a remembrance of Ali's life through known highlights and B-sides from his catalog

the band toured (without Towa) for two sellout world tours in 1991 opening for the likes of [a=Grace Jones]

(Originally known as Posterchild)

far from being a simple tool to promote their albums

no shotgun marriage of styles

Yellow Magic Orchestra - X∞Multiplies blues a remembrance of Ali's lifeJapanese electropop band, formed in 1978. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards). The band was originally conceived as a one off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its