Technodelic

by Yellow Magic Orchestra

Overview

Widening their vision of synth-pop to include the darker strains of urban/R&B as well as a few vocals indebted to Roxy Music, 1981's Technodelic proved a high-quality album that showed Yellow Magic Orchestra had the talent and inspiration to grow beyond Kraftwerk-derived electronic pop heavy on the novelty but a bit light on bending genres. Though they aren't exactly melancholy, "Neue Tanz" and "Pure Jam" distinguish themselves through a clever use of synth and effects rather than through the simplistic melodies of previous work. There are some acknowledgements to acoustic music (such as the piano on "Stairs"), but for the most part YMO pursues a new direction with the same synthesizers they'd been using previously. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2016
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8718469539574

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Yellow Magic Orchestra   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ryuichi Sakamoto   Composer,Interviewee,Instrumentation
Yellow Magic Orchestra   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Haruomi Hosono   Composer,Producer,Interviewee,Instrumentation
Peter Barakan   Composer,Lyricist,Translation
Mitsuo Koike   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Remastering
Shoko Kawazbe   Executive Producer
Yutaka Tanaka   Reissue Supervisor
Yoshiromi Ho   Assistant Engineer
Yukimaya Okumura   Photography,Art Direction
Yoshifumi Iio   Assistant Engineer
Sho Kawazoe   Executive Producer
Takeshi Yabuki   Editing
Hiroshi Yuasa   Mastering
Takayuki Innami   Reissue Design,Reissue Art Director
Kazusuke Obi   Artist Coordination
Kazuhiro Nozawa   Reissue Design
Johnny Guarnieri   Release Preparation
Yukihiro Takahashi   Composer,Interviewee,Instrumentation
Hideki Matsutake   Technical Assistance
Roger Seibel   Remastering,Digital Remastering