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Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yellow Magic Orchestra

Manabe, Noriko
Ohwada, Toshiyuki

Paperback

Series: 33 1/3 Japan

ElectronicGeneral MusicPop/Rock

PREORDER - Expected ship date April 16, 2026

ISBN10: 1501381822
ISBN13: 9781501381829
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Apr 16 2026
Pages: 128
Language: English
Widely recognized as the most innovative and influential Japanese group since the Second World War, Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is seeing a revival among music listeners around the world, along with the works of its three members: Academy Award-winning composer Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hosono Haruomi as the central figure of the Japanese city pop revival, and Takahashi Yukihiro, who plays drums for METAFIVE with Towa Tei and Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius). This is the first book in English on Yellow Magic Orchestra, positioning its first album as the nexus of jazz fusion, new wave, and hip hop music. YMO's debut album provides a lens on transpacific dialogue on technology, race, and intellectual history. Examining the cultural negotiations between African American and Japanese musicians since the 1970s, this book considers the album as a nascent work of Afro-Asian futurism.

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