Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto (section)

==Yellow Magic Orchestra==
{{Main|Yellow Magic Orchestra}}

After working as a session musician with [[Haruomi Hosono]] and [[Yukihiro Takahashi]] in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic band [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] (YMO) in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on [[electronic music]], the group helped pioneer [[List of electronic music genres|electronic genres]] such as [[Electropop|electropop/technopop]],<ref name="allmusic_ymo">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5886|pure_url=yes}}|title=Yellow Magic Orchestra profile|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 3, 2009}}</ref><ref name="guardian_ymo">{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=John|title=Back to the future: Yellow Magic Orchestra helped usher in electronica – and they may just have invented hip-hop, too|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic11|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|access-date=May 25, 2011|date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> [[synthpop]], [[cyberpunk]] music,<ref>{{cite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|title=Yellow Magic Orchestra|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/20/culture.electronicmusic|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|access-date=May 26, 2011|date=June 20, 2008}}</ref> [[ambient house]],<ref name="allmusic_ymo"/> and [[electronica]].<ref name="guardian_ymo"/> The group's work has had a lasting influence across genres, ranging from [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]<ref name="guardian_ymo"/> and [[techno]]<ref name="bogdanov_1996">{{cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Vladimir|title=All music guide to electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music|year=2001|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Backbeat Books]]|isbn=0-87930-628-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&pg=PT582|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128233752/https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&pg=PT582|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2016|edition=4th|access-date=May 26, 2011|page=582}}</ref> to [[acid house]]<ref name="JV">{{cite web|title=Famous Japanese & Foreigners In Japan: Ryuichi Sakamoto|url=http://www.japanvisitor.com/japanese-culture/famous-japanese/ryuichi-sakamoto|website=JapanVisitor|publisher=GoodsFromJapan KK|access-date=January 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201022607/http://www.japanvisitor.com/japanese-culture/famous-japanese/ryuichi-sakamoto|archive-date=February 1, 2016 }}</ref> and [[melodic music]]. Sakamoto was the songwriter and composer for a number of the band's hit songs—including "[[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)]]" (1978), "[[Solid State Survivor|Technopolis]]" (1979), "[[X∞Multiplies|Nice Age]]" (1980), "[[Naughty Boys (album)|Ongaku]]" (1983), and "[[Service (album)|You've Got to Help Yourself]]" (1983)—while playing keyboards for many of their other songs, including international hits such as "[[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|Computer Game/Firecracker]]" (1978) and "[[Solid State Survivor|Rydeen]]" (1979). He also sang on several songs, such as "[[Naughty Boys (album)|Kimi ni Mune Kyun]]" (1983). Sakamoto's composition "[[Solid State Survivor|Technopolis]]" (1979) was credited as a contribution to the development of [[techno]] music.<ref name="sicko_brewster">{{citation|title=Techno Rebels|author=Dan Sicko & Bill Brewster|edition=2nd|publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8143-3438-6|pages=27–8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h6TNjUt-QrkC&pg=PA27|access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

Sakamoto's internationally successful composition "[[Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra song)|Behind the Mask]]" (1978)—a synthpop song in which he sang vocals through a [[vocoder]]—was later [[Cover song|covered]] by a number of international artists, including [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Eric Clapton]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title='Behind the Mask': Michael Jackson Revisits Yellow Magic Orchestra|date=September 14, 2020|magazine=Pen (ペン)|url=https://pen-online.com/culture/behind-the-mask-michael-jackson-revisits-yellow-magic-orchestra/|last=Leleu|first=Clémence|access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref> "Behind the Mask" was one of the first songs to use a [[gated reverb]] effect on the [[snare drum]], a technique that later became popular in 1980s [[pop music]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bocaro |first1=Madeline |title=Behind The Mask |url=https://madelinex.com/2020/04/25/behind-the-mask/ |website=Madelinex |access-date=10 February 2025 |date=25 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=Tanaka2014>{{cite web|last=Tanaka|first=Yuji|title=Yellow Magic Orchestra: The Pre-MIDI Technology Behind Their Anthems|url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/11/yellow-magic-orchestra-gear|publisher=[[Red Bull Music Academy]]|date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>

A version of Sakamoto's 1978 song "Thousand Knives" was released on Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1981 album ''[[BGM (album)|BGM]]''. This version was one of the earliest uses of the [[Roland TR-808]] drum machine, for YMO's live performance of "1000 Knives" in 1980 and their ''BGM'' album release in 1981.<ref name="roland"/>