Celebrating the legendary musician’s legacy Today marks the 70th birthday of musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. As one of Japan’s pioneering names in the world of electronic music, Sakamoto will always be associated with technopop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra, a … Read More
Japan’s music industry lost a legend recently with the passing of Ikutaro Kakehashi. Founder of the Roland company, Kakehashi was a pioneer of electronic music whose impact is still being felt in the music business today. Much of Roland’s early … Read More
August brings the World Happiness 2012 event – featuring a line-up including J-pop princess Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and technopop pioneers Yellow Magic Orchestra. World Happiness 2012 was originally conceived by YMO’s Yukihiro Takahashi as a Tokyo summer music festival. Running … Read More
This weekend’s NO NUKES 2012 performance, as previously reported, is to be streamed live this weekend via Ustream. The music festival which takes place on the 7th & 8th of July has been organised by Ryuichi Sakamoto and features 18 … Read More
Legendary Technopop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra and Electronic pioneers Kraftwerk are to share the same stage for the first time in their long careers as part of the NO NUKES 2012 effort. The music event was the inspiration of Ryuichi … Read More