Home / Music / The Roland MC-8 Microcomposer made Yellow Magic Orchestra innovativeMusic linernotes album music yellow-magic-orchestraThe Roland MC-8 Microcomposer made Yellow Magic Orchestra innovativeYellow Magic Orchestra was one of the earliest popular music recordings to use the Roland MC-8 Microcomposer music sequencer, programmed by Hideki Matsutake. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesYMO's US debut got a punchier Al Schmitt mix and dropped 'Acrobat'Yellow Magic Orchestra's debut was cut in two months at Alfa Studio AYellow Magic Orchestra's debut came out in Japan before reaching the USHaruomi Hosono produced the Yellow Magic Orchestra albumTrans-Europe Express barely touched the US charts but critics noticedExploreRushent rebuilt the songs instead of just extending themSatoshi Ashikawa's record store was a hub for Japan's kankyō ongaku sceneSchubert wrote Death and the Maiden while confronting his own mortalityScott Walker was born Noel Scott EngelShaker Loops began as Wavemaker, inspired by water ripplesPrevious Theon Cross brings calypso, soca, and dancehall into jazzNext Stephen Stills played bass on Joni Mitchell's 'Night in the City.'