Leading off with their only british hit, the top 20 entry computer game, yellow magic orchestras debut album launches the group as a japanese novelty act in keeping with kraftwerk. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra full album duration. The album was an early example of synthpop, a genre that the band helped pioneer alongside their earlier album yellow magic orchestra 1978, and it also contributed to the development of techno. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra 1979. Songs like technopolis, rydeen, and insomnia boast darker.
Hosonos brilliant interpretation of martin dennys firecracker had been. Ymo yellow magic orchestra to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Listen online to yellow magic orchestra firecracker and see which albums it appears on. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Stream yellow magic orchestra on amazon music unlimited now. Yellow magic orchestra computer game firecracker youtube. Music profile for yellow magic orchestra, formed 1978.
Listen free to yellow magic orchestra ymo firecracker, cosmic surfin and more. Euphonium, episode 5, the song rydeen is played by kitauji highschools orchestra. Ultimate collection of yellow magic orchestra compiled by ryuichi sakamoto 2011 ymo compiled by ymo remix albums. The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Track 2 on yellow magic orchestra 1978 written by martin denny lyrics. The most popular international hit from the album was firecracker, which would be released as a single the following year and again as. Yellow magic orchestra is a hugely influential early techno band that has been called the japanese equivalent of kraftwerk, while their influence inside their home country has been likened to the beatles. Computer game firecracker as performed by yellow magic orchestra. There may be more complex, more technologically innovative, and even more. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Rydeen was often sampled or covered in early chiptune and video game music, including segas super locomotive 1982, rabbit. Japans yellow magic orchestra is the worlds best purveyor of old school techno. Yellow magic orchestra ymo is an influential japanese electropop band, formed in.
Ultimate collection of yellow magic orchestra 2 cd, compilation mhcl2956 disc 1 1. Yellow magic orchestra music, videos, stats, and photos. Jan 30, 2015 yellow magic orchestra firecracker 1978 trains by blue note tokyo all star jazz orchestra wpeter erskine, bob james, eric miyashiro duration. Pages interest performing arts yellow magic orchestra ymo videos yellow magic orchestra. Dec 27, 2015 yellow magic orchestra 1978 this feature is not available right now. Yellow magic orchestra ymo yellow magic orchestra live. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Yellow magic orchestra 1978 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Ymo by yellow magic orchestra on apple music itunes. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker 1978 by ymo unofficial. A live performed on august 5, 2011 at nhk 101 studio in shibuya, tokyo. The best of ymo live compiled by yukihiro takahashi 2003 uc ymo. Yukihiro takahashi, composer yellow magic orchestra, arranger, mainartist, associatedperformer. Yellow magic orchestra discography 19782011 birblog. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. Albums include solid state survivor, yellow magic orchestra, and. Yellow magic orchestra ymo is a japanese electronic music band formed in tokyo in 1978 by haruomi hosono bass, keyboards, vocals, yukihiro takahashi drums, lead vocals and ryuichi sakamoto keyboards, vocals. Oct 18, 2015 computer game firecracker as performed by yellow magic orchestra.
They were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines. Yellow magic orchestra is the first official studio album by japanese electronic music band yellow magic orchestra, who were previously known as the yellow magic band. Get yellow magic orchestra setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other yellow magic orchestra fans for free on. That album, yellow magic orchestra, made huge waves in japan and also found.
They released a oneoff reunion album, technodon, in 1993. Listen to your favorite songs from yellow magic orchestra. Yellow magic orchestra ymo giga live 1998, region 2. Sacd iso hires 24 bit pop electronic club collection best hits 4062019. The trailblazing force behind the emergence of the japanese technopop sound of the late 70s, yellow magic orchestra remains a seminal influence on contemporary electronic music hugely popular both at home and abroad, their pioneering use of synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines places them. They helped pioneer synthpop, modern jpop, techno, and house music. Sneer at it because there are already way too many yellow magic orchestra comps in the bins already, but the plainly titled ymo does serve a purpose. Its now difficult to find all of ymos 1980s firstgeneration techno records here in the usa. Sep 12, 2015 track 2 on yellow magic orchestra 1978 written by martin denny lyrics. Find yellow magic orchestra song information on allmusic. A box set of 8 cds with live files from dj copy and the album, with a focus on the live sound from the world tour of ymo19781980. Yellow magic orchestra is a japanese electronic music band formed in tokyo in 1978 by haruomi hosono, yukihiro takahashi and ryuichi sakamoto.
Avex inc bmg rights management, latinautor, ascap, and 3 music rights societies. Nice age, youve got to help yourself, the original mix of rydeen, firecracker, the japanese. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra songs. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker 1978 trains by blue note tokyo all star jazz orchestra wpeter erskine, bob james, eric miyashiro duration. The band had stopped working together by 1984, the three members returning to their solo careers. Rydeen ymo 1979 live at theatre le palace by urteberri. High quality digital remastering, full production limited edition, by mitsuo koike who is also the main engineer of ymo and also works on sketch shows etc. A little tribute video to one of my favorite old school synthpop tunes by none other than the great ymo. Yellow magic orchestra ymo giga live 1998, region 2, dvd. Yellow magic orchestra computer gamesfirecracker from yellow magic orchestra, alfa, 1978.
Plus, raising money for the japanese red cross societys relief fund for the victims of the 2011 japan earthquake is one great purpose, but this compilation is also one of the few to feature the japanese trios postymo project hasymo. Computer game is about what it sounds like, while firecracker and cosmic surfin drift along with oriental melodies playing over the top of an unobtrusive synthpop backing. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker 1978 trains by blue note tokyo all star jazz orchestrawpeter erskine, bob james, eric miyashiro duration. So this collection is an excellent place to get all the essentials. Plus, raising money for the japanese red cross societys relief fund for the victims of the 2011 japan earthquake is one great purpose, but this compilation is also one of the few to feature the japanese trios postymo project. Yellow magic orchestra ymo is a japanese electronic music band formed in tokyo in 1978.
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