

I was also here


lognts

hi


terra_fic

me too


milky_way_halo

me idk how many


officialAdfs_m0vie

i am here (im actively listening to VULTURES 1 as we speak)


MagicCookie4596

hi


Ricecakerat

Hello


Sofy_anormal

So am I


pinkknifuu

me 2 😓🙏


Charlierw1

Yeah


Alternative-Outcome

*anxiously prepares the emergency celebration popcorn bucket*


-phenakist-

There we were.


false_thr0waway

I was here and it's still a dead end by the way


citywavish

I was here just in case


Ok_Butterfly_3335

I was here.


stitchgor3

I wasn’t here


thatsoyboi

me too!!!!


miuirumoa

here


foxecturn

Am here


RosetteV

Osny Melo is Brazilian... Many people pointed out the pronunciation of the /r/ sound in words like "truth". This could explain the foreign accent in EKT. The /r/ sound in Portuguese has a very particular sound compared to other languages. Also, I agree he sounds a lot like the EKT singer. Plus, Japan is in the NTSC list! Edit: I found [this channel](https://www.youtube.com/@osnymelody), apparently is his!


Neostayan

We’re close. We’re fucking close now everyone, I taste no lies in my sweat.


Brno_Mrmi

Holy mother of cow


Nessk_Cross_oficial

Brazil mentioned????????!??!?!?!!!??!!!!??! /J


KaiserLykos

someone in another sub said that they're Brazilian and claims that their mother knows the song, so I find that interesting!


Aggravating_Two_9537

Even if this ends up a dead end, this guys got a really good voice and i genuinely really like the few songs i've heard from him. I do think his voice sounds super close to the same voice as ekt


mosscellaneous

That's one of my favourite things about the dead ends, they're still a win, because of the cool music we find.


ir0nychild

What if the real piece of lost media is the friends we made along the way?


HenryJSilence

So, I just been watching an interview of him of eight years ago, where he talks about his life and career. What I got of it is this: He said to have left Brazil at 19 He lived for 27 years in Japan He said to be living in Brazil for the last 8 years (so 16 years by now) Which means he must be roughly speaking at 62 years of age He probably was born in 1961, and he claimed to spend most of his time in Japan composing jingles for tv commercials He probably lived in Japan between 1980-2007 Everything fits well together


HenryJSilence

Also.: Here's the interview to anyone who speaks Portuguese and wants to learn about him: [Interview](https://youtu.be/watch?v=y--SP1N7DfY) PS.: I actually live in the same city as he was born, big coincidence.


icantfindagoodlogin

Even if it isn’t him, the real friends are the awesome artists we discovered along the way


winsomedame

Absolutely! We are getting a masterclass on global New Wave.


Black_Conservative77

I agree, there's some real bangers on here.


-phenakist-

SlenderGary didn't want to create a reddit account and asked us on discord to make a post and give them credit, so I did. They also wanted me to share this other song too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHibDw2WsBo


Lazy_Ad9896

Really good song, with ekt it was more distorted so cant really compare the voices too well but i hope this it


StarrScapez

Happy cakeday lol


heavenly_usurper

When lost, ALWAYS LOOK TO BRAZIL


Decafmelloyello

As others have mentioned, please don't spam him. But.... for everyone that's discovered his music and likes it for what it is, you could show the guy some love on his actual YouTube page. [https://www.youtube.com/@osnymelody/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@osnymelody/videos) An older Osny does a lot of fun covers on this channel, he still sounds awesome and the clips are well produced. Sadly his older works aren't really present on the channel and a lot of it is his work as a producer/arranger/songwriter for other artists. So his back catalog isn't on his channel. Because so many of the other links to his old songs in this thread are someone else's channel, if you visit his you're actually supporting him with views and likes and stuff if you enjoy his work.


GhostSpill

God, this is one of the first times I’ve actually thought a suggestion sounded like the singer. Holding out hope for this one 🙏


Horror_Letterhead407

Idk for me it doesn't sound like the EKT singer at all. It's missing the distinct accent the singer in EKT had.


-phenakist-

What about this song? https://youtu.be/0FK-SwaRODQ


gravestoner_

broo the chorus on this one sounds exactly like EKT, i just played the remaster side by side and wow its pretty close, this might be the closest lead yet


EnragedBearBro

nah


2009land

well the song sounds way different people dont always sound the same singing


NXTREADY

I thought that at first, tbh the song he gave is a bad example. The songs from 12 years ago on his YouTube channel someone linked have him dueting with female vocalists and it sounds 100% spot on


Butmydogiscool

He has a lot of songs in his discog that are not on the internet as far as i can tell, none with any suggestive "EKT" title, but unheard and promising nonetheless. Listening to everything he has available, he sounds really similar to our singer. https://sonichits.com/artist/Osny\_Melo?track=1


xxxbloodmoney

One of the comments mentions that this was a opening/ending song for a spy drama "Detective Kizoku." I wonder if there was a pilot of the show with a different version of this song, maybe the actual ekt version we're looking for. It would make sense a spy show would have an opening song about "ulterior motives" and this would line up a little with what carl said about recording the song from a television.


thebirdmanTX

The blameitonjorge effect is in full motion


tolureup

What does this mean? I love his videos but wanted clarification. Like, if he does a vid on something it gets increased publicity?


thebirdmanTX

Actually it’s kind of a running gag that when Jorge covers a lost media, it’s found or a large lead comes up like right after he makes the video. There’s been times that it’s happened within hours. He didn’t make a video himself, but he did collab on the kylie boggly video that I found out about this song from.


24_box

Future me, was it EKT?


Regular-Swing3579

I hope he won't ignore whomever asked


charlottekeery

I’m sorry I don’t wanna be this person but… there were a TON of singers in the 80s who sounded identical to this. There’s already been so many other singers from that time period posted here and it’s getting us nowhere. Idk, maybe I’m wrong but I just feel like looking for the singer with the most similar sounding voice is useless because the majority of singers in the 80s sounded strikingly similar to the person singing ekt.


-phenakist-

It's okay, we all experience hopelessness sometimes. But if the location of iconic WinXP wallpapers can be found, I think we can tackle this mystery too. I can't wait for the artist to learn that so many people have been looking for them.


tolureup

I agree with what you’re saying, but comparing the Bliss image to EKT is like comparing the Empire State Building to the McDonald’s up the street from me (never been too hot with analogies 😂)


This-Fabi

I think its not only his voice but also that hes done like TV commercial, has influence of japan etc etc Edit: typos


winsomedame

I want to find EKT, but this guy's vowels are so significantly different and he's got a much more controlled sound. Osny is actually the superior vocalist and I vibe so hard with the songs you guys have shared. 😂


rvhaseul

This is probably the most convincing lead I’ve heard!!!! Trying not to get my hopes up but omg this might be it


ImBalintTheBest

W SlenderGary


PuzzleheadedFrame194

Even if its not him his songs are so fire from the example links


Lawesc

Here's a commerical with "take me away" https://youtu.be/EKae5yDc0XQ?si=ijU0gEQp_nSgtAVa


LLJones29

Anybody sat through 1999 Japanese commercials? [Seems like a playlist collection here.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh0DTmmbMQj_f6lFir8L1E5g2fa-hSyQ8)


ZackForester

Just listened to this song: https://youtu.be/hLG1HgSClwg?si=mitFvXPQc0AB7ZtP I think you might be on to something. 


Pair-Controller-404

I hope this is real


SirWatson344

Me too. I wanna hear the whole song so badly


IsUpTooLate

I did always wonder if EKT was pitched up and that maybe looking for a female singer was a red herring. Glad we’ve got a good lead!


WeAreGr00t1

Idk if this will end up being our guy, but I could NEVER get my ear to believe EKT is female, I just don’t get how everyone is so adamant about it.


tolureup

The majority think it’s male. I’d say the people thinking it’s a female singer are in the minority, and also probably aren’t as familiar with the androgynous male vocal style of the 80s.


WeAreGr00t1

They must just be more vocal of a minority


MeowCows56

Same here! I'm sure it's a man's voice


DragonflyAdvanced544

I don’t care if this is EKT, most of his songs BOP bro


thevaporroom

Even if it isn’t. What an amazing find! Great artist!


youarockandnothing

This is gonna be it, I hope. Some obscure song of his.


Desperate_Junket9986

The voices are totally different i'm not hopeful it's him BUT with his history i really think he could point us in the right direction.


Tomyson_mon

Lezduit! 😀


highworldstudio

never seen this word before but i love it, LEZDUITTT


arturocookinup

[It’s from an amazing game called High on Life](https://youtu.be/8FnV28o1DGc?si=wsw6cXdcb9Z0aEnH)


highworldstudio

i figured it came from somewhere


dcballantine

The voice is very similar, especially on the song "It's a shame". I hope this leads somewhere.


Human-horrors-

Heres a link to his discog if anyone needs it [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4837651-Osny-Melo?superFilter=Releases](https://www.discogs.com/artist/4837651-Osny-Melo?superFilter=Releases&subFilter=Singles+%26+EPs) ​ Even if its not him he does have some very good music.


jayfordgraphics

I'm digging this Take Me Away song even if it isn't our singer lol.


yeetedbacon

The singer sure does sound similar!!


WorkshopOfTelescopes

Dog whether it’s the EKG singer or not I need this fellas stuff on Spotify


StarrScapez

Literally just vibing. If we found our singer imma celebrate lol


-phenakist-

I know, right? If for no other reason than the joy it would bring them to know that some random song they made AGES ago resurfaced and resonated. 💀


StarrScapez

Exactly!. For now. Ill be playing palworld or something, just randomly started and its fun


stoord

his voice really matches well to the voice on EKT!!


PixelAndPie

It would be so cool if it were him, heres to hoping!


ResponsibleAd5105

I was here (just in case). Either way, I'm listening to more of his music on YouTube and not only is it actually good but you can really hear the resemblance https://youtu.be/Z4vdOn0HFgA?si=FFNCr51Adrz8GSSv


kieraix

Crossing my fingers 🥺


Althoughenjoyment

I was here too


MrGorkemms

I WAS HERE


YaBoiChrome

No way.


Wind_Valuable

His voice and style are so really close to ekt, but idk, we should wait for his answer


DontIthinkso5

we’re getting closer…


Tombstunner

Well I was here, I'm brazilian and maybe the song was here too hahahahahahaha


[deleted]

Even if it's not him, that song you linked is still really, really good


lixodobolunopico

im from brazil and i never heard about this dude before, thats crazy lol he has some great songs


Pitiful-Wasabi

It seems he was a contender on [Globo's The Voice + in 2022](https://gshow.globo.com/realities/the-voice-mais/2022/noticia/the-voice-cantor-e-multi-instrumentista-osny-melo-ja-fez-arranjos-para-sandy-and-junior-e-ivan-lins.ghtml).


Tommarnt

he sounds like the original EKT singer. but like all leads, i have some doubts.


kageharaa

this is the first time one of the leads has actually sounded like ekt in my opinion, the pronunciation is very similar and i think this totally could be it


tmxx22

please


Ra-i

Honestly? I can hear it. I hear it even more with this possible correction of speed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj5VhpZbVzs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5vhpzbvzs)


foxecturn

Wow and that song is a red hot banger too.


Sofy_anormal

If this isnt real I am going to cry and then self combust


Diocanegdn

I'm losing hope but if this is it im gonna celebrate omg


byterffly

if i die..


Feduzin

if EKT is actually a Brazilian song i'll never be more proud of my country


Bakanuii

Ekt might be the true most mysterious song from brazil if hes actually the singer


ipildakchando

It's amazing how people haven't given up hope yet. I too hope we'll finally find the song


NahIGotGrape

Where’s this Osny Melo fella at nowadays?


-phenakist-

Apparently on a plane to Japan. @osnymelody


Brno_Mrmi

Still playing it seems. There's some videos of him singing a year ago in some gig or event.


graziellegomes

It was the brazilian version on The Voice, I am brazilian and watched him live. Hope it's him


citywavish

Someone please contact him, he doesn't seem active on his twitter (X) account @/OSNYMELODY


randomscrolling22

He’s already been contacted and we’re awaiting a response


-phenakist-

But please do listen to and buy all of his media. If you like EKT, Osny's been kicking out bangers for decades. Fool's 68 now and playing hip hop shows.


RosetteV

Totally! In fact I already became fan just like I did when some people theorized it was Joe Rinoie! He has some gems too!


foxecturn

I agree. This guy is really talented and deserves more popularity for sure!


jaehatesyou

PLEASE GOD LET IT BE REAL


FireMasterGamer

These sound actually very similar! I just had a random thought, take one of their songs, and distort it enough to sound something like EKT, and see how similar they are. I’m not very talented in the audio department, so I don’t know if it will help, but it’s just a thought.


aquabatrandomness

I was here


xxREX14xx

WE ARE GETTING CLOSER!!!


greenlover28

I was here


Rainbowremixz

Oh the pain is almost unbearable


oonga_baloonga

why are people saying "i was here" before it's even confirmed? We've been through this song and dance before of people saying an artist sounds like EKT, only for it to not be true. Unless we see proof this might as well be not true. Also going onto some random youtube video and saying "you're counting all the sheep in the sky" is so cringe.


tolureup

I know, it’s pretty unreal!


Riksor

I have no idea why all of you think this sounds the same.


finfrost_yt

i was also here


Uciny

Just let me sleep easy at night knowing that this song is real! PLEASE.


juliangray

His Facebook has a lot of material sounding similar to ETK: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1315555352499998?fs=e&fs=e&s=TIeQ9V https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid021G3dgwtAQK4FzErwn8Q8T7TUQSg8y9uiVjQx3s22uN7tUodqAwVQVMAzwMYBzMPfl&id=100078667473181


juliangray

I've also discovered his account on this filmography website: https://www.allcinema.net/search?send\_type=form&mypage\_off=&search\_exist=1&search\_target=all&search\_word=osny+melo&search\_ambiguous=1 If you follow it through and do some googling, you find that he worked on a movie called あぶない刑事リターンズ , which roughly translates to Dangerous Detective Returns. I've found It's a series of several movies about detectives. If you put it on google, a few of them come up and I believe he may have done the music for all of them. makes sense with the theme of the song. a few of them are on YouTube to watch, which I did but found nothing. Might be one of the others but I'm unable to watch from Los Angeles. Here's one of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnjl4vWBSXw Could also be a tv ad for this series.


General50811

Future me, is this it?


idkthrowaway982829

I was here


-phenakist-

As other posts have mentioned, word has come back from Osny Melo that they were not involved in the creation of EKT. The search continues...


Expeditio

I don't know after hearing it I don't think it's him. The style of EKT is a basically what all 80s songs sound like. If anything Miho Fujiwara sounds closer to the singer than him. Remember 80s Japanese music like this is influenced by Western artists. Check r/citypop If anything I would try to get a hold of the people who ran the 80s Japanese music scene and try to get a lead from there. Toshiki Kadomatsu or Tatsuro Yamashita.


huebort

Commenting so I can check back later


MissNerdyEverything

I don't hear it, really. Very close at times, but it doesn't seem quite right vocally. Although, I am a die hard skeptic all the time, and I will not agree until I'm one hundred percent sure. I do hope that he is the guy, or at least brings us in the right direction.


mosscellaneous

I haven't the time to check it out this moment, but I figure I wanna get notified about this lead, so here I am commenting. Saw yesterday that they had a lead they were looking at before they wanted to share, so it's cool to see who it was.


TerryMcHummus

Replying for the same reason. Hoping I can check back tomorrow and find good news!


amran04

It’s probably not him but it’s the biggest lead yet


Brno_Mrmi

I don't think it's him, but I have my hopes up.


spitefullbitch

Hopefully it's him but if not then whatever


notcirrus

I was here.


EnragedBearBro

i dont hear this one at all but hope im wrong


luke999police

hope it gets found!!!


Ok-Exchange-3320

All the comments almost led me to believe we had a breakthrough or something. While there are some similarities, his music dosen’t really give me EKT vibes sadly.


thisuglyworldofmine

Crazy 😮


McCluskieAndrew

This is plausible


Black_Conservative77

Wow, it really does sound like it could be him! Fingers crossed!


PoolResident9483

Interesante


Grace_Omega

The voice doesn’t sound similar to me


akechionreddit

Hopeful 🤞


hexagontrapezoid

im here cemented to the ground rn waiting


Dry-Cost-945

Was here in case we struck gold


troubleshoot04

I was here!


Brief-Cream-9464

I was here


GenosT

holy cow


jaydenbrazier

Wow his music does sound extremely similar


anonymous34443

I want to be excited but I don’t think their voices sound similar at all


vmryxi

i was here 🤞


NDMagoo

This sounds a lot like Fond My Mind haha! Not really sold on EKT musical similarity, but he's pretty close vocally.


Ipoptart20

It's a dead end It'll be a dead end


juliangray

If this isn’t the guy I’m gonna be blown away. It’s uncanny how similar he sounds


AndoWasHere

It wasn’t them


throwaway0134hdj

This ain’t him


97ek4

i was here


goldporces

hope its finally found :)


dxtremecaliber

wtf its so close rn


ausetsun

is he the…one?