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N.D.E (Album) by 細野晴臣

Artist Biography For 細野晴臣

Haruomi Hosono 細野 晴臣 Hosono Haruomi Born July 9 1947 In Minato Tokyo Also Known As Harry Hosono Is A Japanese Popular Musician Best Known Internationally As A Member Of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono First Came To Attention In Japan As The Bass Player Of The Psychedelic Rock Band Apryl Fool Who Released The Album "The Apryl Fool" In 1969. Members From This Band Including Hosono Then Formed The Influential Folk-Rock Group Happy End Which Led To Hosono's First Collaboration With Van Dyke Parks. After Happy End Disbanded Hosono Worked With A Loose Association Of Artists Making "exotica"-Style Music Under The Title Tin Pan Alley And Also Released Four Solo Albums With Increasingly Eclectic Instrumentation. Additionally He Made An Innovative Electronic Soundtrack For The Film "Cochin Moon" Together With Artist Tadanori Yokoo. In 1978 Hosono Formed The Yellow Magic Orchestra With Yukihiro Takahashi And Ryuichi Sakamoto. The Yellow Magic Orchestra A.K.A. YMO Released A Number Of Albums In The Late 70s And Early 80s To Considerable Acclaim Both Inside And Outside Japan. After YMO Disbanded In 1984 Hosono Released A Number Of Solo Albums Covering A Variety Of Styles Including Film Soundtracks And A Variety Of Electronic Ambient Albums. He Was One Of The First Producers To Recognize The Appeal Of Video Game Sounds And Music. YMO's Self Titled Debut In 1978 Continued Substantial Game Sounds And After YMO Disbanded An Early Project Was An Album Simply Titled "Video Game Music" Containing Mixed And Edited Namco Game Music And Sounds. In The Late 80s And Early 90s The Influence Of World Music On His Music Deepened And He Worked With International Singers And Musicians Such As Amina Annabi. As Well As Recording His Own Music Haruomi Has Done Considerable Production Work For Other Artists Such As Miharu Koshi Sheena And The Roketts Sandii And The Sunsetz Chisato Moritaka And Seiko Matsuda. He's Produced A Number Of Short Term Band Projects As A Band Member. His First Post-YMO Band Was Friends Of Earth. As With Most Of His Projects He Combines Musical Styles He's Interested In. F.O.E. Seemed To Be A Combination Of Funk And Techno And Included A Collaboration With James Brown And Maceo Parker For A Remake Of The Song "Sex Machine". Another Notable Band Project Was 1995's Love Peace & Trance. Members Were Mimori Yusa "Love" Miyako Koda "Peace" Haruomi Hosono "&" And Mishio Ogawa "Trance" . In The 1990s He Started The Daisyworld Label To Release A Wide Range Of Experimental Artists From Japan And The Rest Of The World. Hosono Collorated On Many Of The Releases Such As World Standard A Trip Into Americana HAT A Supergroup The Acronym Stands For Hosono Atom Heart Tetsu Inoue And "Quiet Logic" By Mixmaster Morris And Jonah Sharp. The Orb Also Paid Tribute With A Series Of Remixes Including The Notorious "Hope You Choke On Your Whalemeat". In 2002 Haruomi Formed The Duo Sketch Show With His YMO Band-Mate Yukihiro Takahashi. They Have Released Two Albums One Of Which Loophole Has Received A UK Release. When The Third Former YMO Member Ryuichi Sakamoto Deepened His Involvement It Was Decided To Bill Those Collaborations As Human Audio Sponge. In 2007 His Fellow YMO Members And Other Artist Paid Tribute To Haruomi With A 2-Disc Album Titled "Tribute To Haruomi" In Spring Of 2007. Also That Same Year The Animated Film "EX MACHINA" Appleseed Which Will Be Released Worldwide Will Feature A Soundtrack Performed And Supervised By Haruomi Hosono.

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