The Beatniks are an
alternative rock
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duo formed by
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO for short) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is conside ...
drummer/singer
Yukihiro Takahashi and
Keiichi Suzuki.
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'', Macrovision Corporation The duo's debut album featured vocals mostly in
English
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, with the rest in
French
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.
In 2017, the band recorded the theme song for NHK TV's J-Melo, 'Softly Softly', in collaboration with
Leo Imai.
In 2018 the band released their first album in seven years, Exitentialist A Xie Xie. They then undertook live performances, despite Takahashi recently having had surgery on his eyes.
Albums
* ''Exitentialism'' (1981) Vap
* ''The Beatniks'' (1982) Statik
* ''Exitentialist A Go-Go'' (1987) Pony Canyon
* ''Another High Exit'' (1994) Vap (Remix of Exitentialism)
* ''The Show Vol.4 - Yohji Yamamoto Collection Music'' (1996)
* ''Mri: Musical Resonance Imaging'' (2001) Pony Canyon
* ''LAST TRAIN TO EXITOWN'' (2011) EMI Music Japan
* ''Exitentialist A Xie Xie'' (2018) Pony Canyon
Singles
* No Way Out/Le robinet 7" Vap 0018-07 (1981)
* River in the Ocean/Ark Diamant 7" Vap 10053-07 (1982)
* TOTAL RECALL/Chotto tsurainda (1987)
References
External links
The Beatniks Official website*
Japanese musical duos
Japanese alternative rock groups
Musical groups from Tokyo
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