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| "Haruomi Hosono along with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi are the founding members of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), the legendary group whose innovations included the integration of exotic sounds and techno elements in its so-called “computer music.” YMO have been the leading figures of electronic music in Japan since the late ‘70s, and have influenced countless techno/hiphop/pop/rock musicians throughout the world. Haruomi Hosono has been one of the pioneers of the rock/pop music scene in Japan, influencing many artists and garnering considerable respect in the electronic music field. Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar winning composer/musician, has gained an international reputation exploring innovative sound constructions to this day. Yukihiro Takahashi has been known not only as a producer of Japanese rock/pop music, but also for his activities as a fashion designer and writer. In 1983, YMO announced they would sankai, or “fan-out,” and didn’t reunite until 1993 with performances that drew 100,000 people to stadium shows in Tokyo. During the period of 1993 - 2002 the group members continued to focus on their solo careers, until Hosono and Takahashi formed Sketch Show, and invited Sakamoto to contribute to tracks on their releases Audio Sponge and Loophole. Sakamoto joined Sketch Show at 2004’s Sonar Festival for a performance under the name Human Audio Sponge, a unit name inspired by the writings of UK-based writer, musician, and curator David Toop, which would be used whenever Sakamoto joined a Sketch Show performance. Human Audio Sponge was a name that reflected the musical direction of the three members at the time, absorbing various musical elements and converting these ideas in their original way to create a totally new sound of music. Recently the group has performed under the name HASYMO. More than just a melding of their previous incarnations as Human Audio Sponge (HAS) and Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), HASYMO have developed a new sound that transcends the two groups. The group contributed the new track Rescue, to the film Appleseed: Ex Machina and just released an EP including The City of Light, a track contributed to the Japanese News Program News23, and the track Tokyo Town Pages, which was written for the unique omnibus film entitled TOKYO!." (commmons) |
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| "Similar to Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sketch Show's sound relies heavily on cutting-edge technology (synthesizers the first time, computers this time), but what sets the duo apart from thousands of other knob-twiddlers is the sense of songcraft and pop sensibility that they have consistently displayed over their careers. Both men sing and play traditional instruments in Sketch Show, with Hosono on bass and Takahashi on drums. Both men contribute vocals and sonic manipulations. While not genre-specific, Sketch Show's music is loosely categorized as electronica." (Nippop) |
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artist: Sketch Show
title: Audio Sponge
type: album
label: Daisyworld Discs
release date: 2002
length: 49:47
genre: electro/pop/experimental
country: Japan
language: English/Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: 320kbps
credits:
Performed by Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi
Ryuichi Sakamoto - clavinet, guitar, keyboards
Music by Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi (tracks 1, 4, 8, 9, 11), Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto (tracks 2, 5), Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi & Yasuo Kimoto (track 3), Michael Magne (track 6), Haruomi Hosono (track 7), David Blume & Paul Jerry Keller (track 10), Max Steiner (track 12)
Lyrics by Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11), Yukihiro Takahashi (track 4), Corinne Tulipe (track 6), Snakeman Show (track 7), Yukihiro Takahashi & Tomoko Yoshihashi (track 9), David Blume & Paul Jerry Keller (track 10), Mack Discant (track 12)
tracklist:
1. Turn Turn
2. Wonderful To Me
3. Microtalk
4. Wilson
5. Supreme Secret
6. Do You Want To Marry Me
7. Gokigen Ikaga 1.2.3
8. Reform
9. Flying George
10. Turn Down Day
11. Return
12. Theme From A Summer Place
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artist: Sketch Show
title: Tronika
type: album
label: Daisyworld Discs
release date: 2003
length: 36:44
genre: electro/pop/experimental
country: Japan
language: English/Swedish/Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: 192kbps
credits:
Performed by Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi
Remixed by Keigo Oyamada (tracks 7, 9)
tracklist:
1. Ekot
2. Chronograph
3. Snow #1
4. Night Talker
5. Snow #2
6. Ohotzka
7. Chronograph (Cornelius Remix)
8. Snow #3
9. Ekot (Cornelius Remix)
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artist: Sketch Show
title: Loophole
type: album
label: Daisyworld Discs
release date: 2004
length: 54:39
genre: electro/pop/experimental
country: Japan
language: English/Swedish/Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: vbr (201-289kbps avg)
codec: lame 3.98
credits:
Performed by Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi
Remixed by Matthew Patterson Curry (track 7)
Remixed by Keigo Oyamada (track 11)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - performer (tracks 1, 6)
Chiho Shibaoka - vocals (tracks 1-3, 6, 11)
Tomohiko Gondo - euphonium (track 11)
tracklist:
1. Mars
2. Wiper
3. Chronograph
4. Plankton
5. Flakes
6. Attention Tokyo
7. Night Talker (Safety Scissors mix)
8. Traum 6.6
9. Scotoma
10. Fly Me To The River
11. Ekot (Cornelius mix)
12. Stella
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artist: Sketch Show
title: Sketches & Notations
type: album
label: Daisyworld Discs
release date: 2004
length: 58:48
genre: electro/pop/experimental
country: Japan
language: English/Swedish
format: MPEG-4
bitrate: vbr (315-320kbps avg)
codec: AAC v.4
tracklist:
1. Attention Tokyo (Psapp Companion Mix)
2. Supreme Secret (Prefuse 73 Remix)
3. Flying George (The Soft Pink Truth Remix)
4. Flakes (Opiate Remix)
5. Wiper (Erich Zahn Cunnucephali$cum Mix)
6. Plankton (Team Doyobi Practonanomorphogenicmagmus Mix)
7. Mars (Aoki Takamasa Remix)
8. Kokuritsu
9. Fly Me To The River (März Remix)
10. Microtalk (Atom™ Micro Acid Mix Parts 1-3)
11. Attention Tokyo (Psapp Leaving In Coffins Mix)
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artist: HASYMO
title: Rescue/Rydeen 79/07
type: single
label: Commmons
release date: 2007
length: 8:54
genre: electro/pop/experimental
country: Japan
language: English
format: mp3
bitrate: 320kbps
credits:
Chiho Shibaoka - vocals (track 1)
tracklist:
1. Rescue
2. Rydeen 79/07
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artist: HASYMO
title: The City Of Light/Tokyo Town Pages
type: maxi single
label: Commmons
release date: 2008
length: 19:30
genre: electro/pop/experimental/ambient
country: Japan
language: English/Japanese
format: mp3
bitrate: 320kbps
codec: lame 3.90
credits:
Christian Fennesz - guitar
tracklist:
1. The City Of Light
2. Tokyo Town Pages
3. The City Of Light - Ambient
4. Tokyo Town Pages - Ambient
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artist: Sketch Show
title: Live in Tokyo (2002)
date: December 8, 2002
length: 63:58
format: mp3
bitrate: 128kbps
codec: GoGo >=3.0
tracklist:
1. Reform
2. Do you want to marry me
3. Supreme Secret
4. Ohotzka
5. Wilson
6. Gradated Grey
7. Wonderful to me
8. Chronograph
9. Zoet Roope
10. Pure Jam
11. MC
12. Cue
13. La Femme Chinoise
14. Paradiso
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artist: Human Audio Sponge
title: Live in Tokyo (2004)
date: October 10, 2004
length: 60:59
format: mp3
bitrate: 192 kbps
codec: Amadeus II
tracklist:
1. Kokuristu
2. Attention Tokyo
3. Mars
4. Flakes
5. Scotoma
6. War And Peace
7. Fly Me To The River
8. Supreme Secret
9. Wonderful To Me
10. Riot In Lagos
11. Chronograph
12. Ekot