Yukihiro Takahashi, co-founding member, drummer, and lead vocalist of the influential Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died on the age of 70

Based on native media experiences, Takahashi handed away from mind most cancers.

Takahashi co-founded Yellow Magic Orchestra alongside Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono in 1978. The group is taken into account pioneers within the digital music style for its use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computer systems, and digital recording expertise.

YMO launched eighth studio albums between 1978 and 1993, together with extensively acclaimed LPs similar to Strong State Survivor and BGM. Their largest crossover hit got here with 1980’s “Laptop Recreation,” which peaked at No. 60 within the US.

YMO’s legacy plain. The roots of synthpop, techno, and home music will be all traced again to the Japanese group’s music, and Western acts similar to Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, and Ultravox have particularly credited them as a foundational artist. Different musicians together with Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, Orbital, and Afrika Bambaataa have coated, sampled, or remixed YMO’s music.

Following their preliminary breakup in 1984, YMO reunited on a number of events via 2012.

Past his work in YMO, Takahashi was an early member of Sadistic Mika Band and launched a lot of solo albums. He additionally scored a number of movies and video video games.