Yukihiro Takahashi: S & D

Fuck that shit :(

oof, hang in there, mr. yt. it's gonna work out.

by chance, i just purchased a copy of Wild & Moody yesterday, haven't even listened to it yet. bad news about takahashi - wishing the best for him.

:(

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sounds like a good update (according to translate)

This morning, the result of the MRI test that I was thinking that I was going to go to the future of the very important future, and the night I was worried about it, the doctor's teacher rushed to the other person's surgery, and I heard the results." It's going well. No problem, no brain swelling, and finally, you saw the lights at the exit of the tunnel ′′
My tears were overflowing, and I gently hid it.
For the next week and a half, the treatment continues, and even after the discharge, the anti-cancer agents will continue, so I will attend regularly.
I'll do my best,,,
Everything is to heal,,,

Phew! Clicking on this thread is stressful

in other news...a copy of Murdered by the Music arrived today. what happened to the cover? the one I got (an '82 UK version) has this weird clip art cover, like something you'd use for a promo image if the actual cover wasn't finished. and where is "I-Kasu"? how do you delete that part?? but man, I forgot how much I loved this album. its got all these goofy elements to it that other YT albums don't have. "Radioactivist" is such a great tune...I love his phrasing "a rah-dee-ohh-act-ivv-eeest?"

Bloody hell, I missed this news. Hang in there yukihiro!

I have a boring admin day today. So, while I'm tied to my laptop, I shall dig out some Yuki.

released from the hospital today

YT otm

https://i.imgur.com/3cjiDGr.png

What's this from?

it's a HASYMO interview from about a decade ago. whoever translated it was clearly having a good time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzXwYjL4DZ4

Ah I think I've got the DVD of this somewhere... Thanks!

finally got a copy of Neuromantic and am giving it a close lesson and I'm amazed how great it is. I always knew it was good but for some reason its greatness eluded me until now. the rhythms on this thing are sick - its got that Numan/Ultravox sound to it but the fact that it's written by a drummer makes it unlike anything else. like who else could pull off something like "Connection" back then (also makes me wonder if he's responsible for that bonkers rhythm on Akiko Yano's "VET"? I mean it is unlike anything else she's ever done). also I hadn't noticed but "Charge" is basically "Rydeen 2". for so long I had thought of this as little more than "Drip Dry Eyes" and "Something in the Air" but I was dead wrong.

Neuromantic is the fucking bomb

lol just slowed down "Extra-Ordinary" by 10% and it does sound like something off Replicas

New METAFIVE and it's good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQMwFS0ZU0

lmao this is one of my favorite Twitter interactions

https://i.imgur.com/VHJ7xQN.jpg

it's how it should be

I can't stop listening to Disposable Love.

I wonder how his health is these days.

he's posting pics of himself with his dog again, so I guess that's good

still do get a bit nervous when this thread gets bumped

a bunch of his catalogue is getting reissued. that's cool but unlike Hosono idk how necessary it is, his 80s records aren't really that hard to find. a lot of the good ones got a UK pressing so copies are definitely out there.

his 80s records aren't really that hard to find.

oh god, seeing this and the obituary thread bumped at the same time caused my heart to skip

may be a good time to revisit some of those post-What Me Worry 80s records. I recall not digging them much but each has one song I really loved. some of his 90s albums are really nice though.

thanks for the spotify head's up! i'm listening to the GRAND ESPOIR comp that Light in the Attic put out last year (https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8520-grand-espoir). 1980-85 tracks on Disc 1, assorted tracks he produced or had a hand in on the second

Yuki in the 90s is a real blank spot for me, I need to do something about that.

my go-to for 90s YT is the live CD Run After You, which is really well recorded and contains most of the great tunes he wrote around this time (many of which were just on EPs). "Iron Man" in particular is a favorite, but I can't find it on YouTube. I really love this song from one of his EPs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LPGsYpsEIg

his '95 album Fate of Gold is pretty good. can't help but wonder what the "explicit lyrics" on the cover is alluding to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyiGhXYCGuc

The Dearest Fool from 1999 is where he really jumped into making electronic music again. Parts sound kinda dated now but I think the songwriting is pretty good on this one. Keiichi Suzuki & Steve Jansen appear, so it's kind of like a continuation of his 80s stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vBXABbsFE

Aw thanks Frogbs, this is a great pointer.

ahh yeah "Ray of Hope" from 1998 is another good one. though I think it's actually more of a compilation. I think this and Fate of Gold contain some of his best songwriting, if you combined the best songs from the two you'd have a real killer album

I had a dream
You gave me a sign
And put me in a new truck

Started with The Dearest Fool, and it is excellent!

People posting RIP messages on Takahashi's Facebook profile :-(

Noooooooooooo

ah fuck.

Oh lord, I am going to be so eternally bummed out about this......fuck

Seems it's true.

aww no way :(((

One of the absolute pillars of Japanese modern musical culture.

Thinking about the thousands of late middle-aged, natsukashi salarymen crying into their whisky over this.

One of the absolute pillars of Japanese modern musical culture.

Thinking about the thousands of late middle-aged, natsukashi salarymen crying into their whisky over this.

RIP :(

Noooo! RIP Yuki... what a legend.

Amazing work and then some. Sad to hear it!

ah, goddamnit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGjl9gp4kA

the best

I’m devastated. Not only a fantastic musician and songwriter but also a fashion icon and by all accounts a very nice guy. He felt like such a kind soul. He left behind so much music but it still felt like he had more left to give. For now the song that feels appropriate was this one. Such an absolute legend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LPGsYpsEIg

Love both the photo and the opening bit from this piece from 2018:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/11/23/music/ymos-yukihiro-takahashi-celebrates-pair-40th-anniversaries/

The past few years have been a boom time for Japanese reissues, as labels dredge up everything from ambient obscurities to glossy disco-pop for the benefit of listeners who missed them first time around. For Yukihiro Takahashi, it’s all a bit confusing.

“Do you understand that?” the 66-year-old musician and style guru asks, pondering the current appetite for vintage Japanese sounds. “I don’t get it. It was all just copies of music from overseas, wasn’t it?”

That is a bummer! I've only barely dipped into his solo work so I have little sense of what he was doing at present... but I think I imagined I would "catch up" before he passed. RIP.

one of my fave yuki productions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxSkKWQBNjQ

rip