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Yellow Magic Orchestra has released a live CD of another held at Makuhari Messe (Chiba) on July 7, 2012 part of an event headlined by Kraftwerk, and at the same time a Blu-ray edition of their San Francisco show held on June 27, 2011 (previously released on DVD in 2012).

Audio samples of "No Nukes 2012" can be heard at CDJapan.

In related news, Sakamoto Ryuichi has announced that he is in great shape, and will be working on the soundtrack for movie "haha to kuraseba". Read his message on his official site.

Yellow Magic Orchestra "NO NUKES 2012"

1. Radioactivity
2. Firecracker
3. Solid State Survivor
4. La Femme Chinoise
5. Thousand Knives
6. Cosmic Surfin' ~ Absolute Ego Dance
7. Tong Poo
8. Rydeen

commmons RZCM-59939
Out 8/5, ¥3000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†, (Japan ^‡)
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.
‡ How to buy from iTunes Japan?

Yellow Magic Orchestra "Yellow Magic Orchestra Live In San Francisco 2011" (Blu-ray)

1. Improvisation
2. Firecracker
3. Behind the Mask
4. Riot in Lagos
5. The City of Light
6. Tokyo Town Pages
7. Lotus Love
8. Ongaku
9. Seoul Music
10. Gradated Gray
11. Taiso
12. Tibetan Dance
13. Supreme Secret
14. Thousand Knives
15. Cosmic Surfin'
16. Rydeen
17. Cue (Encore)
18. Tong Poo (Encore)
19. Interview

commmons RZXM-59938
Out 8/5, ¥4500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

"Yellow Magic Orchestra Live In San Francisco 2011" digest clip