Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely: Listening Session

Welcoming Haruomi Hosono to Ghostly with Yours Sincerely (GI-499), his 23rd album, and first in seven years. The album arrives on September 11, 2026, on dark gold vinyl, CD, cassette, and deluxe CD and LP box set formats. Join us at The Sound Lounge for a deep listening of this landmark record from one of the most influential musicians of the last century. Space will be limited and is first come first serve. Doors at 5:30. Needle drop at 6. The pioneering Japanese musician, producer, composer, and founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End, has “found his voice in a late career renaissance," writes The Wire, cited as an influence by an acclaimed list of artists, including Mac DeMarco, Cameron Winter, Ginger Root, Vampire Weekend, Harry Styles, and more. Shaped by mid-century American music, Hosono's work now reverberates back through a new generation of Western artists—a remarkable circular exchange. “I am now 78 years old, but from here on, I feel a growing curiosity toward the unknown music that my new self will create, while also embracing the music of my former self—as if I now carry two musical worlds within me,” Hosono remarks. The transformative work ponders a simple question. How do you express the Japanese ideas of omoiyari (思い遣り), jihi (慈悲), or boseiai (母性愛) in English? Hosono explains, “I searched, but no word felt quite right. Each came close, yet carried a slightly different nuance…I turned to a more familiar word often used to close a letter: ‘Sincerely.’” “It is in this spirit that I offer this album to you—sincerely, from the heart.”