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This has some of my favorite YMO tracks: Ballet; 1000 Knives (an awesome cover-version of a track originally off of a Ryuichi Sakamoto solo album); Cue; and Loom. These, along with a couple others off this album, really encapsulate why YMO (of 1981-1983) is so great. Their music is just so atmosphereic, moody, and catchy.
The production is really something to behold too, from the distorted flangy vocals (that you either love or dispise), to the synth sounds that have aged decently well, to the reverberating industrial-esque noises that appear on tracks like 'Happy End' and 'Mass', to the unexplained 'voices' that pop in on certian tracks like 'Camouflage' that have no reason to be there other than to be there.The overall feel of this album is very dark, very brooding, and very fun. But I REALLY hate 'Rap Phenomena'; it's not catchy, or interesting, or emotional.it's just annoying; the vocals, the melody, everything about the track just urks me. And yet I enjoy this album so much that I'm willing to look past that track and look at the album as a whole. This is not YMO's best album (that place either belongs to their self-titled debut, or to the album after this, 'Technodelic'). Even so, BGM is a great album, and must have for any electronic music fan. The trailblazing force behind the emergence of the Japanese techno-pop 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 second only to Kraftwerk as innovators of today's electronic culture.
YMO was formed in Tokyo in 1978 by keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto, who at the time was working on his debut solo LP; among his collaborators was drummer Yukihiro Takahashi, himself also a solo performer as well as a member of the art rock group the Sadistic Mika Band. The third member, bassist Haruomi Hosono, boasted an even more impressive discography, including four solo records as well as a number of production credits. Agreeing to join forces as Yellow Magic Orchestra, the trio soon debuted with a self-titled LP influenced largely by the robotic iconography of Germany's Kraftwerk; 1979's Solid State Survivor heralded a quantum leap in their sound, with stronger songs and a more focused use of electronic tools, complete with English lyrics by Chris Mosdell. While 1980's Xoo Multiplies was at best a mixed bag including comedy skits and two different covers of the Archie Bell & the Drells classic 'Tighten Up,' Public Pressure captured YMO performing live.
Their two 1981 releases, BGM and Technodelic, both delved deeper into synth pop, exploring new stylistic territory anticipating the individual musicians' subsequent solo projects. Service, from 1983, again offered skits, this time courtesy of the theatrical troupe S.E.T. Following the ambitious Naughty Boys and another live record, After Service, Yellow Magic Orchestra disbanded at the peak of their popularity, with its members wishing to revive their respective solo careers. Sakamoto enjoyed the highest visibility of the YMO alumni - a noted film composer, he gained his greatest exposure co-writing the Academy Award-winning score to the 1987 film The Last Emperor.
Hosono also pursued film music as well as ambient projects, while Takahashi enjoyed an eclectic and experimental return to his rock roots. By the 1990s, YMO was cited regularly as a pioneer of ambient house music, resulting in the release of the remix album Hi-Tech/No Crime. The original trio then reunited in 1993, recording the LP Technodon before again going their separate ways. Jason Ankeny.
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ORIGIN Tokyo, Japan. FORMED July, 1978.
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Country: Japan Genre: Electronic Style: Synth-pop Members: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA (1978) Notes: this was the Japanese release of their first album (1978).