Yellow magic orchestra.

É uma banda japonesa de electropop, formada em 1978. Eles foram considerados Nº2 na lista dos 100 melhores músicos do Japão pela HMV. A banda é nomeada como sendo pioneira nos gêneros musicais Synthpop e Electropop, juntamente com os alemães do Kraftwerk. Os principais membros são Haruomi "Harry" Hosono (baixo, teclados), Yukihiro Takahashi (bateria, backing vocals) e Ryuichi Sakamoto (teclados, vocais).

Discografia

Singles Originais
Firecracker (1979, US)

• Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (1979, UK)
• Technopolis (1979, Japan)
• La Femme Chinoise (1979, UK)
• Computer Game (1980, UK, Italy, Spain)
• Rydeen (1980, Japan 1982, UK)
• Behind the Mask (1980, UK, US, Italy)
• Nice Age (1980, UK, Holland)
• Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)

(Their version of the Archie Bell & the Drells hit; 1980, US, Japan; 1981, UK)

• Cue (1981, Japan)
• Mass (1981, Japan)
• Taiso (1982, Australia, Japan)
• Pure Jam (1982, Spain)
• Kimi ni Munekyun (1983, Japan)
• Kageki na Shukujo (1983, Japan)
• Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself) (1983, Japan)
• Every Time I Look Around (I Hear The Madmen Call) (1983, Holland)
• Reconstructions EP (1992, UK)
• Pocketful of Rainbows (1993, Japan)
• Be A Superman (1993, Japan)
• Rydeen 79/07 (2007, Japan) - Digital download release: 10th March 2007, CD release: 22nd August 2007.

Álbuns Originais

• Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan Mix)|Yellow Magic Orchestra 1978

(This original version was released in Japan)

• Yellow Magic Orchestra USA|Yellow Magic Orchestra (US release), 1979

(This version was remixed for release in the USA and also featured new cover art)

• Solid State Survivor, 1979
• Multiplies (álbum)|×∞ Multiplies (mini-álbum) 1980

(A compilation álbum with the same title & artwork but different track listing was released in the USA)

• BGM, 1981
• Technodelic, 1981
• Naughty Boys, 1983
• Naughty Boys Instrumental, 1983
• Service, 1983
• Technodon, 1993

Álbuns Ao Vivo

• Public Pressure, 1980
• After Service, 1984
• Faker Holic (Transatrantic Tour 1979), 1991
• Complete Service Mixed By Brian Eno, 1992
• Technodon Live, 1993
• Live At The Budokan 1980, 1993
• Live At Kinokunya Hall 1978, 1993
• Winter Live 1981, 1995
• World Tour 1980, 1996
• Live At The Greek Theatre 1979, 1997

Coletâneas

• Sealed, 1984
• Kyoretsu Na Rhythm, 1992
• YMO Go Home! : The Best of Yellow Magic Orchestra, (compiled by Haruomi Hosono), 2000
• "One More YMO: The Best of YMO Live" (compiled by Yukihiro Takahashi), 2001
• UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra, (compiled by Ryuichi Sakamoto), 2003

Álbuns Remixado

• Hi-tech/No Crime (Yellow Magic Orchestra Reconstructed), 1992 (UK compilation of remixes by British artists)