''Technodon Live'' is a live album 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 ...

. It was recorded on the band's second and last show at the

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in 1993, and is the only full music album of the band's ''

Technodon ''Technodon'' is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, a decade after the band's original breakup. Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former record label Alfa Records, the band were fo ...

'' era. It is composed mostly of ''Technodon'' material (although this album lacks "Nostalgia", "Silence of Time", "O.K." and "

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", ''Technodon'' was played live in its entirety) with a few songs from ''

'' and ''

Solid State Survivor ''Solid State Survivor'' is the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979. Later, ''Solid State Survivor'' was released in 1982 in the UK on LP and cassette, also in 1992 in the United States on CD, bu ...

'' performed in the ''Technodon'' style. During the live performance, special audio effects were performed by Goh Hotoda, who also mixed both ''Technodon'' & this album, and computer graphics created by Daisaburo Harada were projected on a screen on the back of the stage.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by ~~YMO~~.

Personnel

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for ...

- Bass,

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto inf ...

- Keyboards, Vocals *

Yukihiro Takahashi Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 ''Takahashi Yukihiro'', born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the fo ...

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, Vocals *Goh Hotoda - Special Audio Effects

Sampled from the originals

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

- Voice on "Be a Superman" & "I Tre Merli" *Ruriko Kamiya - Voice on "Be a Superman" *

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- Voice on "Floating Away" *Hirofumi Tokutake -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

on "Floating Away" * John C. Lilly - Voice on "Dolphinicity" *Tomoko Nunoi (née Ebe) - Sexy Voice (Vocals) on "La Femme Chinoise"

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Technodon Live Yellow Magic Orchestra albums 1993 live albums