The Beatniks (band) explained
The Beatniks are an alternative rock duo formed by Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer/singer Yukihiro Takahashi and Keiichi Suzuki.[1] The duo's debut album featured vocals mostly in English, with the rest in French.[2]
In 2017, the band recorded the theme song for NHK TV's J-Melo, 'Softly Softly', in collaboration with Leo Imai.[3]
In 2018 the band released their first album in seven years, Exitentialist A Xie Xie.[4] [5] They then undertook live performances, despite Takahashi recently having had surgery on his eyes.[6]
Albums
- Exitentialism (1981) Vap
- The Beatniks (1982) Statik
- Exitentialist A Go-Go (1987) Pony Canyon
- Another High Exit (1994) Vap (Remix of Exitentialism)
- The Show Vol.4 - Yohji Yamamoto Collection Music (1996)
- Mri: Musical Resonance Imaging (2001) Pony Canyon
- LAST TRAIN TO EXITOWN (2011) EMI Music Japan
- Exitentialist A Xie Xie (2018) Pony Canyon
Singles
- No Way Out/Le robinet 7" Vap 0018-07 (1981)
- River in the Ocean/Ark Diamant 7" Vap 10053-07 (1982)
- TOTAL RECALL/Chotto tsurainda (1987)
External links
Notes and References
- Ruhlmann, William "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15722/biography|pure_url=yes}} The Beatniks Biography]", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- Green, Jim "Yukihiro Takahashi", Trouser Press
- News: THE BEATNIKS(高橋幸宏+鈴木慶一)が、『J-MELO』のオープニング曲を書きおろし 〈Billboard JAPAN〉. 2017-09-26. AERA dot. (アエラドット). 2018-05-15. ja-JP.
- News: 7年振りのNewアルバム『EXITENTIALIST A XIE XIE』5/9発売決定!7年振りのワンマンライブも開催。 THE BEATNIKS 日本コロムビアオフィシャルサイト. 日本コロムビア公式サイト. 2018-05-15. ja.
- News: 高橋幸宏&鈴木慶一のTHE BEATNIKSの最新作が全曲試聴可能に ARBAN. 2018-04-11. ARBAN. 2018-05-15. ja-JP.
- Web site: J-WAVE NEWS. www.j-wave.co.jp. 11 May 2018 . ja. 2018-05-15.