Haruomi Hosono to Release New Album *Yours Sincerely* via Ghostly International
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Tom Breihan
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Summary
Haruomi Hosono, the 78-year-old legendary Japanese musician and founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, is releasing a new album titled *Yours Sincerely* through the American label Ghostly International. The article highlights his decades-long influential career spanning psych-rock, folk-rock, and electronic music, as well as his continued relevance through samples and covers by contemporary artists like Vampire Weekend, Cornelius, Sam Gendel, and Mac DeMarco.
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Hosono led Yellow Magic Orchestra, the electronic group that started in the late '70s and had a vast impact on all sorts of futuristic music.
As a solo artist and producer, Hosono has continued to explore an inspire.
In recent years, he's been sampled by Vampire Weekend and covered by Cornelius, Sam Gendel, and Mac DeMarco (more than once).
Now, he's releasing a new album through the American label Ghostly International.
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