The Beatniks (band)
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The Beatniks are an alternative rock duo formed by Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer/singer Yukihiro Takahashi and Keiichi Suzuki.[1] The duo's debut album featured vocals mostly in English, with the rest in French.[2]
In 2017, the band recorded the theme song for NHK TV's J-Melo, 'Softly Softly', in collaboration with Leo Imai.[3]
In 2018 the band released their first album in seven years, Exitentialist A Xie Xie.[4][5] They then undertook live performances, despite Takahashi recently having had surgery on his eyes.[6]
- Exitentialism (1981) VAP, Inc.
- The Beatniks (1982) Statik Records
- Exitentialist A Go-Go (1987) T.E.N.T/Pony Canyon
- Another High Exit (1994) Vap (Remix of Exitentialism)
- The Show Vol.4 - Yohji Yamamoto Collection Music (1996)
- Mri: Musical Resonance Imaging (2001) Consipio Records
- LAST TRAIN TO EXITOWN (2011) EMI Music Japan
- Exitentialist A Xie Xie (2018) Better Days/Nippon Columbia
