1981 was a groundbreaking year for the music industry. By releasing BGM and Technodelic in one year, YMO made a shift happen in Pop music.
By releasing BGM and Technodelic in one year, YMO made a shift happen in Pop music. YMO introduced a new way of using samples and loops by cutting. Yellow Magic Orchestra discography and songs: Music profile for Yellow Magic Orchestra, formed 1978. Genres: Synthpop, Electropop, City Pop. Albums include Solid State Survivor, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Technodelic.
YMO introduced a new way of using samples and loops by cutting sound bites into fragments and reprogramming them with newly available computer technology. Technodelic is far more experimental than previous albums, and at the same time their 5th album ismore minimalistic and full of Funk and Soul. YMO remained remarkably adept at inventing new ways of looking at compositions and creating a whole new music scene at the same time: Dance. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. 8-page booklet. PVC protective sleeve. First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on transparent vinyl.
Review Text 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.