The sources for artist quotes in this article are listed below:
David Bowie, Sound and Vision, liner notes, 1989
Interview with Giorgio Moroder, the Library of Congress, 2015
Japan & Self Existence, Mick Karn, MK Music, 2009
Interview with David Sylvian, Spencer Kansa, 2001
Missing in Action: Rob Dean, Chi Ming Lai & Paul Boddy, theelectricityclub.co.uk, 2019
Japan, Electronic Sound, 2019
A Decision, Simon Napier-Bell, Substack, 2024
Richard Barbieri, Japan Nightporter facebook group, 2017
Richard Barbieri interview, Classic Album Review, youtube, 2023
YMO interview, cd liner notes for Yellow Magic Orchestra album re-release (thanks to Paul Rymer for the information), 2003
Steve Jansen, Sleepyard, 2019
Robert Dean on Japan’s Quiet Life Japan, John Earls, superdeluxeedition.com, 2021
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