Yellow Magic Orchestra made its 1980 debut on the legendary American dance show “Soul Train” performing a cover of “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells, two years after the November 1978 release ...

Yukihiro Takahashi, the drummer and vocalist for pioneering Japanese electronic act Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died at the age of 70. An official cause of death has not yet been announced, but The ...

The post Yukihiro Takahashi, of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Dead at 70 appeared first on Consequence. Yukihiro Takahashi, co-founding member, drummer, and lead vocalist of the influential Japanese group ...

Yukihiro Takahashi, the revered Japanese artist best known as the drummer and lead vocalist for Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died, aged 70. His death, on January 11, followed a recent case of pneumonia ...

An evening devoted to Haruomi Hosono traces the blueprint of modern Japanese sound. From pastoral folk to breezy pop, tropical flourishes to ambient electronics, his catalogue refuses to sit still. He ...

We remember Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi died over the weekend. He was 70 years old. Yukihiro co-founded the Japanese super group known for electronic hits. CHANG: Takahashi first ...

A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful bands and a major influence on hip-hop, techno and New Wave. By Clay Risen Yukihiro ...

Yukihiro Takahashi, drummer and lead vocalist of the influential Japanese electronic group Yellow Magic Orchestra passed away on January 11, according to a statement released to The Japan Times. He ...

Composer, producer, and founder of Alfa Records Murai Kunihiko played a leading role in laying the foundations for J-pop in the 1970s. This included bringing the band Yellow Magic Orchestra to a ...

There’s a league of musicians whose deaths have felt particularly earth-shattering, because of a naïve, but widely shared, presumption that they would simply live on forever. That pantheon includes – ...