Humour is the word here the sheer fun they must have had making it clearly shines through and, i find, is irresistible. A sample of firecracker from the 1978 album yellow magic orchestra. Yellow magic orchestra is the first official studio album by japanese electronic music band yellow magic orchestra, who were previously known as the yellow magic bandthe album was an early example of synthpop, a genre that the band helped pioneer. Im a massive fan of maurice fulton, i would want every track of his on my label if i had one. Yellow magic orchestra ymo is a japanese electronic music band formed in tokyo in 1978 by haruomi hosono bass, keyboards, vocals, yukihiro takahashi drums, lead vocals and ryuichi sakamoto keyboards, vocals. Yellow magic orchestra also headlined their world happiness festival on august 12th, 2012. Fuelled by voracious selectors and intrepid reissue labels bringing back 12. Firecracker aka computer game yellow magic orchestra. If im not mistaken, it would appear early pressings of this album were marketed as yellow magic orchestra by haruomi hosono. Firecracker by yellow magic orchestra 1978 was remixed in im real murder remix by irv. The use of digital sampling and looping in popular music was pioneered by japanese electronic music band yellow magic orchestra ymo. The song is not an orginal composition by yellow magic orchestra it must be known. The first vinyl version came out in 1979, and ymo was awarded the annual grand prize for the best album of the year in japan 1979 when the rest of the world didnt know much.
Yellow magic orchestra samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker the most unusual hit to hit the dance floors and all the way from japan yes i ventured into that old music box of mine again and pulled out yet another old track that i havent heard for at least 15 years. It was a complete musical departure from any of careys previous releases, focusing heavily on recreating a 1980s post. In contrast, because ymo retained that strong emphasis on exotica, it still retained the. Electronic dance music wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Discover all yellow magic orchestras music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Discover all yellow magic orchestra s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. They are often considered influential innovators in the field of popular electronic.
Some of the earliest examples in popular electronic music were from yellow magic orchestra, such as computer game firecracker 1978 sampling a martin denny melody and space invaders game sounds, while technodelic 1981 was one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops. Yellow magic orchestras selftitled album released in 1978 proved itself to be a huge influence on the emerging techno, synthpop and even hiphop genres with its atthetime revolutionary computerized sound filled with cuttingedge electronic instruments and arcade machine sound samples. Following the disbanding of yellow magic orchestra in 1983, sakamoto released a number of solo albums during the 1980s. Yellow magic orchestra ymo is a japanese electronic music band consisting of principal members haruomi hosono bass and keyboards and vocals, yukihiro takahashi drums and lead vocals and ryuichi sakamoto keyboards and vocals.
What has forever been defined by the glitterball aesthetic of saturday night fever, has, slowly opened its arms to embrace a world of different musics, loosely connected by the idea, feel or groove of disco. Yellow magic orchestra ymo i 79 flac 214mb although this is the very first album released by the yellow magic orchestra, it is immediately very good. He attended the tokyo national university of fine arts and music, where he earned a b. When discussing the birth of electronic pop music, many people like to mention kraftwerk but very few seem to mention their japanese contemporaries yellow magic orchestra. Listen to the track that introduced the world to the future in 79 and made ymo a global sensation. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker dmc remix youtube. Ryuichi sakamoto popular music wiki fandom powered by. Although the sampled jazz artists are high profiled, the featured underground hiphop acts are also an important spice to the dish. The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music. It contributed to the development of electro, hip hop, techno, and bleep techno.
The single called firecracker came from the bands first official album release called yellow magic orchestra released in 1978 within japan. Not only the visionary artist behind japans great musical export, yellow magic orchestra, hosono has pioneered a plethora of genresfrom psychedelia to exotica, pop to. In the early 80s yellow magic orchestra turned the world of jpop on its. Technodelic is the fifth studio album by yellow magic orchestra, released in 1981. It was later sampled by artists such as afrika bambaata and jennifer lopez. Recorded in 1978, the main section of the track was actually firecracker, a cover of a 1959 composition by martin denny. Yellow magic orchestras debut album was a great favorite of ours last year. Glitter soundtrack wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Yellow magic orchestra 1978 first band to use the roland tr808 drum machine.
Track 2 on yellow magic orchestra 1978 written by martin denny lyrics. This is yellow magic orchestras 2nd and probably most famous album. Computer gamefirecracker 1978 interpolated a martin denny melody, and sampled. Yellow magic orchestras nostalgia sample of yellow. Yellow magic orchestra computer gamesfirecracker from yellow magic orchestra, alfa, 1978. Their approach to sampling was a precursor to the contemporary approach of constructing music by cutting fragments of sounds and looping them using computer technology. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker electric soul show. Its most successful single was computer game firecracker, which sold over 400,000 records in the united states and was a top. It was combined with the computer game track into a hit single called computer game. Yellow magic orchestra was a band that took me a while to get into, i was introduced to them through the song rydeen from the album solid state survivor, and while i did enjoy the song i wasnt sold by the rest of the more ambient postapocalyptic songs. Yellow magic orchestra scored a uk top 20 hit single in 1980 with computer game theme from the invader.
Ryuichi sakamoto, yukihiro takahashi, haruomi hosono. The album is notable for its experimental and heavy use of digital samplers which were not. Everything yellow magic orchestra ymo, sketch show, human. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Solid state survivor was never released in the united states, but many of the songs from this album were compiled for release in the states as the us pressing of. Nostalgia by yellow magic orchestra sampled yellow magic orchestra s firecracker. Firecracker by yellow magic orchestra discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. There may be more complex, more technologically innovative, and even more. Glitter is the soundtrack to the 2001 film of the same name and the eighth studio album by american singersongwriter mariah carey, released on september 11, 2001 by virgin records. Yellow magic orchestra ymocomputer gamefirecracker. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto red bull music academy. Yellow magic orchestra samples, covers and remixes.
Im real by jennifer lopez sampled yellow magic orchestra s firecracker. Arranged by yellow magic orchestra executiveproducer kunihiko murai producer harry. Yellow magic orchestras success opened the way for synthpop bands such as pmodel, plastics. Limited 180 gram audiophile vinyl lp pressing in gatefold jacket including four page insert. Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers and recording technology, they pioneered a new electropop sound, with tracks like firecracker computer game becoming electro classics in the east and west. The 100 greatest disco 12s of all time the vinyl factory. Whether this was the case or not, its a pretty good indicator of how ymo functioned at the time. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker computer games with access in all countries yellow magic orchestra firecracker, yellow magic orchestra, ymo. Yellow magic orchestra were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computers, and digital recording technology in popular music, during a time when these technologies were seen as novelties. Haruomi hosono is best known internationally as a key member of the rock band happy end and the pioneering electronic music band yellow magic orchestra, with yukihiro takahashi and ryuichi sakamoto but the wealth of this works can be overwhelming. Yellow magic orchestra is the first official studio album by japanese electronic music band yellow magic orchestra, who were previously known as the yellow magic band. Yellow magic orchestra posted with david music blog. Arabic bulgarian chinese croatian czech danish dutch english estonian finnish french german greek hebrew hindi hungarian icelandic indonesian italian japanese korean latvian lithuanian malagasy norwegian persian polish portuguese romanian russian serbian slovak slovenian spanish swedish thai turkish vietnamese. The bands former fourth member was music programmer hideki matsutake.
They were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines. Some of the earliest examples in popular electronic music were from yellow magic orchestra, 3 4 such as computer game firecracker 1978 sampling a martin denny melody 5 and space invaders 6 game sounds, 5 while technodelic 1981 was one of the. It eventually got released within the same year that is 1979 via these countries usa, england and europe. Ryuichi sakamoto came to worldwide fame as a member of influential japanese synthpop outfit yellow magic orchestra. While primarily focused on the piano and synthesizer, this series of albums boasted a roster of collaborators that included david sylvian, david byrne, thomas dolby, nam june paik, and iggy pop, among others. Firecracker by yellow magic orchestra samples, covers. Ryuichi sakamoto sakamoto ryichi, born january 17, 1952, nakano, tokyo, japan is a japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. Solid state survivor is the second album by japanese electronic music band yellow magic orchestra, released in 1979. The group is considered influential and innovative in.
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