Another song, "Rap Phenomena", was an early attempt at electronic rap. The popular anime series Dragon Ball Z also paid homage to the band with the song "Solid State Scouter" as the theme song of the 1990 TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku. Ryuichi Sakamoto was often absent from the BGM recording sessions on account of illness, and he turns in "Music Plans" as his only new composition for the album, since "1000 Knives" (from his 1978 debut album The Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto) and "Happy End" were new recordings of his earlier materials. [11] Sakamoto's "Riot in Lagos" was cited by Kurtis Mantronik as a major influence on his early electro hip hop group Mantronix;[90] he included both "Computer Game" and "Riot in Lagos" in his compilation album That's My Beat (2002) which consists of the songs that influenced his early career. After receiving the item, contact seller within. This album was produced by Haruomi Hosono. [93], YMO's use of video game sounds and bleeps also had a particularly big influence on 1980s hip hop[94] and pop music. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program, This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. Takahashi, in particular, would play the band's material in his concerts. [99], YMO also influenced many video game composers and significantly affected the sounds used in much of the chiptune and video game music produced during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. [7], YMO were pioneers of synthpop, a genre whose emergence at the start of the 1980s some have argued was the most significant development in melodic pop music since the Sixties and the Beatles. [22][23] The group leader Haruomi Hosono had already been using an Ace Tone rhythm machine since early in his career in the early 1970s. [5], Yellow Magic Orchestra – Arrangements, Electronics, Vocals, Voices on "U•T", Mixing engineers, 1981 studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, "Slaves to the rhythm: Kanye West is the latest to pay tribute to a classic drum machine", EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008, UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please! [53] Sakamoto has expressed that his "concept when making music is that there is no border between music and noise. [citation needed]. [30] Young fans of their music during this period became known as the "YMO Generation" (YMO世代, YMO Sedai). "[53], Their approach to sampling music was a precursor to the contemporary approach of constructing music by cutting fragments of sounds and looping them using computer technology. 17 in the UK Charts. [62] While the machine was initially unsuccessful due to its lack of digital sampling that the rival Linn LM-1 offered, the TR-808 featured various unique artificial percussion sounds,[62] including a deep bass kick drum,[63][64] "tinny handclap sounds",[64] "the ticky snare, the tishy hi-hats (open and closed)", and "the spacey cowbell",[62] which YMO utilized and demonstrated in their music, as early as its year of release in 1980, paving the way for the TR-808's mainstream popularity several years later,[62][63] after which it would be used for more hit records than any other drum machine[65] and continue to be widely used through to the present day. [8] They are credited with playing a key role in the development of several electronic genres, including synthpop, J-pop, electro, and techno, while exploring subversive sociopolitical themes throughout their career.[9]. [71] They also influenced the New Romantic movement,[71][failed verification] including British bands Duran Duran[16] and Japan, whose member Steve Jansen was influenced by drummer Takahashi,[72] while lead member David Sylvian was influenced by Sakamoto, who would later collaborate with Sylvian.[72]. According to SF Weekly, YMO's musical timeline has gone from "zany exotica-disco spoofs" and "bleeps and blips" in the 1970s to "sensuous musique concrète perfected" in their 1983 albums Naughty Boys and Service. YMO was the first band to use the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, one of the first programmable drum machines, as early as 1980. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab, United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, Australia, This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. Item. Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computers and digital recording technology as it became available, as well as utilizing cyberpunk-ish lyrics sung mostly in English, they extended their popularity and influence beyond Japan. [17] The three worked together again for the 1978 album Pacific, which included an early version of the song "Cosmic Surfin". [16] Afrika Bambaataa's influential song "Planet Rock" was partly inspired by YMO. [28], Their second album Solid State Survivor went on to sell over 2 million records worldwide. The band closed the night, and confirmed that "Yellow Magic Orchestra" is their official name, dropping the HASYMO title. YMO was initially conceived by Hosono as a one-off exploration of computerized exotica and parody of Western conceptions of the orient. [49] YMO were one of the most important acts in Japan's "New Music" movement and paved the way for the emergence of contemporary J-pop in the 1980s. When released in 1981, the album's reception was positive.