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The Beatniks are an alternative rock duo formed by Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer/singer Yukihiro Takahashi and Keiichi Suzuki. The duo's debut album featured vocals mostly in English, with the rest in French.

In 2017, the band recorded the theme song for NHK TV's J-Melo, 'Softly Softly', in collaboration with Leo Imai.

In 2018 the band released their first album in seven years, Exitentialist A Xie Xie. They then undertook live performances, despite Takahashi recently having had surgery on his eyes.

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)

References

1. Ruhlmann, William "The Beatniks Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
2. Green, Jim "Yukihiro Takahashi", Trouser Press
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "J-WAVE NEWS". www.j-wave.co.jp (in Japanese). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-15.

External links

• The Beatniks Official website
• The Beatniks discography at Discogs

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