Technodon

Technodon is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, a decade after the band's original breakup. 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 band would be made under the names Human Audio Sponge and HASYMO.

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

At the time of recording, Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto were incorporating many world music elements into their sound, which is still evident on Technodon, though slightly pared down and featuring simpler technopop arrangements. Yukihiro Takahashi mainly used drum machines for the record as opposed to a drum kit.

Track listing

All songs arranged by YMO.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Be a Superman"	Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi	Sakamoto, Takahashi	5:21
2.	"Nanga Def?"	Sakamoto	YMO	5:10
3.	"Floating Away"	William Gibson	Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono	6:46
4.	"Dolphinicity"		Hosono	5:12
5.	"Hi-Tech Hippies"	YMO	YMO	4:24
6.	"I Tre Merli"		YMO	6:05
7.	"Nostalgia"		Sakamoto	4:48
8.	"Silence of Time"	Sakamoto	Sakamoto, Takahashi	5:41
9.	"Waterford"		Sakamoto, Takahashi	5:38
10.	"O.K."	Hosono	Hosono, Takahashi	4:29
11.	"Chance"		Sakamoto	4:57
12.	"Pocketful of Rainbows"	Fred Wise, Ben Weisman (Japanese translation: Reiko Yukawa)	Wise, Weisman	5:00

2011 & 2020 re-issues and vinyl release bonus track^[1][2]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Pocketful of Rainbows (English Version)"	Wise, Weisman	Wise, Weisman	4:36

Personnel

• Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, vocals
• Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, vocals
• Haruomi Hosono: bass, keyboards, vocals

Additional Credits

• William S. Burroughs: Voice on "Be a Superman" & "I Tre Merli"
• Ruriko Kamiya: Voice on "Be a Superman"
• William Gibson: Voice on "Floating Away"
• Hirofumi Tokutake: Guitar on "Floating Away"
• John C. Lilly: Voice on "Dolphinicity"