Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated as YMO) is a Japanese electronic music band consisting of principal members Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). For their early studio albums and live performances, the band was often accompanied by music programmer Hideki Matsutake.

Each of its members were seasoned veterans of the music industry before Hosono formed the band as a one-off exploration of computerized exotica, initially paying tribute to performers such as Les Baxter and Martin Denny while also parodying Western conceptions of the orient. Over the course of YMO's career, the group continued to embrace new technologies, fusing them with classic pop forms, and indulging in sociopolitical, technological, or musical subversion.

They are often considered influential innovators in the field of popular electronic music. They contributed to the development of synthpop.

YMO were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computers, and digital recording technology in popular music, during a time when these technologies were seen as novelties. The band is considered "ahead of their time," for anticipating the global trend towards drum machines and sampling, for having anticipated the "electropop boom" of the 1980s, their "pro-technological viewpoint," their use of video game sounds and bleeps, and for experimenting heavily with computers and electronic instruments.

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Releases

Sleeve Title Year Format
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 1979 Vinyl, LP, Album
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - ライディーン = Rydeen 1980 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - ライディーン = Rydeen 1983 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 1980 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ (日本版) 1992 CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Y.M.O.* = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Propaganda (A Y.M.O. Film) = プロパガンダ 2001 DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Copy Protected, Reissue, Stereo
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - ライディーン = Rydeen 1980 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - テクノポリス = Technopolis 1980 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra, イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 1982 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 1980 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー 2018 SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - テクノポリス = Technopolis 1979 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Repress, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ 1979 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Public Pressure = 公的抑圧 = パブリック・プレッシャー 2019 SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered
イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* = Yellow Magic Orchestra - ライディーン = Rydeen 1980 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Yellow Magic Orchestra (US Version) = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ (US版) 2018 SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ* - Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ 2018 SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered
YMO* - BGM 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
YMO* - Technodelic 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
Y.M.O.* - Naughty Boys (Instrumental) = 浮気なぼくら (インスツルメンタル) 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album
YMO* - BGM 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra)* - Cue / 1000 Knives 1981 Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Multiplies 1992 Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Promo
Yellow Magic Orchestra - AfterService 1992 CD, Album, Reissue
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Live At Greak Theater 1979 1997 CD, Album
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Naughty Boys 1992 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-00 2000 Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM 2004 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic 2004 CD, Album, Reissue
Yellow Magic Orchestra - 増殖 X∞Multiplies 1999 CD, Mini-Album, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Space Invaders 1994 CD, Unofficial Release
YMO* - BGM 1981 Cassette, Album
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMO Remixes Technopolis 99-00 Complete Edition 2009 CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
Y.M.O.* - A Y.M.O. Film Propaganda 1984 VHS, NTSC
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor 1987 CD, Album, Reissue
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor 2003 CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From The Invaders) 1979 Vinyl, 7", Single
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-01 1999 Cassette, Compilation
YMO* - YMO Best Selection 1991 Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Коллекция Альбомов 2004 CDr, CD-ROM, Compilation, Unofficial Release
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra 1985 VHS, Stereo, NTSC
YMO* - 体操 1982 Vinyl, 7"
YMO* - After Service CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra 1979 Vinyl, LP, Album
YMO* - BGM 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra: US Version: Standard Vinyl Edition 2018 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMO In The '90s - The Pete Lorimar Remix 1990 CD, EP, Mixed, Repress
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-01 1999 Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress

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Tracklist: Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー

No. Title Runtime
A1 Technopolis 4:14
A2 Absolute Ego Dance 4:38
A3 Rydeen 4:26
A4 Castalia 3:30
B1 Behind The Mask 3:35
B2 Day Tripper 2:39
B3 Insomnia 4:57
B4 Solid State Survivor 3:55

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