Yellow Magic Orchestra | Solid State Survivor | Album

Yellow Magic Orchestra "Solid State Survivor"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Music on Vinyl, Europe, 2015, MOVLP1467, 8718469539543, 180g Vinyl, Reissue, Printed Insert

Solid State Survivor (1979) is the definitive classic of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), often cited as the record that transitioned electronic music from experimental curiosities into world-changing synth-pop. While their European contemporaries like Kraftwerk were pioneering an "icy-cool" and robotic aesthetic, YMO's second album injected the genre with a human heart, vibrant melodies, and a "skittish wit". "Behind the Mask": Perhaps the album's most famous legacy, this track featured a haunting vocoder melody so ahead of its time that it was later covered or sampled by Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, and the Human League.

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