Haruomi Hosono signs to Ghostly International, shares ‘Note of Mothership’
Haruomi Hosono releases the single “Note of Mothership” and announces the album “Yours Sincerely”, out 11 September 2026 on Ghostly International.
Haruomi Hosono, the Japanese musician and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder, has released the single “Note of Mothership” and announced the album “Yours Sincerely”, his first in seven years, out on 11 September 2026 through Ghostly International. The single arrived on 9 July 2026, Hosono’s 79th birthday.
Haruomi Hosono returns with ‘Note of Mothership’
“Note of Mothership” opens “Yours Sincerely”, described by Hosono as his 23rd studio album and his first new record in seven years. Its official visualizer follows a character named Dr. Tanuki, a raccoon dog studying organisms under a microscope. Hosono explains the album title through a small change of address: “I turned to a more familiar word often used to close a letter: ‘Sincerely.'” The ten-track album carries “Note of Mothership”, “Sincerely”, “Aayurveda”, “M for Mandala”, “Rojiura (Walking Vibration)”, “Happy Holiday”, “To A Wild Rose”, “Humming ‘Dream Of Love'”, “Figlio Perduto” and “Anemo Wheel”, and is available to pre-order on vinyl and digital.
Haruomi Hosono 2026 tour dates
Hosono has confirmed his first US shows in seven years, with Toro y Moi supporting:
- 16 September 2026 – New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall
- 20 September 2026 – Los Angeles, CA, The Greek Theatre
About Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono was born on 9 July 1947 in Tokyo. He co-founded Happy End, one of the first groups to write rock in Japanese, and in 1978 formed Yellow Magic Orchestra with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi, an act that built pop around synthesizers and sequencers and reached number one in Japan with 1979’s “Solid State Survivor”. His 1973 solo debut “HOSONO HOUSE” later gave Harry Styles the title of his 2022 album “Harry’s House”.
Across five decades Hosono has moved between folk, exotica, ambient and electronic music. “Yours Sincerely” is his first album for Ghostly International, and “Note of Mothership” is its opening single.
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