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).