A masterpiece of melody that demonstrates Sakamoto’s classical influence filtered through Kraftwerk-esque machinery.

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Hideki Matsutake (the "fourth member" handling the massive Moog modular synths and programming).

This wasn't the YMO of 1978, playing quirky exotica rock. This was YMO as a high-concept electronic monolith. However, their reunion was plagued by a fascinating irony: the technology they had pioneered had advanced so rapidly that it was now replacing them.

in New York City (November 6, 1979), with bonus material from the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Significance and Content The album is historically significant because it restores Kazumi Watanabe’s