Paraiso (Haruomi Hosono album) explained

Paraiso
Type:Studio
Artist:Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
Cover:Haruomi Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band Paraiso.jpg
Recorded:December 1977 – January 1978
Studio:Alfa Studio "A", Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
Crown Studio, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ("Asatoya Yunta")
Genre:City pop
Jazz fusion
Exotica
Technopop
Label:Alfa
Sony Music Direct
Producer:Haruomi Hosono
Chronology:Haruomi Hosono
Prev Title:Bon Voyage co.
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Cochin Moon
Next Year:1978

is Haruomi Hosono's fourth solo album and Yellow Magic Band's (later Yellow Magic Orchestra) first album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co., while being influenced by the music of Hawaii and Okinawa, incorporating electronic sounds that would be later developed on Hosono's and YMO's careers. YMO, The Yellow Magic Band at this point in time, was composed of Tin Pan Alley members and studio musicians, such as Hosono's former Happy End bandmate Shigeru Suzuki and future YMO members Ryuichi Sakamoto (who would later perform an altered version of "Asatoya Yunta" in his solo career) and Yukihiro Takahashi, as well as guitarist Hirofumi Tokutake (who would later perform in Technodon and Wild Sketch Show).

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