Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) was an influential Japanese electronic music b… Read Full Bio ↴Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) was an influential Japanese electronic music band, formed in 1978. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the synth-pop genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (1952-2023, drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023, keyboards).
The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However , the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio project grew into a fully fledged touring band and career for its three members.
Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers, digital and computer recording technology as it became available, their popularity and influence extended beyond Japan. Generally, the band was highly regarded as electronic pioneer and continues to be remixed and sampled by modern artists. The members have also worked with European synth/new romantic artists, such as David Sylvian of the band Japan. The single Bamboo Houses is one such example (Sylvian/Sakamoto).
The band stopped working together by 1984, the three members returning to their solo careers. They released a one-off reuinion album, Technodon, in 1993.
The early 2000s saw Hosono & Takahashi reunited in a project called Sketch Show. On the occasions when Sakamoto joined them in concerts, they called themselves Human Audio Sponge (HAS). The band played Rydeen at the 2007 Live Earth concert in Kyoto, Japan. They released two new singles that summer under the band name of HASYMO, an updated version of Rydeen and the new song Rescue.
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The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However , the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio project grew into a fully fledged touring band and career for its three members.
Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers, digital and computer recording technology as it became available, their popularity and influence extended beyond Japan. Generally, the band was highly regarded as electronic pioneer and continues to be remixed and sampled by modern artists. The members have also worked with European synth/new romantic artists, such as David Sylvian of the band Japan. The single Bamboo Houses is one such example (Sylvian/Sakamoto).
The band stopped working together by 1984, the three members returning to their solo careers. They released a one-off reuinion album, Technodon, in 1993.
The early 2000s saw Hosono & Takahashi reunited in a project called Sketch Show. On the occasions when Sakamoto joined them in concerts, they called themselves Human Audio Sponge (HAS). The band played Rydeen at the 2007 Live Earth concert in Kyoto, Japan. They released two new singles that summer under the band name of HASYMO, an updated version of Rydeen and the new song Rescue.
Read more here.
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@AiNA-THE-END
本当にこの時代のシンセなのか？ってぐらい現代的な音色でビビる
やっぱ坂本龍一の才能は恐ろしいものがある
@hwdaddy
この曲は聴く人の頭の中で映像を作り出せる不思議で美しい曲。
教授の曲にはそんな曲がたくさんあります。
もうライブで聴くことはできないけどこれからも生きてる限りずっと聴き続けるでしょう。
教授、ありがとうございました。
@TAK_Horinouchi1112
現在高2です。RYDEENが聴きたくて、BOOKOFFでSolid State SurvivorのCDを買ったのに、気がついたらこの曲ばかり聞いている自分が居ましたw「海底2万マイル」的な壮大さと未知への畏怖が入り混じった名曲だとおもってます。
@user-bi1pi2jg2w
かつて栄えたが今は海の底にある海底都市を見ているような壮大さと厳かさを感じる。
切ないという感情を持たないくらい、はるか大昔のことのような。
@twoo1479
この曲だけは本当に今年リリースされた曲って言われても違和感ない
@theviewer5212
導入部分で何やら不穏な感じがして怖くなりますが、徐々に神秘に満ちた世界が広がっていくという流れが気に入ってます。教授、数々の珠玉の作品をありがとうございます。
@user-dd5jn2vp1z
最初に聴いた時から「霊界に行く時の音楽」という印象です・・・。
中学生の時は恐怖の音楽でしかありませんでしたが、今では心に安寧を与えてくれる名曲です。
@yc2711
この曲を聞いていたのは小学校4年生の時です。
ヘッドフォンから聞こえるあまりにも神々しい響きに宇宙遊泳や幽体離脱にも似た感覚をおぼえました。
小学生なのにこんな体験をしてもいいのだろうかと思うくらいに。
いい意味でのトラウマとういう感じです。
@mitchswing3297
私はギリ中学生でした。ヤバいですよね？YMOって。
@user-rh7hb5rc9p
わかります
この曲を聴いてる時は宇宙を飛んでました
空間を飛んで、とんでもなく大きな星たちを見てました
聴くたびに宇宙へ連れて行ってくれる曲