At 02:38 PM 9/4/2002, Maarten Baute wrote:
Hi,
I just bought my first "yellow magic orchestra" lp for only 2 euro. It is
called BMG, and is from 1981.
Can anyone point me out to a decent biography of these guys. And can anyone
describe there role in the develpment of electronical music?
Certainly not to knock AMG (Hi John! :-), but Nick Kent is probably *the*
YMO whiz on the internet.
http://www.artcontext.org/artskool/jem/ymo1.html
Wow...what a question. I have been a J-pop fan for decades and I could say
more than anyone prolly wants to hear on this subject.
One could skip backwards to Rydeen or Tong Poo, but I'd rather tell you to
go out and track down 1981's "Technodelic" and judge their impact for
yourself. Grab Sakamoto's "B2 Unit", Hosono's "Philharmony" and "SFX" for
starters on some of the bazillion solo projects (not to mention the whole
incestuous Bill Nelson, Masami Tsuchiya, Sylvian/ex-Japan members'
projects, Dolby, etc.) and production/guesting appearances (Sandii & the
Sunsetz, anyone?). See if you can grab the 1993 'reunion' record,
"Technodon" while you're at it. "Naughty Boys" has some great moments.
Great to see YMO dropped on this list; they are often unfairly passed over
when examining the roots of modern electronic music. For an idea about the
how wide ranging the influences are, check Hosono's collaborations (same
for Sakamoto). BTW, there are some *great* YMO lists available via
yahoogroups - pne of which has an ftp where (only) rare and deleted tracks
can be checked out. (YMOrare)
jeff
jeff
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