Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra lyrics and. Oct 18, 2015 computer game firecracker as performed by yellow magic orchestra. 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. Its most successful single was computer game firecracker, which sold over 400,000 records in the united states. On the album firecracker is preceded by a short space invaders game soundtrack called computer game theme from the circus but it. Computer game is about what it sounds like, while firecracker and cosmic surfin drift along with oriental melodies playing over the top of an unobtrusive synthpop backing. The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music. Check out firecracker by yellow magic orchestra on amazon music. Bgm is a music studio album recording by yellow magic orchestra progressive electronicprogressive rock released in 1981 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Hot chocolates no doubt about it, an intergalactic slowburner. Apr 12, 2020 yellow magic orchestra is a group that is more than meeting those demands.
Get yellow magic orchestra setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other yellow magic orchestra fans for free on. It was released by alfa records and is a collaboration between japanese electropopsynthpop band yellow magic orchestra and british new wavesynthpop band the human league. Yellow magic orchestra electronic music wiki fandom. Yellow magic orchestra simoon lyrics genius lyrics. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra songs.
Yellow magic orchestra computer gamesfirecracker from yellow magic orchestra, alfa, 1978. Yellow magic orchestra computer game 1979, vinyl discogs. Ultimate collection of yellow magic orchestra compiled by ryuichi sakamoto 2011 ymo compiled by ymo remix albums. Commercial vinyl published by alfa records on nov 25, 1978 containing remix, original work from circus space invaders. Yellow magic orchestra is the first official studio album by japanese electronic music band. A little tribute video to one of my favorite old school synthpop tunes by none other than the great ymo. Stream yellow magic orchestra mix by deewee from desktop or your mobile device. Yellow magic orchestras first album and debut album in the uk and the us. Yellow magic orchestra firecracker lyrics genius lyrics. They are often considered influential innovators in the field of popular electronic. Both titles from the album yellow magic orchestra amlh 68506. The principal members are haruomi hosono bass, yukihiro takahashi drums and ryuichi sakamoto keyboards.
They were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines. Yellow magic orchestra computer game theme from the. Computer game firecracker as performed by yellow magic orchestra. Aug 20, 2016 space invasion begins with a song about ufos. Remembering ymos computer game and the 1st japanese. Synthpop, electronic, electropop, new wave, technopop. Their positive impact ricocheted socially, as well as. Todd terje unveils yellow magic orchestra cover firecracker.
Jul 26, 2017 this remake of the 1959 track firecracker by martin denny was utterly amazing, given new life by the pioneering electronic japanese band yellow magic orchestra. Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. Space invaders with compositions by yellow magic orchestra, martin denny, haruomi hosono, ryuichi sakamoto, yukihiro takahashi performed by haruomi hosono, ryuichi sakamoto, hideki matsutake. Yellow magic orchestra music, videos, stats, and photos.
What made the 1980 american soul chart success of computer game even more astonishing then was that it had been recorded and released in japan and other countries nearly two years earlier. It is actually a cover of martin dennys song with the same title, off the album quiet village the exotic. Oct 10, 2012 yellow magic orchestra is widely considered to be the kraftwerk of japan, artistic innovators in the realm of electronic music, back when it was newer than it is today. Yellow magic orchestra tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and. Im heading down to the penguin which doubles up as a chipper and an arcade. Khruangbin firecracker yellow magic orchestra youtube. Yellow magic orchestra computer game 7 version youtube. The best of yellow magic orchestra, compiled by haruomi hosono 2001 one more ymo. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the technopop music genre. Yellow magic orchestra40 computer game theme from the circus.
The best of ymo live compiled by yukihiro takahashi 2003 uc ymo. Yellow magic orchestras eponymous debut was based on an idea from band leader haruomi hosono to make fauxoriental exotica with synthesizers. Firecracker by yellow magic orchestra on amazon music amazon. Yellow magic orchestra technodon live studio rehearsal, 1993060x 501 studio, shibaura, tokyo line age.
This remake of the 1959 track firecracker by martin denny was utterly amazing. Computer game theme from the invaders firecracker technopolis, a single by yellow magic orchestra. Yume no shima kouen, rikujou kyougijou, tokyo, japan computer game theme from the invader firecracker. While teutonic peer kraftwerk was rigid and robotic, ymo was capricious and quirky, deploying samples from arcade games like space invaders and circus in their debut single, firecracker, which. Commercial 2 vinyl published by music on vinyl on nov 23, 2015 containing remix, original work from circus space invaders. Yellow magic orchestra technodon live studio rehearsal. Yellow magic orchestra theme from the space invaders. 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 s first album and debut album in the uk and the us. On the album firecracker is preceded by a short space invaders game soundtrack called computer game theme from the circus but it is not on this release, despite the title. Although undeniably progressive in the way they make use of textures here, the yellow magic orchestra is in fact a progenitor of light synthpop here. Yellow magic orchestra 40 computer game theme from the circus. Technodelic is a music studio album recording by yellow magic orchestra progressive electronicprogressive rock released in 1981 on cd, lp vinyl andor.
It was the first release by the human league after their abrupt dismissal from their 14yearlong recording contract with virgin records 10. Their sounds proves that they are the genuine techno pop pioneer. It soon gets on track with the excellent theme from space invadersfirecrackerand for the most part is a great compilation which contains a few blinders that are worth putting up with having to skip the two dollar tracks magic. Notes cd bootleg taken from a bbc transcription disc. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra discogs. Yellow magic orchestra theme from the space invaders firecracker. Yellow magic orchestras songs stream online music songs. They are often considered influential innovators in the field of popular electronic music. Amazing mixing and composing of synth and the sound of video games were just absolutely amazing and it still is danceable beat. Yellow magic orchestra is widely considered to be the kraftwerk of japan, artistic innovators in the realm of electronic music, back when it was newer than it is today. The bands former fourth member was music programmer hideki matsutake.
This remake of the 1959 track firecracker by martin denny was utterly amazing, given new life by the pioneering electronic japanese band yellow magic orchestra. There may be more complex, more technologically innovative, and even more. Listen to songs by yellow magic orchestra on myspace, stream free online music by yellow magic orchestra. Firecracker is a song written by martin denny that was originally included on his 1959 album quiet village. Computer game theme from the circus here is actually firecracker from the album yellow magic orchestra. The yellow magic orchestra theme from the space invaders firecracker. The second song off of yellow magic orchestras debut album which is selftitled. Yellow magic orchestra space invaders 1991, cd discogs. Firecracker was a tongueincheek rendition of the exotica musician martin dennys 1959 interpretation of what japanese music might sound like, while their very name is a mixture of black and white magic, as well as a reclamation of yellow as a pejorative. It was this prelude that originally bore the title computer. It soon gets on track with the excellent theme from space invaders firecracker and for the most part is a great compilation which contains a few blinders that are worth putting up with having to skip the two dollar tracks magic fly, dancing in outer space. Yellow magic orchestra, an album by yellow magic orchestra.
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Yellow magic orchestra ymo is an influential japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. The band was originally conceived as a oneoff studio project by hosono, the other two. Then its time for some computerised exotica the yellow magic orchestras mindexpanding theme from the space invaders firecracker. Hot starlight where a blue moon dreams on the sheikh and she steals a night kiss babys a belly dance mirage romance in casablanca frankincense in the tresses of her hair. Yellow magic orchestra yellow magic orchestra prog sphere. Ymo versus the human league is an ep released in japan and asia in april 1993. Yellow magic orchestra go big and go home the japan times. The uk issue of the 12 has the track computer game theme from the invaders preceding firecracker which is credited on that release, which also appears on the yellow magic orchestra lp at the end of side a it is a somewhat shorter version of the space invaders video game. Leading off with their only british hit, the top 20 entry computer game, yellow magic orchestras debut album launches the group as a japanese novelty act in keeping with kraftwerk. Yellow magic orchestra tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes.
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