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- In 1978, Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi got together for what was originally a one-off recording session for a project.
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Apr 18, 2022 · It was around 10 years before the band reunited for one final studio recording, Technodon, which was credited to not YMO, stylised as Yellow Magic Orchestra. The band would reunite a few more times over the following years with various names, avoiding calling themselves Yellow Magic Orchestra for the time being.
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). [4] The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music.
Concluding our multi-part exploration into pioneering Japanese synthpop group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), this week we’ll analyze the trio’s work from 1983’s Naughty Boys to the present day.
Feb 20, 2018 · After a brief hiatus to further pursue their solo careers, the trio began to experiment with new electronic sounds and on Technodon, their impromptu 1993 reunion album, they wove stomping techno...
- Rob Arcand
The 1st YMO album began production July 1978 at a Shibaura studio in Tokyo, and utilized a wide variety of electronic music equipment, most notably (but not limited to) the Roland MC-8 Microcomposer, and was the earliest known pop album to use it.
The original three members performed as Yellow Magic Orchestra from Live Earth’s Kyoto stage on 7/7/07. The concert was hailed by Rolling Stone as the worldwide festival’s best reunion performance.
Mar 4, 2023 · Following an aborted YMO reunion at the start of the millennium (with Sakamoto too in demand as an international composer to find the time), Takahashi and Hosono recorded this exquisitely downbeat electronic tribute to their heroes.
