We remember Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi ... And in 1978, he released a solo album called "Saravah!" highly influenced by soul and French pop. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SARAVAH!") ...

His first solo album, Saravah, came out in 1977, and Yukihiro co-founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono in 1978. Yukihiro remained prolific over the years as ...

3 Yellow Magic Orchestra Solid State Survivor Alfa, 1979 Soundtrack for a future Tokyo. Modern, clean, streamlined, aspirational, optimistic. The group’s second album wasn’t released in the UK until ...

I believe this album has been influenced by all the ... For me, this was thru my experience with the three members of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Yoko Ono. In the late 1970’s, YMO was so popular ...

Then I joined the Yellow Magic Orchestra because I wanted to work with ... notably his 1980 LP B-2 Unit. That album spawned the electro single “Riot in Lagos,” which in turn informed the ...

A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful bands and a major influence on hip-hop, techno and New Wave. By Clay Risen Yukihiro ...

Their first single “Computer Game,” which appeared on their debut album, became a surprise ... the passing of Yukihiro Takahashi of Yellow Magic Orchestra and beyond,” the band Sparks ...

the bassist Haruomi Hosono invited him and the drummer Yukihiro Takahashi to form a trio that became Yellow Magic Orchestra. (Mr. Takahashi died in January.) The band’s self-titled 1978 album ...

Yellow Magic Orchestra leader Haruomi Hosono is to play ... ‘Computer Game’ was a Top 20 single in the UK and their debut album ‘Solid State Survivor’ went on to be regarded as a seminal ...

After they disbanded, Takahashi recorded and released his first solo album, Saravah!, in 1977. A year later, Takahashi co-founded Yellow Magic Orchestra together with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi ...

Yukihiro Takahashi, the drummer and lead vocalist for electronic music trailblazers Yellow Magic Orchestra ... which appeared on their debut eponymous album, became a surprise worldwide hit ...