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Yellow Magic Orchestra
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Release · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Album
- Artist
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- First released
- 1978-11-25
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 344,718
- Total plays
- 11,607,554
Tags
electronicsynthpopjapanesetechnoelectronica
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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yellow+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Followed by
- Solid State Survivor
- Producer
- Haruomi Hosono
- Performer
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Distribution format
- music streaming
Show 7 more facts
- publication date
- 1978-11-25
- language of work or name
- English language
- review score
- 4
- title
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- place of publication
- Japan
- number of parts of this work
- 10
- form of creative work
- studio album
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