YMO RARE is a place to share impossible to find Yellow Magic Orchestra and David Sylvian Family media.

{Featured Picture--> Ryuichi Sakamoto practicing during his spring 2009 tour of Japan}

Who is the 'YMO/Sylvian Family'? All the original band members and anyone they worked with, including: Hosono, Takahashi, Sakamoto, Bill Nelson, Jansen, Barbieri, Karn, Japan, Akiko Yano, Thomas Dolby, New Musik, Propaganda, Kenji Omura, Masami Tsuchya, Tachibana, Sandii, Susan, Sketch Show, Human Audio Sponge, etc. We are constantly expanding.

We also enjoy having members share their own created media with the rest of the group.

There is no intention of breaking any copyright law, simply allowing music fanatics to fulfill their need to have everything ever created by the greatest musicians in the history of the planet.

YMO RARE stores the majority of its media (100 GB+) on our own dedicated FTP server. The FTP server does not allow anonymous access.

*NOTE* Our FTP server is entirely separate from this eGroup. Therefore, NEW MEMBERS MUST REQUEST FTP ACCESS! -> Please read the FTP Access note in our FILES area to get an account. Remember to keep your account safe from hackers and crackers. Share and Enjoy! (^_^)/

- For chatting about YMO and the band Japan we suggest joining our sister groups:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ymo>
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/japan-pioneers>
- There are further eGroups specific to David Sylvian, Bill Nelson, etc.

*** FINE PRINT: Spammers are banned. Offending posts will lead to member bouncing. Please do NOT post or link to any commercially available media, and please let the admin know if anything commercial has already been posted or linked. It is our intention that our music heros enjoy the royalties they deserve for their work. Everything we provide here is FREE. Do not sell please. Those caught selling our media are banned from the group.