| Technodon | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | |
| Cover: | Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodon.jpg |
| Alt: | A horizontally compressed photo of the band dressed in suits, with a diffraction grating circle in the middle with the text "Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison". |
| 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 |
| Length: | 63:24 |
| Label: | Toshiba EMI |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | After Service |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Technodon Live |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
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.
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.
All songs arranged by YMO.
drums, vocals
bass, keyboards, vocals
Voice on "Be a Superman" & "I Tre Merli"
Voice on "Be a Superman"
Voice on "Floating Away"
Guitar on "Floating Away"
Voice on "Dolphinicity"