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Haruomi Hosono is best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, with Yukihiro Takahashi and Ryuichi Sakamoto but the wealth of this works can be overwhelming.

In 2014 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, he reflected on his fascinating solo work of the ‘70s and ’80s, shed light on his trip to India, his love for Van Dyke Parks, his ideas on Japanese and American culture, and plenty more.

TOPICS:
1:07 – “Mon Oncle” and Jacques Tati
9:42 – Working with Van Dyke Parks
27:18 – Making solo album Cochin Moon
43:28 – Yellow Magic Orchestra
58:31 – Sampling and the making of Philharmony
1:03:31 – Making solo album Video Game Music

MUSIC:
5:05 – Happy End – Unknown
15:25 – Haruomi Hosono – “Hurricane Dorothy”
21:06 – Haruomi Hosono live (video)
32:33 – Haruomi Hosono – “Hepatitis“
38:01 – Haruomi Hosono & Yellow Magic Band “Shambhala Signal”
43:45 – Yellow Magic Orchestra on Soul Train (video)
56:30 – Haruomi Hosono – “Sports Men”
01:02:08 – Haruomi Hosono – “Xevious”

The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and citywide festivals throughout the year.

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