BGM

by Y.M.O.

BGM cover art

Marking a distinct shift away from bright techno-pop toward significantly darker, colder electronics, Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'BGM' heavily pioneers the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. The album is an incredibly futuristic, deeply mechanical, and surreal masterpiece of early electro, dripping with cryptic lyricism and anxious, rhythmic textures.

Genres

  • Synthpop
  • Electro

Tracklist

  1. Ballet
  2. Music Plans
  3. Rap Phenomena
  4. Happy End
  5. 1000 Knives
  6. Cue
  7. U • T
  8. Camouflage
  9. Mass
  10. Loom