rojo
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Edited Jul 03, 2009, 22:42
yellow magic orchestra
Jul 03, 2009, 22:41
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any albums worth investigating by these dudes? I am slighly familiar with Sakamoto through the works of David Sylvian and have always pegged YMO as comtempories of Kraftwerk.
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sencha
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 03, 2009, 23:22
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-many claim that BGM is the tops...I like 'technodelic'. Sketch Show or YMO/HAS offers more recent yet high quality ( and expensive- japanese pressings) songs. It's called Human Audio Sponge when Sakamoto is involved ; or something like that , in case you were wondering... 'tronica' is a nice e.p.
There's quite a bit on youtube. Rydeen (different versions) or 'behind the mask', which was discussed on a different thread because of a Michael Jackson cover, might be a place to start for classic YMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6o4GWFIV8
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Jasonaparkes
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 05, 2009, 22:39
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If you like Sylvian when he was in Japan - particularly Gentlemen Take Polaroids/Tin Drum, Technodelic is probably the one. The territory Sakamoto and Sylvian would explore on Bamboo Houses b/w Bamboo Music seems to start here and the vocals are quite DS. There's also a hint of the soundtrack work on Prologue/Epilogue that Sakamoto would do after - Catherine Wheel, The Sheltering Sky, Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence, Silk etc (...speaking of which, have you heard Sakamoto's version of the Seven Samurai theme on Chasm? Heard it on a show where Jonathan Ross was interviewing Patti Smith and she was blown away/very eloquent on its greatness?)
The eponymous debut is great and very Kraftwerk-influenced, I think I have the two-disc version - several of the reissues came that way. Solid State Survivor sees YMO begin to develop their own ID and has Behind the Mask on, as well as their splendid version of Day Tripper - up there with Silicon Teens' You Really Got Me...
Multiplies....& BGM were more playful/experimental - and the two-disc Naughty Boys is probably one of the finest/most influential pop albums. If you don't like pop though, it might not do it for you...so I'd say Technodelic or the later reformed work/work under a different name (...do you think Sakamoto et al didn't use their original band-name for the same reasons' Sylvian didn't use his?).
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rojo
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 05, 2009, 23:05
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Thanks for the comprehensive tips Jason. I think I will go with Technodelic as a place to start.
I wonder if we will ever see another incarnation of Japan? I would have ruled it out entirely after the RTC debacle but anything is possible.
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dave clarkson
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 00:12
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Only got 'x multiplies' by them which is OK. Must hear more.
8)
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ars moriendi
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 09:50
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the only album i have by them is their self titled debut; very tongue in cheek shenanigans and most enjoyable because of it... although it's something that would get on your nerves if you weren't in the mood for it.
i used to have a compilation album called kyoretsu na rhythm which from memory is a compilation, it had a version of tighten up on it that used to reduce me to tears (of laughter).
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Boxnudger
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Edited Jul 06, 2009, 13:01
Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 13:00
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If you're thinking of buying either "xoo Multiples" or "Yellow Magic Orchestra" then bear in mind that they're both available in different versions.
There's a 2CD version of YMO has both the original and US (remixed, different track lengths etc) versions.
There are 3 versions of xoo Multiples that I'm aware of - the original, the US version (the one that I have, which is a compilation of tracks from xoo Multiples and Solid State Survivor) and another version (UK? - a compilation of xoo Multiples and YMO).
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ToneStone
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Edited Jul 06, 2009, 15:48
Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 15:43
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Bit rubbish tbh kinda like the Grumbleweeds doing Kraftwerk
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Lawrence
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 15:49
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Wasn't one of them in some group called the Sadistic Mika Band or something? Intriguing name nonetheless(!)
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sencha
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Re: yellow magic orchestra
Jul 06, 2009, 23:34
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Nick Kent's YMO pages:
http://artcontext.com/artskool/jem/ymo1.html
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