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Haruomi Hosono 細野晴臣
Hosono at the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2019
Background information
Also known as	Harry “The Crown” Hosono
Born	(1947-07-09) July 9, 1947 (age 74) Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Exotica electronic pop experimental Progressive rock Folk rock Psychedelic rock
Occupation(s)	Musician vocalizer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Bass guitar keyboards guitar vocals
Years agile	1969–present
Labels	Alfa
Associated acts	Yellowish Magic Orchestra Apryl Fool Happy Cease Sketch Bear witness Can Pan Aisle Tin Pan HAT Swing Slow Van Dyke Parks Earth Standard Chisato Moritaka
Website	world wide web.daisyworld.co.jp

Musical artist

Haruomi Hosono

(
細野 晴臣
,

Hosono Haruomi
, born July nine, 1947), sometimes credited as
Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, vocalizer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the audio of Japanese pop for decades equally well as pop music outside of Japan. He also inspired genres such as city pop and Shibuya-kei,^[1]
and every bit leader of Yellow Magic Orchestra, contributed to the evolution and pioneering of numerous electronic genres.^[2]

The grandson of
Titanic
survivor Masabumi Hosono, Haruomi began his career with the psychedelic stone band Apryl Fool, earlier achieving recognition both nationally and internationally, as a founding member of the bands Happy Finish and Yellowish Magic Orchestra.^[1]
[3]
Hosono has also released many solo albums covering a variety of styles, including picture soundtracks and a variety of electronic ambient albums. Besides as recording his own music, Hosono has done considerable product piece of work for other artists such as Miharu Koshi, Sheena and the Roketts, Sandii & the Sunsetz, Chisato Moritaka and Seiko Matsuda. In 2003, Hosono was ranked past HMV Japan at number 44 on their listing of the summit 100 Japanese pop acts of all time.^[4]

Biography

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Hosono is the grandson of Masabumi Hosono, the only Japanese passenger and survivor of the sinking of RMS
Titanic. Hosono first came to attending in Nippon every bit the bass player of the psychedelic rock band Apryl Fool, aslope drummer Takashi Matsumoto, who released the album
The Apryl Fool
in 1969. Hosono and Matsumoto then formed the influential folk rock group Happy Finish with Eiichi Ohtaki and Shigeru Suzuki.^[5]
One of the songs he composed for Happy End, “Kaze wo Atsumete” (1971), afterwards appeared in the American film
Lost in Translation
and on its soundtrack in 2003.^[vi]
Afterward
Happy End
disbanded effectually 1974, Hosono worked with Suzuki and a loose association of artists making “exotica”-style music nether the title
Tin Pan Aisle.

His interest in electronic music also dates back to the early on 1970s, when he performed the electric bass for Inoue Yousui’s folk pop rock album
Ice World
(1973) and Osamu Kitajima’south progressive/psychedelic rock anthology
Benzaiten
(1974), both of which were electronic rock records utilizing synthesizers, electric guitars, and in the latter, electronic drums and rhythm machines.^[seven]
[8]

In 1977, Hosono invited Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi to work on his exotica-flavoured album
Paraiso, which included electronic music produced using the Yamaha CS-80 polyphonic synthesizer and ARP Odyssey synthesizer. The ring was named “Harry Hosono and the Xanthous Magic Ring” and, having been recorded in late 1977,
Paraiso
was released in early on 1978.^[9]
The three worked together over again for the 1978 electronic album
Pacific, which included an early version of the song “Cosmic Surfin'”.^[10]

In 1978, he released an innovative electronic soundtrack for a fictional Bollywood motion picture,
Cochin Moon, together with artist Tadanori Yokoo and future YMO band members Ryuichi Sakamoto and Hideki Matsutake. Inspired by a trip to Republic of india and “the exotic, luxurious, and seemingly wonder-filled scenarios played out in Indian cinemas”, information technology was an experimental “electro-exotica” album fusing exotic Indian music (reminiscent of Ravi Shankar and Bollywood music) with electronic music, including an early “synth raga” vocal entitled “Hum Ghar Sajan” (from a Guru Granth Sahib phrase).^[xi]
The same year, he contributed to Sakamoto’s vocal “1000 Knives” for his solo album,
Thousand Knives, which experimented with fusing electronic music with traditional Japanese music in early 1978.^[12]

He was one of the first producers to recognize the appeal of video game sounds and music. YMO’s cocky-titled debut in 1978 contained substantial video game sounds and afterwards YMO disbanded an early project was an album simply titled
Video Game Music
containing mixed and edited Namco arcade game music and sounds.
Video Game Music
was released in 1984 every bit an early example of a chiptune record^[13]
and the first video game music album.^[14]
That same yr, he also produced the theme vocal for Hayao Miyazaki’s pop anime flick
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Current of air, “Kaze no Tani no Naushika”, with vocals past actress-vocaliser Narumi Yasuda.^[15]
In the belatedly 80s and early 90s, the influence of world music on his music deepened, and he worked with international singers and musicians such as Amina Annabi.

He has produced a number of brusk-term ring projects every bit a ring member. His kickoff post-YMO band was Friends of Earth. As with most of his projects he combines musical styles he’south interested in. F.O.East. seemed to be a combination of funk and techno, and included a collaboration with James Chocolate-brown and Maceo Parker for a remake of the song “Sex Automobile”. Another notable band project was 1995’s Love, Peace & Trance. Members were Mimori Yusa (“Love”), Miyako Koda (“Peace”), Haruomi Hosono (“&”) and Mishio Ogawa (“Trance”).

In the 1990s he started the Daisyworld characterization to release a wide range of experimental artists from Japan and the rest of the world. Hosono collaborated on many of the releases, such equally Earth Standard, a trip into Americana; HAT, a supergroup (the acronym stands for Hosono, Atom Centre, Tetsu Inoue), and “Quiet Logic”, past Mixmaster Morris and Jonah Sharp. The Orb also paid tribute with a series of remixes including the notorious “Hope You lot Choke on Your Whalemeat”.

In 2002 Haruomi formed the duo Sketch Show with his YMO bandmate Yukihiro Takahashi. They have released two albums, one of which,
Loophole, has received a Uk release. When the third old YMO member, Ryuichi Sakamoto deepened his involvement it was decided to bill those collaborations as Human Audio Sponge.

In the spring of 2007, his fellow YMO members and other artist paid tribute to Haruomi with a 2-disc album titled
Tribute to Haruomi. That same yr, the blithe film
Appleseed Ex Machina
was released featuring a soundtrack performed and supervised by Hosono.

In September 2010 he performed at the De La Fantasia festival and played songs from his upcoming album.

In Feb 2011 it was announced that his new album, entitled
HoSoNoVa, was to exist released on April 20. He also performed a special concert to celebrate its release.

In May 2018, Light in the Attic Records announced a CD and vinyl reissue of v of Hosono’s albums—Hosono House,
Cochin Moon,
Paraiso,
Philharmony
and
omni Sight Seeing—for release in Baronial and September 2018. The former four albums had never been released exterior of Japan previously. Coinciding was the announcement that Hosono would play his first UK concerts as a solo creative person in June; the shows were scheduled as part of Sakamoto’s MODE festival happening throughout England in June and July. The June 23 concert at the Barbican Centre in London featured an appearance by his YMO bandmates, with whom he performed his
Solid State Survivor
composition “Absolute Ego Dance”.

2019 marked Hosono’south 50th ceremony in the music industry. On March half-dozen, he released
Hochono House, a more often than not electronic remake of his solo debut
Hosono House
that reversed the track list. That spring, he performed his first solo shows in the U.S. This run included two sold-out shows at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City and a concert at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. The second New York evidence saw an appearance past current NYC resident Akiko Yano, who collaborated with Hosono in Tin can Pan Alley, as a live back up member of YMO, and every bit a solo artist; she sang Hosono’s “Ai Ai Gasa”, which she covered on her 1977 album
Iroha Ni Konpeitou. In LA, Canadian indie rock musician Mac DeMarco—whose song admiration of Hosono has spread to a portion of his ain fanbase—appeared during the show to perform “Beloved Moon” as a duet with Hosono; Light in the Attic had recently released a cover of the song on a 7″ single record, backed with the original version.

In the fall of 2019, an exhibition on Hosono’s career—”Hosono Sightseeing”—was on display in Tokyo Heaven View at the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower; along with other memorabilia, this featured many of the instruments associated with Hosono, such as the Roland TR-808, Eastward-mu Emulator, and Prophet-v. A documentary motion picture,
No Smoking, was also released, including footage from the U.S. and Uk shows; appearances include Sakamoto, Takahashi, Demarco, longtime friend Van Dyke Parks, and protégé Gen Hoshino.

Bands and collaborations

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• Apryl Fool
• Happy Cease
• Tin Pan Alley
• Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Friends of Earth (F.O.East) (with Eiki Nonaka)
• HIS (with Kiyoshirō Imawano and Fuyumi Sakamoto)
• Testpattern (with Yukihiro Takahashi, Fumio Ichimura, and Masao Hiruma)
• Love, Peace & Trance (Mimori Yusa, Miyako Koda and Mishio Ogawa)
• Swing Boring (with Miharu Koshi)
• HAT (with Atom Eye and Tetsu Inoue)
• Harry & Mac (with Makoto Kubota)
• Can Pan (with Tatsuo Hayashi and Shigeru Suzuki)
• Sketch Show (with Yukihiro Takahashi)
• HASYMO (previously Human Sound Sponge) (Sketch Show and Ryuichi Sakamoto, with Keigo Oyamada, Hiroshi Takano, Christian Fennesz, Tomohiko Gondō and Ren Takada as live support)

Discography

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Albums

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• Hosono Business firm
  (1973)
• Tropical Not bad
  (1975, equally Haruomi “Hosono”)
• Bon Voyage co.
  
  (
  泰安洋行
  ,
  
  Taian Yōkō
  )
  (1976, every bit Harry “The Crown” Hosono)
• Paraiso
  
  (
  はらいそ
  ,
  
  Haraiso
  )
  (1978, by “Harry Hosono and The Yellowish Magic Band”)
• Cochin Moon
  
  (
  コチンの月
  ,
  
  Kochin no Tsuki
  )
  (1978, by “Hosono & Yokoo”)
• Philharmony
  (1982)
• 
  
  Hana ni Mizu
  
  
  (
  花に水
  )
  (1984, cassette book)
• Making of Non-Standard Music/Making of Monad Music
  (1984)
• S·F·X
  (1984, by “Haruomi Hosono with Friends of Globe”)
• Mercuric Dance
  (1985)
• Endless Talking
  (1985)
• Omni Sight Seeing
  (1989)
• Medicine Compilation
  (1993)
• Mental Sports Mixes
  (1993)
• Proficient Sport
  (1995)
• Naga
  (1995)
• Northward.D.E. (“Near Death Experience”)
  (1995)
• Interpieces Organization
  (1996, by Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell)
• Road to Louisiana
  
  (
  ルイジアナ珍道中
  ,
  
  Ruijiana Chindōchū
  )
  (1999, with Makoto Kubota every bit “Harry & Mac”)
• Flying Saucer 1947
  (2007, by “Harry Hosono & The World Shyness”)
• HoSoNoVa
  (2011)
• Heavenly Music
  (2013)
• Vu Ja De
  (2017)
• Hochono House
  (2019)
• 
  Hosono Haruomi Alive in US 2019
  (2021)

Soundtrack albums

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• Video Game Music
  (1984, songs from Namco games arranged and produced by Hosono)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  
  (
  風の谷のナウシカ
  ,
  
  Kaze no Tani no Naushika
  )
  (1984, anime soundtrack, merely produced theme vocal sung by Narumi Yasuda)^[fifteen]
• Coincidental Music
  (1985, compilation of assorted background music/soundtrack commissions)
• Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo
  (
  銀河鉄道の夜
  ,
  
  Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru
  )
  
  (1985, movie soundtrack)
• Paradise View
  (1985, movie soundtrack)
• The Tale of Genji
  (
  源氏物語
  ,
  
  Genji Monogatari
  )
  
  (1987, movie soundtrack)
• Why Dogs Don’t Talk Anymore
  
  (
  だから犬はほえる
  ,
  
  Dakara Inu wa Hoeru
  )
  (1996, background music for and included with the Taro Manabe picture book of the same name)
• La Maison de Himiko
  (2005, movie soundtrack)
• Ex Machina Original Soundtrack/Original Soundtrack Complete Edition
  (2007, soundtrack supervention, composition of some tracks)
• Shoplifters
  (2018) Original Soundtrack

Compilation albums

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• Hosono Box 1969–2000 (2000, Daisyworld)
• Harry Hosono Crown Years 1974–1977 (2007)

Tribute albums

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• Tribute to Haruomi Hosono (2007, Commmons)

Featuring: Van Dyke Parks, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takako Minekawa, Miharu Koshi, Footling Creatures, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Hiroshi Takano, Towa Tei, Akiko Yano, Rei Harakami, Yukihiro Takahashi, Cornelius, Jim O’Rourke, Kahimi Karie

• Strange Vocal Book – Tribute to Haruomi Hosono 2 (2008, Commmons)

Featuring: Señor Coconut, Van Dyke Parks, Dr. John, Sheena & The Rokkets, Buffalo Daughter, Thurston Moore, Miu Sakamoto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Fennesz

Contributions

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• CBS/Sony Sound Image Series:
  • Pacific (with Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita) (tracks ane, 4 and 8 equanimous and performed by Hosono) (1978)
  • The Aegean Sea (with Masataka Matsutoya and Takahiko Ishikawa) (tracks 3 and 4 equanimous and performed by Hosono) (1979)
  • Vol. 1 – Island Music (with Suzuki, Yamashita, Matsutoya, Ishikawa and Ryuichi Sakamoto) (tracks 1, 7, 9 and 10 equanimous and performed by Hosono) (1983)
  • Vol. 2 – Off Shore (Suzuki, Yamashita, Matsutoya, Sakamoto, Masaki Matsubara and Kazumasa Akiyama) (tracks 1 and 2 composed and performed by Hosono) (1983)
• Melon Brains
  (1994)
• Goku
  (1995)
• Love, Peace & Trance (1995)
• Lattice
  (2000)

Limerick work

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• Imokin Trio
  (
  イモ欽トリオ
  ):

Loftier School Lullaby (1981)

Teardrop Tanteidan
(
ティアドロップ探偵団
)
(1982)

• Miki Fujimura:

仏蘭西映画

夢・恋・人 (1983)

妖星傅

春 Mon Amour

• Yoshie Kashiwabara: Shiawase Ondo
  (
  しあわせ音頭
  )
  (1982)
• Starbow: Heartbreak Taiyōzoku
  (
  ハートブレイク太陽族
  )
  (1982)
• Kumiko Yamashita:

赤道小町ドキッ (1982)

Teenage Eagles (1983)

• Kawakamisan to Nagashimasan: きたかチョーさんまってたドン (1983)
• Miki Matsubara: Paradise Beach (Sophie’southward Theme)
  (
  パラダイス ビーチ(ソフィーのテーマ)
  ,
  
  Paradaisu Biichi (Sofii no Teema)
  )
  (1983)
• Seiko Matsuda:

Tegoku no Kiss/Wagamama na Kataomoi
(
天国のキッス／わがままな片想い
)
(1983)

Glass no Ringo
(
ガラスの林檎
)
(1983)

Pinkish no Mozart
(
ピンクのモーツァルト
)
(1984)

• Shin’ichi Mori:

New York Monogatari
(
紐育物語
)
(1983)

Whiskey Iro no Machi de
(
ウイスキー色の街で
)

• Akina Nakamori: Kinku
  (
  禁区
  )
  (1983)
• Apogee & Perigee (Jun Togawa, Yuji Miyake and other artists):

Getsusekai Ryokou
(
月世界旅行
)
(1984, Alfa)

Shinkuu Kiss
(
真空キッス
)
(1984, Alfa)

• Jun Togawa: 玉姫様 (1984)
• Narumi Yasuda: Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
  (
  風の谷のナウシカ
  ,
  
  Kaze no Tani no Naushika
  , Nausicaä of the Valley of the Air current)
  (prototype vocal for the film) (1984)
• “NHK News Today” opening theme (1988, NHK TV)
• Chisato Moritaka:

Phenomenon Light
(
ミラクルライト
)
(1997, zetima)

Kotoshi no Natsu wa More than Better
(
今年の夏はモアベター
,
This Summer Volition Exist More than Amend)
– Writing, Functioning, Product (1998, zetima)

• Chappie: Tanabata no Yoru, Kimi ni Aitai
  (
  七夕の夜、君に逢いたい
  )
  (1999)
• Kuniko Yamada: Tetsugaku Shiyō
  (
  哲学しよう
  )
• Masatō Ibu: Datte, Hormone Honey
  (
  だって、ホルモンラブ
  )

Filmography

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Music

• Evening Primrose
  (1974)
• Summer Hush-hush
  (1982)
• Night on the Galactic Railroad
  (1985)
• Paradise View
  (1985)
• A Promise
  (1986)
• Jazz Daimyō
  (1986)
• Murasaki SHikubu-Genji Monogatari
  (1987)
• Hoshi wo Tsugumono
  (1990)
• Southern Winds
  (1993)
• On the Way
  (2000)
• House of Himiko
  (2005)
• Appleseed Ex Machina
  (2007, Music supervising manager)
• Shoplifters
  (2018)^[16]

Interim

• Izakaya Chōji
  (1983)
• A Y.Yard.O. Film Propaganda
  (1984)
• Paradise view
  (1985)
• Shigatsu no Sakana
  (1985)
• Binetsu Shōnen
  (1987)
• Norwegian Wood
  (2010): Record Shop Manager
• Isle of Dogs
  (2018): Scrap (japanese dub)^[17]
• They Say Null Stays the Same
  (2019)
• Bullets, Basic and Blocked Noses
  (2021, Television receiver miniseries): Barber^[eighteen]

Documentary advent

• No Smoking
  (2019)^[19]

References

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External links

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• Harry “Haruomi” Hosono at AllMusic
• Haruomi Hosono discography, news, and full general data at Music Urban center
• Official Sketch Show website (Avex)
• Nippop Profile | Sketch Show