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>>73107643
Bumping because I love this guy's work

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Hosono & Yokoo - Cochin Moon
>minimal, fast-paced electronica; proto-acid-house

The two of them went to India to try to get inspiration for a new project, but then they both got sick and spent the whole trip shitting their asses off. The resulting thing is almost totally unrelated to the story behind it.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxknIdGNU44
DL: https://mega.nz/#!ocBDHTZA!kMWfvAWFsuHN29iOfIDYBayfc6sNJB6_EXU2t8IKmUQ

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Haruomi Hosono - Philharmony
>minimal ambient, drone & sample soundscapes; tight and ecstatic synthpop

This album basically goes back and forth between really well-made synthpop songs that are either funny or adorable, to really varied ambient compositions that are variably peaceful or downright eerie, even by today's standards

Synthpop sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqdv032mFbg
Ambient sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdybb52ejd8
DL: https://mega.co.nz/#!yc0UBTob!ZvTt1HPKC0YtRq0bo7zYkGhJoHxsnHKzC2SGKpY_6II

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also, looking REALLY hard for a good download of this

Hosono & Koshi - Swing Slow

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>>73107819
Gimme a minute, I've got it

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whup, realized an old link I posted to this album is gone from the archive. Not Hosono but he was a session musician in his circle and his music is in the same vein/context

Kylyn - Kylyn (1979)
>jazz fusion, smooth, easy listening, jazz guitarist bandleader

This is Kazumi Watanabe, working with Ryuichi Sakamoto on this one-off.

Sample: really couldn't find a good one on youtube.
DL: https://mega.nz/#!EZIQRADT!HSSQhyi96_JLkuQgpGjV1BYxAmsNBz2nwnxMd2nQmhE

>>73107873
Jesus christ thank you.

kinda funny how ymo was originally envisioned as a minor one-off project by hosono before it exploded and became what it is remembered for today

>>73107643
>>73107643
Absolute music legend
One of my favorites. I wish it was easier to find sheet music and guitar tabs for his stuff.

PS Mac Demarco is a big fan

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Haruomi Hosono - Tropical Dandy (1975)
>rock-pop, exotica
like nearly all his solo albums, Tropical Dandy is a catalog of opportunities taken to try out new things within a theme. It becomes hard to categorize, but this album is generally a laidback, happy, exotica-laden thing.

Plus, the version I zipped when I uploaded this has a bonus track that I worked in with the metadata that's a live version of peking duck that I really like. Take it or leave it.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TezOIKgM8W4
DL:https://mega.nz/#!AUZnHCzQ!4Eugpbelnsa08RtWCZiCCyFW53fbk-h2ks0nD62u1U4

>>73107985
yeah i know. Shit, i gotta up Paraiso if it's not in there already.

Back when they were "yellow magic band" all working for Hosono as session musicians the album they made was AMAZING. i'll get that up if its not there.

>>73107971
https://mega.nz/#F!Hc0jnCab!XgqmTrL5FkJ_uDiOaRT0ZA

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It was there but relinking with a better description.

Haruomi "Harry" Hosono & his Yellow Magic Band - "Paraiso" (1978)
>synth-rock/jazz fusion
>other influenced: Japanese Traditional, Caribbean, Exotica

Yukihiro Takahashi and Ryuichi Sakamoto work as session musicians in this album that comes together incredibly well for being in such a transitional spot in the careers of all three musicians. This initiated the collaboration that would become YMO.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzmh3JYyp44
DL: https://mega.nz/#!JXZmzZaZ!sSXxGn2eaP0-sDs1sb31mPl_QOmV5SZ0zcaczVUCAok

>>73108165
Good god thank you. do you have Saravah! by Takahashi? There's a thing I had to find on soulseek, i'll post it here if you want.

this guy is definitely in my top 3 musicians, incredible man

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Haruomi Hosono and Friends Of Earth - SFX (1984)
>sample-based electronic instrumentals and concrete-synthpop

This album is almost the logical conclusion to late french-touch imo, or at least a great premonition of what it and other sample-heavy club genres would come to be.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpuA4hag0cU
DL: https://mega.nz/#!AR52XR5Z!aHkzjSyI47pxQVKMbh2alStQc-tG0ER1Hpj84p515E8

>>73108207
I don't yet, but I'll take it if you've got it!

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>>73108165
>>73108207
putting it for the archive anyway

Yukihiro Takahashi - Saravah!
>lounge music, easy-listening, singer

consistently sweet, laidback solo debut.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5_nzwx0Few
DL: https://mega.nz/#!EFw2iAyZ!UwxXjYfxpH3zRJaDEWx0u2_yvrMSMPrjhZGiD-NStkY

>>73108281
its real nice! esp the last track (sampled up there) and instrumental-heavy tracks in the middle.

>>73108306
Much appreciated! Can't wait to listen

Haruomi Hosono - Bon Voyage Co.
>exotica-pop-rock, caribbean

This is the low-point (imo) of his exotica projects. Its timing suggests that a lot of it was maybe diddies and covers that didn't make it onto Tropical Dandy as he kept pushing the exotica theme to its limit (which is sometimes tedious, sometimes fun).

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEckaFqDWU
DL: https://mega.nz/#!sQhySQ4a!go0-hvuuPRRA9OVum6PZbYqdN11KnGfinUEpgyEYmAM

Bumping for Hosono
He's extremely underrated

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okay, don't see anything else that's obviously missing. I'll keep lurking for a while. HMU for requests, hosono/takahashi/sakamoto or any YMO stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xMzctntfk