The Beatniks (band)
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Ruhlmann, William "The Beatniks Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ Green, Jim "Yukihiro Takahashi", Trouser Press
- ^ "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〉". AERA dot. (アエラドット) (in Japanese). 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "高橋幸宏＆鈴木慶一のTHE BEATNIKSの最新作が全曲試聴可能に | ARBAN". ARBAN (in Japanese). 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "J-WAVE NEWS". www.j-wave.co.jp (in Japanese). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
External links
[edit]- The Beatniks Official website
- The Beatniks discography at Discogs
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