S-F-X

by Haruomi Hosono

S-F-X cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 December 1984
  • Label: Non Standard
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 33:19
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released concurrently with the dissolution of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Hosono's first solo album on his Non Standard imprint is a pioneering dive into early digital sampling and electro-funk. Heavily utilizing the Roland TR-808 and EMU Emulator, the music consists of stuttering rhythms, fragmented vocal samples, and bizarre, robotic sound design. It established a wildly innovative template that heavily influenced the development of techno and sample-based electronic music in Japan.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, sampling, rhythmic, electronic, synth

Tracklist

  1. Body Snatchers (5:50)
  2. Androgena (4:52)
  3. SFX (5:55)
  4. Strange Love (5:52)
  5. Alternative 3 (5:11)
  6. Dark Side of the Star (5:37)

Credits

  • Friends Of Earth - primary artist, written-by [music by]

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