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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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure JamPeter Barakan, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Neue TanzYellow Magic Orchestra | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | StairsPeter Barakan, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | Seoul MusicPeter Barakan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Light in DarknessRyuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | TaisoRyuichi Sakamoto | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 81 MB |
| 7 | Gradated GreyPeter Barakan, Haruomi Hosono | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 05:34 | 12 MB | 103 MB |
| 8 | KeyPeter Barakan, Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 9 | PrologueRyuichi Sakamoto | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 10 | EpilogueRyuichi Sakamoto | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 43 mins | 99 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 392 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Barakan | Composer, Lyricist, Translation |
| 2 | Johnny Guarnieri | Release Preparation |
| 3 | Yoshiromi Ho | Assistant Engineer |
| 4 | Haruomi Hosono | Composer, Instrumentation, Interviewee, Producer |
| 5 | Yoshifumi Iio | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | Takayuki Innami | Reissue Art Director, Reissue Design |
| 7 | Shoko Kawazbe | Executive Producer |
| 8 | Sho Kawazoe | Executive Producer |
| 9 | Mitsuo Koike | Editing, Engineer, Mixing, Remastering |
| 10 | Hideki Matsutake | Technical Assistance |
| 11 | Kazuhiro Nozawa | Reissue Design |
| 12 | Kazusuke Obi | Artist Coordination |
| 13 | Yukimaya Okumura | Art Direction, Photography |
| 14 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Composer, Instrumentation, Interviewee |
| 15 | Roger Seibel | Digital Remastering, Remastering |
| 16 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Composer, Instrumentation, Interviewee |
| 17 | Yutaka Tanaka | Reissue Supervisor |
| 18 | Takeshi Yabuki | Editing |
| 19 | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Arranger, Composer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 20 | Hiroshi Yuasa | Mastering |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |