Technodon

1993 studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra

Technodon

Studio album by

~~YMO~~

Released| May 26, 1993
Recorded| February 2, 1992 – January 31, 1993
Studio| Skyline Studio, Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City
Victor Studio, Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo
Genre|

* Synthpop
* techno
* acid house
* experimental
* ambient

Length| 63:24
Label| Toshiba EMI
Producer|  ~~YMO~~
~~YMO~~ chronology
| After Service
(1984)  | Technodon
(1993)  | Technodon Live
(1993)

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Singles from  Technodon

1. "Be a Superman"
Released: 1993
2. "Pocketful of Rainbows"
Released: 1993

Technodon is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, a decade after the band's original breakup. Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former record label Alfa Records, the band were forced to release the album under the name ~~YMO~~ (typically stylized as the "YMO" initialism crossed out by a large "X"). For the tour that followed, they were billed as Not YMO. Future releases by the band would be made under the names Human Audio Sponge and HASYMO.

At the time of recording, Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto were incorporating many world music elements into their sound, which is still evident on Technodon, though slightly pared down and featuring simpler technopop arrangements. Yukihiro Takahashi mainly used drum machines for the record as opposed to a drum kit.

## Track listing

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All songs arranged by ~~YMO~~.

No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Be a Superman"| Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 5:21
2.| "Nanga Def?"| Sakamoto|  ~~YMO~~|  5:10
3.| "Floating Away"| William Gibson| Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono| 6:46
4.| "Dolphinicity"|  | Hosono| 5:12
5.| "Hi-Tech Hippies"|  ~~YMO~~|  ~~YMO~~|  4:24
6.| "I Tre Merli"|  | ~~YMO~~|  6:05
7.| "Nostalgia"|  | Sakamoto| 4:48
8.| "Silence of Time"| Sakamoto| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 5:41
9.| "Waterford"|  | Sakamoto, Takahashi| 5:38
10.| "O.K."| Hosono| Hosono, Takahashi| 4:29
11.| "Chance"|  | Sakamoto| 4:57
12.| "Pocketful of Rainbows"| Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
(Japanese translation: Reiko Yukawa)| Wise, Weisman| 5:00

2011 & 2020 re-issues and vinyl release bonus track[1][2]No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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13.| "Pocketful of Rainbows (English Version)"| Wise, Weisman| Wise, Weisman| 4:36

## Personnel

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* Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards & vocals
* Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, drum machines, keyboards, & vocals
* Haruomi Hosono: bass, keyboards & vocals

## Additional Credits

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* William S. Burroughs: Voice on "Be a Superman" & "I Tre Merli"
* Ruriko Kamiya: Voice on "Be a Superman"
* William Gibson: Voice on "Floating Away"
* Hirofumi Tokutake: Guitar on "Floating Away"
* John C. Lilly: Voice on "Dolphinicity"

## References

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1. ^ "YMO* – Technodon (2011, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
2. ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technodon (2020, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

* Technodon at AllMusic. Retrieved 22:08, 8 November 2015 (UTC).

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Yellow Magic Orchestra

* Haruomi Hosono
* Ryuichi Sakamoto
* Yukihiro Takahashi

Studio albums|

* Yellow Magic Orchestra
* Solid State Survivor
* ×∞Multiplies
* BGM
* Technodelic
* Naughty Boys (Instrumental)
* Service
* Technodon

Live albums|

* Public Pressure
* After Service
* Faker Holic
* Complete Service
* Technodon Live
* Winter Live 1981
* World Tour 1980
* EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008

Compilation albums|

* Sealed
* Kyoretsu Na Rhythm
* UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra

Singles|

* "Computer Game/Firecracker"
* "Behind the Mask"
* "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)"
* "Pocketful of Rainbows"

Session musicians|

* Christian Fennesz
* Cornelius
* Ichiko Hashimoto
* Hideki Matsutake
* Bill Nelson
* Sandii
* Akiko Yano
* Kazumi Watanabe

Related|

| People|

* Makoto Ayukawa
* Peter Barakan
* Miharu Koshi
* Takashi Matsumoto
* Chris Mosdell
* David Palmer
* Hiroshi Takano

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Bands|

* Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
* Sketch Show
* Happy End
* Sadistic Mika Band
* The Beatniks

Labels|

* Commmons (Avex Group)
* Sony Music House
* Restless
* EMI Japan
* UMG Japan/A&M Japan
* Alfa

Albums|

* Thousand Knives
* YMO Versus The Human League
* Audio Sponge
* Tronika
* Wild Sketch Show
* Loophole

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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