Technodon

Technodon is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, almost a decade after the band's original breakup in 1984. Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former record label Alfa Records, the band were forced to release the album under the name YMO (typically stylized as the "YMO" initialism crossed out by a large "X"). For the tour that followed, they were billed as Not YMO. Future releases by the group would be made under the names Human Audio Sponge and HASYMO.

ReleasedMay 26, 1993

RecordedFebruary 2, 1992 – January 31, 1993

StudioSkyline Studio, Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City
Victor Studio, Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo

Genre

• Synthpop
• ambient techno
• ambient

Quick facts Studio album by YMO, Released ...

Technodon
Studio album by YMO
Released	May 26, 1993
Recorded	February 2, 1992 – January 31, 1993
Studio	Skyline Studio, Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City Victor Studio, Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo
Genre	Synthpop ambient techno ambient
Length	63:24
Label	Toshiba EMI
Producer	YMO
YMO chronology
After Service (1984) Technodon (1993) Technodon Live (1993)
Singles from Technodon
"Be a Superman" Released: 1993 "Pocketful of Rainbows" Released: 1993

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The album abandons much of the group's previous synth-pop style, instead adopting a more ambient techno sound. Yukihiro Takahashi mainly used drum machines for the record as opposed to a drum kit.