From Mxyzptlk Sent Sun, Aug 16th 1998, 23:59
From Mxyzptlk Sent Sun, Aug 16th 1998, 23:59
Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from
neo-classical to techno to pop and several points in between. Geez...where do
I start? This guy has a - what? - 20 + year career we're talking about here
full of twists and turns. If you can find "Technodon" (is this a Japanese only
release or did it simply never see US domesticity?) by YMO, consider yourself
lucky. That may be the group's
most this-listy thing. I'm kinda surprised this never gets mentioned as it's
(imo) a lovely thing - prolly too poppy at points for the crowd here.
"Technodelic" is also a good YMO staple, albeit a good 12 years older than
"Technodon". You might be more familiar with Haruomi Hosono, who was also from
YMO and whose output (sometimes, anyway) has more of a chance of being talked
about in this neck-o-the-woods. As for what you heard on the Ninja thing, the
remixers (Tobin and co.) have definitely left a vast impression on the outcome
of Ryuchi's original product.
jeff
Ali Lalani wrote:
> Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these
> burning question...so here they are:
>
> 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this
> has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS
> gets my blood pumping!
>
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