SunEye Radio interviewed Yukihiro Takahashi, who is known as the drummer of Yellow Magic Orchestra. This interview focuses on Takahashi’s first solo record, Saravah! from 1978, which was reissued by We Want Sounds. He shares stories about how he got started as a drummer, how YMO formed, and talks about the recording of Saravah!

TRACKLIST:
1. Yukihiro Takahashi / At Speak Easy Club / Poisson D’Avril
2. Yukihiro Takahashi / Konchu-ki / Once A Fool
2. Bread & Butter / The Last Letter / Late Late Summer
3. Sadistic Mika Band / Silver Child / Sadistic Mika Band
4. Yukihiro Takahashi / It’s Gonna Work Out / What, Me Worry?
5. Haruomi Hosono / Femme Fatale / Paraiso
6. Yellow Magic Orchestra / Rydeen / Solid State Survivor
7. Pierre Barouh / Samba Saravah / Une Homme Et Une Femme OST
8. Yukihiro Takahashi / Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) / Saravah!
9. Yukihiro Takahashi / Saravah! / Saravah!
10. Yukihiro Takahashi / C’est Si Bon / Saravah!
11. Yukihiro Takahashi / La Rosa / Saravah!
12. Yukihiro Takahashi / Mood Indigo / Saravah!
13. Yukihiro Takahashi / Elastic Dummy / Saravah!
14. Yukihiro Takahashi / Sunset / Saravah!
15. Yukihiro Takahashi / Back Street Midnight Queen / Saravah!
16. Yukihiro Takahashi / Present / Saravah!
17. Yukihiro Takahashi and Steve Jansen / Stay Close / Stay Close
18. Yukihiro Takahashi/ Are You Receiving Me (Remix) / Tomorrow’s Just Another Day
19. Beatniks / No Way Out / The Beatniks
20. Yukihiro Takahashi / Drip Dry Eyes / Neuromantic

SunEye Radio Bio:
SunEye is a duo made up of Akiko and Hashim Bharoocha, originally hailing from Tokyo, Japan and now based in Los Angeles.
They make electronic music together, and as DJs they specialize in City Pop, boogie & funk from Japan, as well as vintage to modern J-Pop.
They have an internet radio show called “SunEye Radio” and host events called “SunEye Presents: Tokyo City Nights”. They also run a label called Plant Bass Records.