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Yellow Magic Orchestra

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J-popSynth-pop

Yellow Magic Orchestra is a J-pop and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Boards of Canada, Isao Tomita, Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Yukihiro Takahashi. Those roots explain a lot about how Yellow Magic Orchestra arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Art of Noise, Rei Harakami, Propaganda, Hiroshi Yoshimura and Ultravox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sweet Exorcist, Ginger Root, Shinichiro Yokota, CFCF and Afrika Bambaataa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Yellow Magic Orchestra, reaching back through Boards of Canada and forward to Sweet Exorcist. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Yellow Magic OrchestraBoards of CanadaIsao TomitaKraftwerkGiorgio MoroderYukihiro TakahashiSweet ExorcistGinger RootShinichiro YokotaCFCFAfrika BambaataaAtom™Soichi TeradaJoe HisaishiArt of NoiseRei HarakamiPropagandaHiroshi YoshimuraUltravoxOrchestral Manoeuvre…Perfume

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Yellow Magic Orchestra connections

Yellow Magic Orchestra grew out of Boards of Canada, Isao Tomita, Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder, shares an orbit with Art of Noise, Rei Harakami, Propaganda and Hiroshi Yoshimura, went on to shape Sweet Exorcist, Ginger Root, Shinichiro Yokota and CFCF. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Yellow Magic Orchestra

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Yellow Magic Orchestra.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Yellow Magic Orchestra.

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Legacy22

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